Elvis Costello, "Just a Memory"
The deluxe reissues of Costello's albums are mostly not worth it. There are some highlights from the bonus material, but you're just better off listening to the actual album again.
Matthew Sweet, "Looking at the Sun"
This entire album is...
Conor Oberst, "Get - Well - Cards"
Conor Oberst is known primarily as the guy fronting Bright Eyes, a band that I never got into. Like, I don't even have one of their albums in the collections. No real reason, mind you. Hell, they might...
I dunno, sometimes this stuff just is what it is.
The Beatles, "Octopus's Garden"
I enjoy all of the songs Ringo sings. There, I said it!
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, "Naked Sun"
Listen to how shamelessly huge that drum...
We're a couple of weeks away from the first birthday of Five Songs. I'm thinking about changing up the format a little. Anybody have any thoughts? Here's today's music.
Freeway, "Hear The Song"
While I think Freeway usually has great beats, this is not one...
A brief discussion popped up on Twitter, and I realized how strong 1989 was for albums. In no particular order: Bleach, 3 Feet High and Rising, Pretty Hate Machine, Doolittle, Energy, 13 Songs, Wrong, Bizarro, Paul's Boutique, and Mudhoney were all released that year. And...