Pop Will Eat Itself, "Bulletproof!"
After the anarchic fun of Cure For Sanity, which got some popular attention particularly on dance floors, their followup (The Looks or the Lifestyle) came out the next year trying to cash in on the popularity. But while there was...
Screeching Weasel, "The First Day Of Summer"
Bark Like A Dog is the first Screeching Weasel album that came out after I'd graduated from college. It was also the first record after Ben Weasel decided to end his Ramones worshipping band, the Riverdales. And, you...
Pardoner, "Uncontrollable Salvation"
Another cut from the first Pardoner album, which is just a delightful rock discovery from a few years back. I went in totally blind, just a single review I'd read, and it hits me just right. There's the right amount of stank...
Azymuth, "Laranjeiras"
Far Out Recordings released a comp of demos from Azymuth from 1973-5 in 2019, capturing this Brazilian jazz/funk group's sound at the height of their powers. I don't know jack shit about them other than this, but this record seriously smokes.
The...
Earth Wind & Fire, "Help Somebody"
There are several bands that I really only knew from later radio hits that were on when I was a kid. So, to me, they were just these bands that had some corny hits that I didn't think much about....