The Toasters, "New York Fever" I'd have to go back and listen to a bunch of early Toasters records to confirm this, but in my memory, New York Fever is the record where the Toasters' sound kind of accelerated. There's a more frantic pace to...
Claw Hammer, "Gut Feeling" One of the things that we rail against around here are pointless covers. Especially in an age when so many of the originals are easily accessible, a cover really needs to add something. This is doubly true when it's something truly...
The Toasters, "Dub 56" We're mid-career with the Toasters here, with the Toasters basically having found their sound with Dub 56. They'd further refine it a bit on the next couple albums, but this is more or less where they ended up. You can very...
The Toasters, "East Side Beat" Your first instinct might be to think that Rob "Bucket" Hingley's accent here is a terrible put-on. But no, Rob was born in England, so he earned this. At any rate, this is from the first Toasters album, and it...
No Age, "Turned To String" Long running punk duo No Age fill out their sound by using the occasional sample, which helps keep things a little fresher than the formula might otherwise result in. At this point, six albums in, they're really getting by on...
