Five months in a row of a daily updates every single day. I can't keep this up forever, but I'm hoping the consistency is nice for folks out there. (looks at analytics) Well, a few of you, anyway.
Gauche, "Pay Day"
Gauche is a supergroup...
Stevie Wonder, "Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)"
Music Of My Mind was the album where Stevie Wonder found another gear. He was a one-man band at this point, and he had really mastered writing a complete record. From here through Songs in...
400 Blows, "The Ugly Are So Beautiful"
There's a ruthless, efficient logic at the heart of 400 Blows. The find their groove, riff, or idea and just hammer away at it. It's not that they're robotic or simplistic or anything, but they recognize that repetition...
Don't have a ton to say today!
The Goats, "The Boom"
The Goats were an underground rap act out of Philadelphia, notable for using a live band during their second album, from which this song comes. Musically they would have fit in with the Tommy...
A Motown artist! A fake Motown artist! Big Business playing with two bands!
Mayer Hawthorne, "The News"
We've heard from Mayer Hawthorne before with Tuxedo, but here he is with his solo act. Hawthorne, who grew up in Ann Arbor, Michegan, not far from the...