Mad Caddies, "Nobody Wins at the Laundromat" When ska-punk just kind of turns into punk with horns, I start some losing interest. Sure, it can still be good, but there are a lot of great straight-up punk bands that they're going to be competing with....
Built to Spill, "The Plan" Built to Spill's three album run culminating in Keep It Like A Secret is one my very favorite peaks of any band, ever. Doug Martsch's songs were all incredible, there was heart, catchiness, tons of surprises, it's just incredible stuff....
DJ Shadow, "This Time (I'm Gonna Try It My Way)" DJ Shadow's third album, The Outsider, is kind of a mess. It was four years after The Private Press and ten after Endtroducing, and all that time apparently created a lot of ideas that all...
Where else can you get a TMBG kids' song and a wordless Negativland piece? De La Soul, "De La Orgee" So, uh, 14-year-old Josh was PRETTY BIG into this song. I actually greatly preferred the second half of 3 Feet High and Rising, and would...
