Six songs today! Amon Tobin, "Precursor" One of the big trends of rap beats was taking old soul music and speeding it up so that it sounds like the Chipmunks. Here, Amon Tobin sounds like he's doing kind of the same thing, only with cartoon...
Late night Saturday tunes! Battles, "Rainbow" Ex-Helmet drummer John Stanier joined with Ian Williams of Don Caballero to form Battles. Given the pedigree, it's no surprise that the focus was on complex, prog-y songs. Somewhat surprising, given the muscular nature of those two bands and...
Happy birthday to my oldest! 10 years! Mind blowing. Let's see what shuffle pulls up to celebrate! Arsonists, "Backdraft" One of the things to like about the Arsonists is the way MCs are coming into and out of this song, weaving their verses. I love...
