Stugots, "Ooh Poo Pah Doo"
This is from an EP called Soupy Sales, a slab of fun, guttural noise rock. This tune, the closer to that EP, is different, as it's a cover, was recorded live, and is just kind of a straightforward rock song....
Mantar, "Eternal Return"
I long ago ran out of stuff to say about Mantar, so let's just have a close listen to this. The shift up to the double-time drums fifty seconds in is nice. And a nice change in the gallop shortly after the...
Helium, "XXX"
Amazingly, despite having Mary Timony show up here with Ex Hex, Wild Flag, Autoclave, and even as a solo artist, we've never actually had her show up with the band she's most famous with, Helium. That ends today! If you couldn't tell with...
Bullfrog, "Mark After Dark"
We've had Bullfrog here before, but as a reminder, this is one of Kid Koala's many projects. Most of their album is pretty straight ahead funk, but they mix in some other stuff, such as the tune here which closes the...
Keeping that streak alive.
Grandaddy, "The Warming Sun"
I sometimes wonder why some bands don't connect with me. Grandaddy, for instance. Highly regarded by lots of people, so they're a good band by most measures. They are mining a similar vein as Wilco, who I...