Japandroids, "Young Hearts Spark Fire" This was the song that launched the Japandroids, rattling around enough on blogs to get the band the attention that would make their career. It's a solid capsule of their sound, all fuzzy guitars, propulsive drumming, and catchy shouting. It's...
Hepcat, "The Secret" The first Hepcat record found the band hitting their first-wave ska sounds right out of the gate. They'd keep moving in this direction with later records, growing more assured as they went, and creating lusher arrangements. But all that said, every one...
Gojira, "The Shooting Star" Technical death band Gojira took a little bit different approach on 2016's Magma, where they actually slowed it down a little sometimes and have things approaching melody at times. It's easily their most accessible album, but they're good enough that simplifying...
Frisk Frugt, "Solsorte Synger Solen Op" Frisk Frugt is the alias of Anders Lauge Meldgaard, who makes experimental pop music using modified toy instruments and various homemade instruments. He's an artist I found through The Quietus, which can be a good source of music out...
Jesus Jones, "The Devil You Know" After the enormous success of "Right Here, Right Now" carried Doubt everywhere, Jesus Jones was faced with the prospect of following up a massive hit, a task which has broken many bands. The followup came a couple years later,...
