Make! The most! Of my! Toe toast! Hey, while we're giggling over this first Descendents track, a Five Songs correspondent pointed out the existence of this masterpiece, which is really breathtaking. Descendents, "Enjoy" A couple albums into the Descendents' snotty punk career, the casual observer...
Kind of distant and/or futuristic there for a while, until we hit the last song. Sigur Rós, "Untitled 8" Icelandic post-rock group Sigur Rós make long, abstract songs that pretty much all sound like the soundtrack to something. Despite this theoretically being something I...
Today's tunes. The Nation of Ulysses, "Maniac Dragstrip" There's a search for authenticity in rock music that goes back decades, where bands are judged to be real or poseurs based on a variety of markers, many of which make no sense at all. And in...
Here's today's music. The Four Tops, "If You Don't Want My Love" We're visiting 1967 with this song from the legendary Four Tops, one of the breakout stars of Motown's roster, becoming staples of radio. I'm not a Four Tops expert or anything though, so...
Some authentically old music, and some music that wishes it was older than it is. Craw, "Eidolons" I really cannot emphasize how happy it makes me that there are folks that are going back into our past and bringing bands to our attention. Craw's revival...
