The Mighty Mocambos, "The Spell of Ra-Orkon" Well, isn't that just a party? Those horns, baby. And the bari sax solo! Sleater-Kinney, "All Hands on the Bad One" A thing I just noticed: I own four Sleater-Kinney records, and it's the four Kill Rock Stars...
Mac DeMarco, "The Way You'd Love Her" Like a lot of people, I first encountered DeMarco with Salad Days, which is a charming, reverb-soaked album full of ringing guitar tone and low-key songs. It's really enjoyable in the right mood, but I have to say...
Devin the Dude, "Do What You Wanna Do" You're never going to guess what this song is about! (It's weed.) The Pixies, "All the Saints" 23 years passed between Trompe Le Monde and Indie Candy, time where Frank Black spent a lot of time making...
Wolves in the Throne Room, "Ahrimanic Trance" Wolves in the Throne Room are one of the biggest bands in black metal, by showing a path that could take the aesthetics of the music but apply a different frame. They merge an ecological consciousness and an...
Joe & Barbara, "You're Astounding" This comes from very late in the Stax run, from 1975, just before the label's bankruptcy brought things to a close. Aceyalone, "Five Feet" Aceyalone was one of the founders of the Freestyle Fellowship, which we just had the other day....
