Idlewild, "These Wooden Ideas" It's not always clear ahead of time if an album or band will click or not. Reviews and comparisons can take you only so far, and until you sit down with a record and really try it out, you'll just never...
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...
Piss Vortex, "Voice of the Worthless" Now, see, if you remember that Iskra track from yesterday, you might say that this sounds like the same shit. But if you listen to enough of this garbage, you'll hear differences: the vocals sound like they are yelled...
Frank Black and the Catholics, "Bullet" Frank Black went through a couple phases between v1 of the Pixies and v2 of the Pixies. After recording under just his own name, he apparently decided that his band rated a mention, and began recording as Frank Black...
Today! Thou, "There There" This is how Thou's album Algiers ends, which is a collection of assorted EPs and singles. There's something so elemental about the way that Thou sounds. Something about the entire sound of the band is downright contemptuous. Lots of bands manage...
