Soundgarden, "Swallow My Pride" A collision of early grunge elements here! This is from the second Soundgarden EP, Fopp, from 1988. It's a time when Soundgarden was still figuring out who they were, and their sound was still mostly a melding of hard rock and...
Valentine Six, "Always Is My Name" Here's a little bit of an oddball. Valentine Six put out one album in 1997, full of this kind of lounge-y sort of thing. Clearly more than a little Tom Waits in the DNA here, maybe just a little...
Built to Spill, "Conventional Wisdom" Probably the best song on You In Reverse, it's also one of the longest. But Built to Spill were often at their best when they take the time to really elaborate on a melody and play around with it. The...
Naked City, "Bonehead" I can often write these little blurbs while each song is playing, as most songs give me enough time to bang out a little bit of garbage for you all to read. Naked City, though? Forget it. Should change their name to...
Another day of all bands we've had before. I think that's fun! Here are your repeat offenders! Napalm Death, "Moral Crusade" Even though it sounds like it was recorded at the bottom of a murky pond, you can still hear what stunned people about Napalm...
