Hüsker Dü, "Divide and Conquer" A thing that is easy to forget about Hüsker Dü is how ridiculously productive they were in their salad days. Zen Arcade, New Day Rising, and Flip Your Wig all came out within a 14 month period, a rate of...
Palmistry, "In The Mountains..." A mystery here. This is from a release just labeled Demo, and it doesn't appear to be from Bandcamp. It's from 2017 according to the metadata (and Metal Archives), but I don't know where else I would have gotten it other...
Mission of Burma, "Red" Signals, Calls, and Marches, the 1981 debut EP from Mission of Burma, is one of the foundational texts of what was known as college rock and eventually became indie rock. It's a touchstone that many, many following bands would evoke and...
False, "Saturnalia" The opening to the 2015 album from False (called Untitled, the same as their first EP, because fuck you!), featuring their blend of black metal with other elements like thrash. The stretch around 1:30-2, for example, is pretty thrash-y. The middle section...
Third month in a row without missing a day! 94 day streak going here. NOT BAD AT ALL. Smut Peddlers, "That Smut" Well, here's a ridiculous album from 2001. While obsession with sex has a long and storied history in music, it's seldom quite so...
