Has-Lo, "Everything Is"
The minimal beat here really works well. Not every song can get by on something like this, but Has-Lo pulls it off.
Girls Against Boys, "(I) Don't Got A Place"
A thing I sometimes wonder about is the extent to which I...
The Wisdom of Harry, "Unit One"
I will look up little biographical details on acts when I'm doing this, to make sure I've got years right, or to spell names correctly, or whatever. And in the process, I'll see some of what others have written...
Modest Mouse, "3rd Planet"
The opening of The Moon & Antarctica, "3rd Planet" sets the expectation that Modest Mouse had moved beyond the sound of The Lonesome Crowded West to a little bit more of a melodic place. While this is still unmistakably the same band,...
I listened to yesterday's songs again with Megan on the couch, and it was kind of a lackluster set. Not that some of those artists haven't done good things, but it sure didn't hang together. I guess that's the hazard of this thing, but here's...