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...
Tackhead, "Ticking Time Bomb" Is industrial funk a thing? There are bits and pieces of Tackhead that remind me of industrial, but it's also very electro-funk. At the time I encountered this, I wasn't sure of the combination, and it sounds incredibly of its time...
Dasher, "We Know So" Here's a rarity: Dasher is led by Kylee Kimbrough, who sings and plays drums. Pretty neat! It's sorta post-hardcore, sorta noise, and is a fun record. Swans, "The Wolf" So, this little song leads into the centerpiece of double-album The Seer,...
Versus, "Shower Song" Nice drums on this tune! This is from the second Versus record, and it's a more muscular tune than I remember them putting out. I'll be honest, I haven't listened to Versus in decades (outside of the tracks that show up here)...
Television, "See No Evil" There have been bands as cool as Television was when they released Marquee Moon, but I'm not sure there have been any cooler. SWANS, "In My Garden" On Children of God, Jarboe's contributions to the band were placed much more at...
