Jurassic 5, "Gotta Understand" Feedback is one of the most disappointing albums I can remember buying. I adored the first couple LPs from J5, and then this album just kind of thudded to the ground. It seemed so leaden and joyless at the time that...
Renegade Soundwave, "Murder Music" I will always group Renegade Sounwave with Pop Will Eat Itself in my brain, and it's almost impossible to separate them. But, if you've heard both bands, I think you can hear what I'm hearing. If you cannot, don't tell me!...
Godflesh, "Pure" Godflesh were pioneers in heavy music, bringing together the guitars of extreme metal with the rhythms of industrial, inspiring bands on both sides of the fence. Streetcleaner is considered a classic, and after an interim EP, they returned with Pure, after some changes...
BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah, "Stark's Reality" This tune is very like David Axelrod, especially in the engineering of the recording and the strings. I would have loved to hear Ghostface actually rhyme on top of it. Oranssi Pazuzu, "Uraanisula" Looks like the first time we've had...
The Magnetic Fields, "Two Kinds of People" There are two kinds of people: those with the patience to pick through 69 Love Songs to find the good bits, and those who cannot be bothered. The Skatalites, "Woman A Come" The Skatalites didn't often have a...
