Emperor, "A Fine Day to Die" Among the various albums to emerge from the second wave of black metal, In The Nightside Eclipse seems to me to be the one that really set the template that a lot of black metal followed. While it's inaccessible,...
The Baseball Project, "¡Hola America!" Baseball Project, yes, yes, very good, love 'em AS OF THIS WRITING THE MARINERS ARE IN THE LEAD IN THE AL WEST AND WOULD BE THE AL's #2 SEED IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY WOOOOOO Poster Children, "Evidence" There was...
Lungfish, "My Fool Heart" I've kind of run down Lungfish often enough here to make it clear that I'm not a big fan, so I won't rehash it. I do wonder occasionally (usually whenever they come up here) if I'm missing something by not going...
The Baseball Project, "Don't Call Them Twinkies" There's a Venn diagram you can draw, with "Baseball Nerd" as one circle and "Seattle Music Nerd" in the other. In that fantastic overlap sits The Baseball Project and your faithful Five Songs correspondant. Where else can you...
Six songs today! Xzibit, "Carry The Weight" Before he was on MTV, before he became a meme, Xzibit was a hardcore rapper, which sometimes kind of seems like it's forgotten. His debut album, featuring production by E-Swift and Muggs among others, is a strong piece...
