Neutral Milk Hotel, "Song Against Sex" In The Aeroplane Over The Sea is a record that sort of became a shibboleth among indie dorks, the sort of thing you had to pledge allegience to in order to fit in among certain crowds. Or make fun...
Isotope 217, "Kryptonite Smokes The Red Line" Is it post-rock or jazz? Half of the band is from Tortoise, so that's a big post-rock vote. But, they have multiple horns! So, jazz? But Godspeed You! Black Emperor have multiple horns, right? [checks] Hmm, only one...
Queens of the Stone Age, "If I Had A Tail" There were six years between the majestic, jagged Era Vulgaris and the return album ...Like Clockwork, and that time was apparently spent with Homme thinking about bringing things back to the turn of the millenium....
Today's tunes! Queens of the Stone Age, "The Way You Used To Do" 2013's ...Like Clockwork never really grabbed me (despite extensive critical acclaim), so I was pretty delighted that 2017's Villains got me pretty fired up. Mark Ronson helped to sharpen things up, and...
Today! Queens of the Stone Age, "You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire" This is one of those songs where that little opening background riff will just pop into my head and stay there for hours and hours, just...
