Mary Wells, "You Beat Me To The Punch" Lots of Mary Wells recently, which is OK by me! Olivia Tremor Control, "The Opera House" Music From The Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle is one of the key documents of the indie pop underground...
Mary Wells, "My Guy" It's a trifle, but it's a very sweet one. Muddy Waters, "You're Gonna Need My Help" We like to goof around with me not knowing shit about jazz around here, but I know so, so much less about blues. Pussy Galore,...
Stevie Wonder, "Pastime Paradise" The capstone of maybe the best run of any artist, ever, Songs in the Key of Life is a sprawling double album covering an incredible amount of ground, both musically and lyrically. Wonder tackled social issues and spiritual ones, found time...
I never write checks, so this blog is the only thing that I write the wrong year on after the calendar filps over. Marvin Gaye, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" A stone-cold classic. Polyrhythmics, "Cosimo" A lovely EP from 2020, Fondue Party continues a...
Killdozer, "Pour Man" Killdozer were not a joke band. But they were a band that was never really being serious, with Michael Gerald's vocal delivery on this thing being a good example. Why is he singing like this? Because it's silly. Does it make the...
