Nots, "Cold Line" Another surprise record! Feels like we've had a lot of those recently. I wonder what the actual count of surprise records is in the ol' collection. I'm not sure I want to know. The Dillinger Escape Plan, "The Running Board" I know...
Sharon Jones, "Make It Good To Me" Fuck me, listen to that organ. I try and play a decent amount of soul around the kids, because it's just such amazing music, and with luck, they'll get the same appreciation of it. I try not to...
Lucious Jackson, "Strongman" When the Beastie Boys took the leap to playing their own instruments with Check Your Head, they also started expanding the reach of their label, Grand Royal. Lucious Jackson was one of the artists that they signed, putting out their first record,...
Big Black, "I Can Be Killed" From the first Big Black release, Lungs (later collected on The Hammer Party), this was all done entirely by Steve Albini. After this EP, Albini was able to put together an actual band, and the Big Black sound would...
Earl Van Dyke, "Soul Stomp" We're in 1964 here, with a well-named song, as this really is quite a stomp. The organ is just fantastic. The Beastie Boys, "Fight For Your Right" I think that more than half of the times in my life that...
