The Decemberists, "The Perfect Crime #2" My favorite Decemberists album really rotates around quite a bit, but it's usually between this one, Her Majesty The Decemberists, and Picaresque. I suspect that if I could listen to all three with fresh ears with my current musical...
METZ, "Drained Lake" There's a relentlessness in this kind of noise rock, where the songs specialize in a propulsive beat that just keeps chainsawing ahead regardless of what else is going on. I've compared the sound to a malfuntioning machine, and I think in both...
Pardoner, "My Sorry Ass" We're unabashed Pardoner fans here at Five Songs, who do a great job of bringing that 90s indie rock aesthetic into our ears. Go listen to them! They're really good! John Oswald, "Btls (Marco Integer)" I think that's the chord from...
Floor, "Find Away" In some ways, there's some real similarities between My Bloody Valentine and Floor. Both use a ton of guitar to sometimes disorienting effect, but leaven them with vocals that are kind of at odds with the overall tone. MBV uses dream-like vocals,...
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, "Massage Seats" We've had a lot of Madlib around here, in a bunch of different projects. In 2014, he got together with Freddie Gibbs, the upcoming gangsta rapper who also was comfortable as an underground MC. That collaboration, Piñata, was one of...
