Neko Case & Her Boyfriends, "Whip the Blankets" Fuck yeah, Neko Case doing a convincing June Carter impression here, great stuff. One Eye Open, "Blue Gene Blues" This is from a split LP with Janitors Against Apartheid, the final track, and it's...look, it's not good....
Soundgarden, "Swallow My Pride" A collision of early grunge elements here! This is from the second Soundgarden EP, Fopp, from 1988. It's a time when Soundgarden was still figuring out who they were, and their sound was still mostly a melding of hard rock and...
Chris Farren, "Red Wire Blue Wire" In a fine concept for an album, Death Don't Wait (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a soundtrack for a non-existent spy movie. I'm already a sucker for spy music, so I enjoy this quite a bit. Melvins, "Night Goat"...
Mary Wells, "My Guy" We've had this one before. The Magnetic Fields, "I'm Sorry I Love You" One of the more memorable tunes from 69 Love Songs, probably due to the vocals, but I do like the guitar part on it as well. Mammoth Weed...
The Roots, "The Show" While I really like their later work, Rising Down is probably the last record I consider a truly great Roots record. It's hard to say it's their best, given how much I love Things Fall Apart and Game Theory (and Phrenology)...
