The Roots, "We Got You" Just a brief thing from the Roots' live album, I won't spend more time on this than it lasts. Wu-Tang Clan, "A Better Tomorrow" The way the drums start up on this track, that's such a RZA move. The distant...
X (Australia), "Suck Suck" This is a punk band named X, but not THAT one. This one is from Australia, which is why Amphetamine Reptile credited them this way after re-issuing the record. This album came out in 1979, actually pre-dating the first album by...
Labi Siffre, "I Got The..." This is from the 1975 album Remember My Song, a record that became famous due to sampling (especially in Eminem's "My Name Is"). As with so many of these great old funk records, it's a delight that it was resurrected...
Russian Circles, "Vorel" Russian Circles usually gets tagged with the post-rock label, which doesn't really hang together to me. There's nothing really post- about most of their stuff. To me, this is really just straight up instrumental metal, and it's faaaantastic at that. They've been...
Amon Tobin, "One Shy Morning" Amon Tobin put out two albums in 2019, with this one (Long Stories) being the more ambient, quieter one of the pair. It's well done, and it's a good record, but honestly, I prefer Tobin when he's more out there...
