Shudder to Think, "Baby Drop" Your Choice Records was a DIY label that mostly (entirely?) released live records by established bands. I've got several of them, and they're all very good records. Here, Shudder to Think is in fine form, and this album almost functions...
The Pietasters, "Crying Over You" I'm of the opinion that the Pietasters really fell off hard after Oolooloo, driven among other things by Stephen Jackson's vocals getting much more gruff and the band really starting to emphasize rock more and more. That said, there are...
Gorillaz, "New Genious (Brother)" Gorillaz, the band featuring Damon Albarn (Blur) and Dan "The Automator" Nakamura (Dr. Octagon, Deltron 3030, others), is one of the weirder success stories in popular music. The icy, detached compositions don't scream out "radio success", and the big radio hit...
The Magnetic Fields, "Two Kinds of People" There are two kinds of people: those with the patience to pick through 69 Love Songs to find the good bits, and those who cannot be bothered. The Skatalites, "Woman A Come" The Skatalites didn't often have a...
I really like this set a lot. Live Human, "Quick Eleven" We just had DJ Logic a few days ago, and Live Human is a similar premise: a trio of a bassist, drummer, and DJ. There's the same kind of loose, jazzy, improvisational feel to...
