Swingin' Utters, "Here We Are Nowhere" A while back, I wrote some code to pull data from Discogs for my collection to see what year albums were released for another project that I was working on. That project might still see the light of day!...
Lambchop, "Up With People" A difficult question to answer is "what is the best Lambchop record?" Part of the problem here is that they've evolved gently over their existence, but don't really have recognizable periods where one could really say that that style is your...
Mastodon, "The Motherload" Once More Around The Sun is definitely a Mastodon album, what with all their stylistic tics being present. But for the most part, it's all packaged in a much more accessible way. Much of this song, for example, really is just a...
WIFE, "Salvage" WIFE is the new band started by James Kelly, after the sublime black metal band Altar of Plagues disbanded. He clearly wanted to pursue a different direction, focusing on electronics to make his noise. It does share some of the same oppresive atmosphere...
Today! The Rolling Stones, "Stray Cat Blues" Because they hung around so long and turned into basically Rolling Stones Inc., a licensing corporation with a neglected music production arm that would occasionally squeeze out a desultory album, it's easy for folks of my generation (old,...
