Rapeman, "Monobrow"
The disconnected guitar skronk at the front of this song is weirdly something that kind of sticks with me. I think because it kind of lays bare what noise rock kind of sounds like when its stripped of all the layers. And, of...
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Mono Men, "Don't Know Yet"
Garage rock revivalists Mono Men, from Bellingham, WA, were dedicated to the proposition that back-to-basics rock was all anybody really needed. They were sufficiently dedicated to the idea that not only did they put out a ton of albums...
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Labradford, "Sliding Glass"
More of Labradford's drone-y version of post-rock, with that lovely build up during the song.
The Mad Lads, "Whatever Hurts You"
No, this isn't actually a Motown song, this is actually from Stax, from 1968 even. Usually, it's easier to spot...
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J Church, "Sweet and Sour Plums"
WRCT, the campus radio station at Carnegie Mellon, used to get tons of records from just about every label. Primarily, that was because we actually would play stuff from smaller labels, having largely rejected the idea of...