Merle Haggard, "Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver)" Personally, I look to my country music artists for trenchant commentary on monetary policy. They Might Be Giants, "Bangs" The opening of Mink Car, the last record TMBG released for...
De La Soul, "Rap De Rap Show" There's a concept of a "difficult second album", which is mostly just a farm for confirmation bias, but hell, let's talk about De La Soul's difficult second album. Their first album was a huge smash, a groundbreaking album,...
King Crimson, "21st Century Schizoid Man Including Mirrors" The early pinnacle of prog rock, In The Court of the Crimson King set a standard that a bunch of other bands would strive uselessly to surpass, including King Crimson themselves for a while. Now, prog is...
Still on that train! Merle Haggard, "Go Home" Well, I certainly like to kick things off with a story about how a guy's racist friends broke up his relationship. Just some real cheerful shit here! The Coup, "Me And Jesus the Pimp In a '79...
Today! Apathy, "The Grass Ain't Greener" I know that this is dumb of me, but I still find the idea of a rap album exploring the darker side of Connecticut kind of hilarious. And, you know, there's plenty of material there! The album itself is...
