Polyrhythmics, "Lord of the Fries" A repeat! New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble, "Call Me" It seems like a concept that would be kind of evergreen - ska up some jazz standards, add a few originals, off you go. But somehow, it had diminishing returns? Each album...
Leatherface, "Mush" Well, we're back at Leatherface, and I once again confront my opinion that this basically sounds just like late 80s/early 90s southern California punk, except for the vocals. And I'm not wild about the vocals. We need to get Dave Smalley involved...
Willie Nelson, "Are You Sure" We've had a couple tracks from this record, which is Crazy, The Demo Sessions. Every time it comes up, I'm reminded how much I like this, and then I go look at his discography, get intimidated, and kind of give...
The Police, "King of Pain" "King of Pain" is the first song I can recall reading the lyrics sheet for in order to try and figure out what was going on in it (the lyrics sheet didn't help much). While I'm fully on board with...
The Police, "King Of Pain" By the time Synchronicity came out, the Police were really out of gas. There are some fine pop songs on it, but lots of filler, and even the good songs are kind of tame compared to some of their previous...
