Lupe Fiasco, "The Emperor's Soundtrack" There's something so grandiose about Lupe Fiasco's stuff. The beats are so layered, and they're structured in a way to feel really huge, and the production of the rest of the track reinforces that massive impression. Sebadoh, "Junk Bonds" A...
The Story So Far, "Line" I don't remember picking up this record, but I guess it's not a huge surprise. Pure Noise Records might be how I found it? Anyway, pleasant enough. But enough of that. Somehow Plex thinks that this album came out on...
Amon Tobin, "Back From Space" The album opener to Out From Out Where, this record had the enviable task of following up the magnificent Supermodified. To Tobin's credit, he didn't really try and make Superdupermodified or whatever, he just continued evolving on his own path....
Run-D.M.C., "Raising Hell" I'm sure I've told the story before, but Raising Hell was the first album I remember buying for myself. I heard "Peter Piper" on the radio while we were driving to Pullman, WA, and I was entranced. I didn't know...
Einstürzende Neubauten, "Sand" Every now and again, Neubauten will make a song that's relatively conventional. And you still end up with a creepy torch song like this one, complete with strangled half-falsetto and tribal drumming. Built to Spill, "Revolution" Before going on their tear with...
