Yazz Ahmed, "Bloom" Yazz Ahmed is a jazz trumpeter and I have two albums from her that I really like. Wish I could describe them, but you know, I don't know shit about jazz. Death Grips, "Birds" This is a great example of the unpredictability...
Wilco, "Kicking Television" This take is from Alpha Mike Foxtrot, the collection of rarities, live versions, and alternate takes that covers the first twenty (!) years of Wilco. "Kicking Television" appears on a bonus EP with A Ghost Is Born, and was also the title track...
Swans, "Better Than You" The late 80s/early 90s vesion of the band is probably the one that is most different from the other iterations. The period began with Burning World, the first (and last) Swans major-label release, which was a commercial disaster and an...
Murs, "I'm Innocent" Murs found himself on Warner Bros for Murs For President, and he turned in a big album to celebrate. There are a lot of ideas, a lot of big beats, a lot of targets. It's a good record, but it feels like...
Well, I hope people find the brief essay down below interesting. Probably not. You can listen to something while you read, though. Duke Ellington, "Braggin' In Brass" A monolith appears on primitive Earth. Agitated apes cluster around it, screeching, trying to ascertain its meaning, its...
