The Mr. T Experience, "I'm Like Yeah, but She's All No" Seems like we've had a lot of East Bay stuff recently. Or am I just imaginging things? Anyway, it's welcome. I might have that impression because I was listening to Operation Ivy in the...
Tiny Moving Parts, "Warm Hand Splash" This is good! I bought this on Bandcamp, and I don't remember listening to it. I still can't decide if that's sad of me or not. It probably is. Yo La Tengo, "Barnaby, Hardly Working" The first Yo La...
Squarepusher, "Iambic 5 Poetry" Budakhan Mindphone is an EP that was released just a few months after Music Is Rotted One Note, where Tom Jenkinson broke free of the gravity of drum'n'bass and moved into really doing his own thing. The lever that broke him...
It's July 4th! Doesn't feel right to celebrate anything, though. Fugees, "Ready or Not" This album was really huge, driven by a rapturous critical reception (and, of course, some seriously bangin' singles). It represents a little bit of a path not taken for hip-hop at...
Television, "See No Evil" There have been bands as cool as Television was when they released Marquee Moon, but I'm not sure there have been any cooler. SWANS, "In My Garden" On Children of God, Jarboe's contributions to the band were placed much more at...
