Bedhead, "Haywire" Bedhead is the musical equivalent of a weighted blanket. Lambchop, "The Gusher" Lambchop is, uh, a velvet smoking jacket, a faded photo of your grandparents, a mostly empty bottle of rye, and a ticket stub for a concert that you can't actually tell...
Forest Swords, "The Weight of Gold" Always nice to heart from Forest Swords! I'd like to hear a new album from him, actually, although I suppose the wait between the first two albums is about what we've waited since the second album. So maybe soon!...
Spawn of Possession, "Where Angels Go Demons Follow" I dunno, the vocals on this track are really amusing me tonight. Something about the cadence here is extra ridiculous. Negativland, "Cityman" Negativland, in their roles as cultural and social critics, were usually on their strongest footing...
Atmosphere, "Lovelife" A thing that strikes me about listening to early Atmosphere (this is from their second album, 2002's God Loves Ugly) is how young Slug sounds on these tracks. He still sounds like the same person later, but there's less weariness in his tone...
PJ Harvey, "My Beautiful Leah" Is This Desire? is the album that really completed PJ Harvey's transition from kickass rock artist to just plain ol' kickass artist. Yeah, broadly, this is still a rock record, but she started doing so much more. The arrangements incorporate...
