Dead Kennedys, "Soup Is Good Food" This is the song that let me finally crack the Dead Kennedys. I think there's an adjustment, for me at least, as music gets faster and more challenging to find something you can pick out that lets you understand...
Prince, "Take Me With U" Prince, yes please, take me with you. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, "'78 Style" The first JSBX was really very much a transitional record between Pussy Galore and what the JSBX would become. There's just enough of the spastic, unpredictable...
The Maytals, "Daddy" The first Maytals album, 1965's The Sensational Maytals, was later re-issued with a bunch of extras and alternate takes as Sensational Ska Explosion. The extra junk is unnecessary, but the album is a great view into the early career of one of...
Prince, "All The Critics Love U In New York" Somehow, 23 years before their first record, Prince laid a pretty savage burn on LCD Soundsystem. Jawbox, "Meathook" Jawbox put together a comp, My Scrapbook Of Fatal Accidents, which gathered together most of their non-album releases...
Today! Rocket From The Crypt, "Suit City" I love the urgency in this song, it's always driving forward hard. And it sticks around for just two and a half minutes. Get in, do what you want to do, get out. Nice. Nine Inch Nails, "Let's...
