MC Paul Barman, "UNDOING ALONENESS" Back when MC Paul Barman was just getting going, I remember a lot of thinkpieces coming out about him. Lots of descriptors for him describing him as smart or whatever in a way that in retrospect just strikes me as...
Witchcraft, "You Bury Your Head" If you're thinking to yourself "this damn thing sounds like it was recorded in a basement", congratulate yourself on your fine ears. It was recorded in a basement, proudly, using vintage equipment. Plenty of bands are out there trying to...
Killdozer, "Pour Man" Killdozer were not a joke band. But they were a band that was never really being serious, with Michael Gerald's vocal delivery on this thing being a good example. Why is he singing like this? Because it's silly. Does it make the...
Firewater, "This Is My Life" One of the highlights on the best Firewater album, Golden Hour. It's an album that attempts to answer the question "what if we just made the whole album out of highlights". Calexico, "Yours and Mine" Hot damn, shuffle bringing the...
Just a quick one today, Five Songs is on the road! Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet, "You Spin Me Round '86" Surf-ish instrumental band Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet are probably best known as the band who did the theme song for Kids...
