Hüsker Dü, "Divide and Conquer" A thing that is easy to forget about Hüsker Dü is how ridiculously productive they were in their salad days. Zen Arcade, New Day Rising, and Flip Your Wig all came out within a 14 month period, a rate of...
Gob, "Cleansing" This song sounds weird in only one earbud. Green Day, "Nice Guys Finish Last" nimrod. is the Green Day album I listen to the least. It's not because of the songs that break out of the pop punk mold, but because the punk...
Radiohead, "True Love Waits" Hmm. I guess maybe Radiohead used Conlon Nancarrow? Elvis Costello, "(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea" A friend used to do a bit where he'd refer to song titles or whatever with synonyms or just slightly wrong words, and it...
Japandroids, "Younger Us" Lots of music gets described as "anthemic", and I've sometimes wondered what people mean by it. I think for me, it describes something that you want to shout along with, preferably with other people. Not sing, mind you. Shout. That's an anthem,...
The True Loves, "Kabuki" Soul band from beautiful Seattle, this was one of those occasional finds from when I found myself trapped in a vehicle without Bluetooth and heard something good on KEXP. (Specifically, a U-Haul I was driving from Kingston to Bainbridge Island.) It's...
