We Be The Echo, "Shredder of Wheat and Souls" I have no recollection of getting this record, but I can say: that is a very funny song title. Unrest, "Firecracker" On Imperial F.F.R.R. (that stands for "full frequence range recording"), Unrest not...
Bim Skala Bim, "Wandering Soul" Yeah, let's hear it for 90s ska! Hey, what are you doing with that tomato? Bim Skala Bim's Bones is the one where they really cemented their sunny sound, sort of a pop/ska approach that they would more or...
Koenjihyakkei, "Angherr Shisspa" Koenjihyakkei is a band led by Tatsuya Yoshida, the drummer/lunatic in Ruins. It's an off-kilter take on prog, inspired by Magma, and it's every bit as unhinged as Ruins ever was. Just with a bigger band. I mean, I suppose I...
Dead Kennedys, "Moon over Marin" The closer to the second Kennedys album, Plastic Surgery Disasters, it's one of those anthemic songs that the Kennedys would occasionally turn out. This is actually about as accessible as they ever got, although there's still Biafra's strange warble to...
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...
