Lard, "Forkboy" Lard, the collaboration between Jello Biafra (as you can clearly hear) and Ministry, usually sounded just like what you might expect that collab to sound like. But Ministry were having fun with it, and were just in full-on raging hardcore mode, and Jello...
Margo Price, "This Town Gets Around" This album, Midwest Farmer's Daughter, came out in 2016 on Jack White's label, and is very much a throwback. It wears its inspiration on its sleeve, with Loretta Lynn's influence heard everywhere in the music and of course the...
Botanist, "Nourishing the Fetus (Mandragora IV)" This is from the third Botanist album, helpfully labeled IV: Mandragora. There's a I and a III, I just don't know what happened to II. Down the memory hole, I guess! The next album is a VI. Who knows?...
Hot Chip, "One Pure Thought" Hot Chip is dance music, basically, with some nice melodies. But while this is perfectly nice, it's never really clicked with me very much, and I just have the one album from them. I guess the closest thing I listen...
The Aquabats, "SHOWTIME!" When the Aquabats got rolling, they always had this kind of corny, cracked Saturday morning cartoon vibe. Like they were making songs for a show-within-a-show on some arch adult animation cartoon. And, of course, given the world we're in, the show eventually...
