Dr. Dre, "Mix Tape 2 Track 1"
My understanding is that this is from a mix tape that Dre used to sell at the Compton Swap Meet, which eventually made its way onto the internet. I've got three of these things, and it's a delight...
The Beatles, "Let It Be"
When I find myself with no ideas / struggling to write a blog / I fall back on dumb jokes / mail it in
TWRP, "Only the Best"
OK, I don't love those lyrics there, but in the spirit of of mailing it...
Uzeda, "Female"
You know, there's more than a little similarity between Uzeda and the Dog Faced Hermans. There's no personnel connection between them, but there's a shared space of a kind of arty noise rock. Excellent stuff.
Squirrel Bait, "Kick the Cat"
No! Squirrel Bait,...
I never write checks, so this blog is the only thing that I write the wrong year on after the calendar filps over.
Marvin Gaye, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
A stone-cold classic.
Polyrhythmics, "Cosimo"
A lovely EP from 2020, Fondue Party continues a...
Vertigo, "Sit Down and Shut Up"
Psychedelic noise rockers Vertigo had one final EP in 1993, Driver #43, which might have been their best single release. By this point, they were playing pretty tight, and everything was really hitting. It's a shame that they never...