Otis Redding, "Love Have Mercy" Man, Otis was really a force of nature. The Presidents of the United States of America, "Froggie" This insistent fever dream of a tune is an excellent example of why the Presidents were so much fun. It keeps barreling forward...
matt pond PA, "Measure 3" I ran out of interesting (?) things to say about matt pond PA a couple tracks ago. So, as per the standard Five Songs Style Guide, that gives me license to just blather here. ... Turns out I don't have anything interesting...
Michael Kiwwanuka, "Rule the World" There are times, doing this, that I feel like a real fraud. Who am I to be writing this stuff up? I'm not a musician, I'm not a writer, I have no training in any of this, I don't fundamentally...
Vertigo, "Sit Down and Shut Up" Psychedelic noise rockers Vertigo had one final EP in 1993, Driver #43, which might have been their best single release. By this point, they were playing pretty tight, and everything was really hitting. It's a shame that they never...
Mule, "Lucky" Every now and again, bands will fuse redneck aesthetics with various rock genres, to greater or lesser effect. In this case, Mule bolts that stuff onto noise rock, bolstered by the usual good engineering job by Steve Albini. I don't think that it's...
