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Five Songs, 6/27/2018

Good one today! Well, if you ignore that we have a rap skit. De La Soul, "Skit 5" The closer for De La Soul Is Dead, the final skit that imagines some bullies discovering stealing the album and deciding it blows. De La Soul was...

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Five Songs, 6/1/2018

Welcome to Five Songs, where we have six songs for you! Kid Koala, "Cardboard Stars, Sea Shells (Page 100)" A repeat! Since there's not much to say about it exactly, I'll instead mention that Kid Koala did the score for the video game Floor Kids,...

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Five Songs, 5/30/2018

Today! Mono Men, "Don't Know Yet" Garage rock revivalists Mono Men, from Bellingham, WA, were dedicated to the proposition that back-to-basics rock was all anybody really needed. They were sufficiently dedicated to the idea that not only did they put out a ton of albums...

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Five Songs, 5/7/2018

All frequent fliers today! Public Enemy, "Lost In Space Music" This comes from Man Plans God Laughs, which is deep into the long run of somehwat undifferentiated albums that Public Enemy has been making for years and years now. They've lasted long enough and produced...

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Five Songs, 4/25/2018

Today! BIG|BRAVE, "Look At How The World Has Made A Change" Au De La, the album by BIG|BRAVE that we're listening to, is an odd beast. Mostly drone, kind of post-rock, sort of metal-y, it's atmospheric and pounding and pretty different from most...