SNFU, "Reality Is A Ride On The Bus" SNFU's 1993 album, Something Green and Leafy This Way Comes, came out on Epitaph and marked a turn more towards pop punk as opposed to their earlier hardcore. And, honestly, it doesn't suit them. This song, for...
L'Orange & Mr. Lif, "A World Without Music" As is his penchant, Mr. Lif's 2016 album was a concept record, this one based around the idea of a society that had stamped out culture completely. As with his other concept albums, it connects better on some...
Squarepusher, "Come On My Selector" Early Squarepusher is very much drum 'n' bass, albeit pretty frantic even for a genre known for punishing tempos. Squarepusher is still primarily cutting up the Amen break for the drums, for instance. You can hear his bass playing front...
The Presidents of the United States of America, "We Are Not Going To Make It" The Presidents were viewed as a novelty act, which is kind of inescapable when your hits are things like "Lump" and "Peaches". And, yeah, there's a lot of breezy nonesense...
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...
