Boris, "Party Boy" This kind of sounds like a Death From Above 1979 track, a demonstration of the range that Boris have displayed over their long and incredible career. The Shins, "Red Rabbits" I'm not going to rehash my schtick with the Shins here (you...
Mule, "Lucky" Every now and again, bands will fuse redneck aesthetics with various rock genres, to greater or lesser effect. In this case, Mule bolts that stuff onto noise rock, bolstered by the usual good engineering job by Steve Albini. I don't think that it's...
Frank Black and the Catholics, "Bullet" Frank Black went through a couple phases between v1 of the Pixies and v2 of the Pixies. After recording under just his own name, he apparently decided that his band rated a mention, and began recording as Frank Black...
The Shins, "New Slang" I sort of mentally lumped the Shins in with a bunch of other indie bands (like Death Cab) as being "fine, but not for me". Who had the time to differentiate all these bands? It wasn't actually until I found "For...
