The Dramatics, "In the Rain" Oh baby. Listen to that reverb! Those strings and horns! I don't think I'm cool enough to listen to something like this, frankly. The Suede Denim Secret Police are going to haul me off. Deerhoof, "Department of Corrections" There's something...
Pink Floyd, "Is There Anybody Out There?" In a different potential project of mine, I was looking at albums released in 1979, and it's pretty amusing that the same year in rock produced London Calling and 154 and also The Wall. I know rock is...
Kid Koala, "The Observable Universe" Oh, sure, "music to draw to", huh? Well, what about music to blog to? How come nobody ever writes that? Huh? U.S. Girls, "Rage of Plastics" I'm not sure how U.S. Girls flew under my radar for as...
Fifteen, "Petroleum Distillation" Fifteen is the successor band to Crimpshrine, who were one of the seminal bands of the entire Gilman/Lookout scene in California. Crimpshrine splintered, yielding Operation Ivy, the legendary Cometbus zine, and Fifteen. As you can hear, this is very much right...
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, "You Spin Me Round '86" The rare Shadowy Men track with a voice on it! Very little, mind you, but judged on a curve, it's a ton. Pond, "Magnifier" Great stuff so far today! I've sung the praises of...
