The Chemical Brothers, "Where Do I Begin" We've talked before about how "Block Rockin' Beats" was (deservedly) a galactic scale hit. I have to wonder how people who bought the record thought about the rest of the album, which is excellent, but which gleefully throws...
The Solids, "Over The Sirens" Guess how many people are in this band? Correct, two! That places them square in one of the major interests of Five Songs: Loud Rock Duos. They're not as outre as someone like Lightning Bolt, they're more towards the Big...
Albert King, "Born Under a Bad Sign" Majestic. I'm just going to fuck this up if I try and write something. Chemical Brothers, "Block Rockin' Beats" Last time we had a track from this album, I expressed mystification that the Chemical Brothers had a moment....
Belle and Sebastian, "I Want The World To Stop" I've written before about how I don't love Write About Love, so I won't rehash that here. It's fine, but it's just a little too slick and it just doesn't resonate with me. I think this...
Torche, "Admission" When we had My Bloody Valentine the other day, I confessed that I didn't really love Loveless. In turn, that means that I'm not really much on shoegaze, which is true. What I do often like is when bands take shoegaze-style wall of...
