Today! Ashanti Afrika Jah, "Onyame" One of the tremendous things about today's music scene is that we have so many quality reissue labels that are looking through the past and finding great stuff to bring back to light. This comes from the Nigeria 70: Lagos...
Today! Mu330, "Around You" There's sort of a darker edge to this song, with the horns especially, which is fairly unusual among the third-wave bands that were Mu330's peers. Of course, this isn't ska, this is rock with horns. Beck, "Strange Apparition" Mostly, I look...
Some titans of the rock underground today! I really like this set a lot. Shame it didn't go one more song, Einstürzende Neubauten popped up next with "Vanadium-I-Ching", which would have been a fun addition to the list. Oh well, can't go changing the rules...
Tons of new releases that I picked up this week! * Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Luciferian Towers * METZ, Strange Peace * The Du-Rites, Greasy Listening * Wolves in the Throne Room, Thrice Woven * Moses Sumney, Aromanticism I think that's it? Sometimes I get confused about what releases when,...
Some legendary names today. Pixies, "Nimrod's Son" From their very first moment, the Pixies were already themselves. This song, from their debut EP Come on Pilgrim, already shows all the elements that people would come to love. What's even more impressive was that this was...
