Well, this blog officially turns five today! There have been 1137 posts on this site, if my tagging is to be trusted, so a pace better than every other day. More than five thousand little capsules on songs and bands, and that's a dang lot...
The Busters, "Candy" The Busters are from Germany, which was a little bit of a hotbed of two-tone-styled ska in the late 80s/early 90s before the third wave really got rolling. The Busters were never serious about anything, and sometimes the goofiness could get...
Wire, "Practice Makes Perfect" The second Wire album, Chairs Missing, was a little less frenetic than the debut record. Many of the songs are given more room to develop, with a little bit more of a drone-y feeling to some of the songs. It's still...
Monobody, "Country Doctor" Monobody is one of those bands that has a real mismatch of names. For whatever reason, I don't think this should be a math-rock/post-rock kind of band. "Monobody" seems like it should really be a garage rock outfit, all galloping guitars,...
Today! BIG|BRAVE, "Look At How The World Has Made A Change" Au De La, the album by BIG|BRAVE that we're listening to, is an odd beast. Mostly drone, kind of post-rock, sort of metal-y, it's atmospheric and pounding and pretty different from most...
