Gob, "Cleansing" This song sounds weird in only one earbud. Green Day, "Nice Guys Finish Last" nimrod. is the Green Day album I listen to the least. It's not because of the songs that break out of the pop punk mold, but because the punk...
Public Enemy, "LSD" Flavor Flav belting out "cancer!" in the first verse always kills me. Also, I always appreciate it when rappers Remember A Guy, with Nick Van Exel getting name checked here. The Grifters, "Spaced Out" I'm pretty sure that I've lamented this before,...
Blackalicious, "World of Vibrations" It wasn't clear if there would be a follow-up to the masterful Blazing Arrow, but three years later, The Craft showed up. And while it's not quite as good, that's an unreasonable expectation. It's an excellent record, Gift of Gab was...
Afghan Whigs, "Retarded" Uh, yikes. "Television's gone / I'm alone with Lucifer / what a drag" is such an outstanding summary of Greg Dulli's lyrical work with the Whigs. Shame about the slurs, though. The Temptations, "I Wish It Would Rain" A thing that gets a little...
The Magnetic Fields, "The Way You Say Good-Night" You know, the only Magnetic Fields record I've ever heard is this one. There are a lot more, and I have no idea if this record is an outlier in their sound or not. When they started...
