ALL, "Long Distance" A thing you can say about ALL is how incredibly consistent the sound of the band was across records. The guitar, bass, and drums all sound exactly the same across every record. They had the sound they liked, and they stuck with...
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, "Purple Haze" 'Scuse me while I fuck this blog! Steady Ernest, "Roll On" Didn't we just have Steady Ernest? I wonder what the most frequent ska band we've had show up here is? Seems like it should be the Slackers, just...
Tortoise, "Charteroak Foundation" Tortoise had five years between this record and the previous one (not counting their collab with Bonnie "Prince" Billy), and when they came back, they were sounding pretty energized. This track is a good example - it starts out sounding like a...
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...
Mudhoney, "It Is Us" If you got off the Mudhoney train back in the early 90s, you're in good company. But it's worth taking a look at their later catalog - they've got five studio albums after the 90s, and they range from solid to...
