Think Tree, "Everything Is Equal" This is extremely college radio circa 1991. If you wanted to know what that sounded like. (Nobody should.) Portishead, "The Rip" Portishead put out an absolute stone-cold classic in Dummy and a fine follow-up, Portishead, before disappearing. Nobody really sounded...
Quasimoto, "Don't Blink" Quasimoto is one of Madlib's many aliases, and probably the most unhinged of his various projects. The production in particular is spastic, with sounds popping in and out in unpredictable ways, giving the proceedings a lurching feel that is diquieting. Combine that...
Young Fresh Fellows, "Barky's Spiritual Store" There was a nine year break between 1992's It's Low Beat Time and 2001's Because We Hate You, with Scott McCaughey spending time in the interim both touring with R.E.M. and spending time with his other band,...
