Mantar, "Eternal Return" I long ago ran out of stuff to say about Mantar, so let's just have a close listen to this. The shift up to the double-time drums fifty seconds in is nice. And a nice change in the gallop shortly after the...
Nots, "Cold Line" Another surprise record! Feels like we've had a lot of those recently. I wonder what the actual count of surprise records is in the ol' collection. I'm not sure I want to know. The Dillinger Escape Plan, "The Running Board" I know...
Big Black, "I Can Be Killed" From the first Big Black release, Lungs (later collected on The Hammer Party), this was all done entirely by Steve Albini. After this EP, Albini was able to put together an actual band, and the Big Black sound would...
Today! Joe Lally, "Reason to Believe" Joe Lally was, of course, bassist for the incomparable Fugazi, and one of the biggest reasons why the bass is one of the instruments I choose to butcher. All of the members of Fugazi have pursued various projects in...
Just a quick one today, Five Songs is on the road! Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet, "You Spin Me Round '86" Surf-ish instrumental band Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet are probably best known as the band who did the theme song for Kids...
