200 johns, "the sun is a h0t m4ss" Did you know that you needed hyperpop covers of They Might Be Giants songs? I didn't, until I heard this this EP. And I realized, yes, I very much needed hyperpop covers of...
P.D.Q. Bach, "Six Contrary Dances, S. 39: VI. Moving right alongo" P.D.Q. Bach, the parody composer, makes truly dumb music that can largely only be appreciated by smart people. Or, maybe more accurately, culturally educated people. The truth is,...
Hot Snakes, "Braintrust" The third Hot Snakes album certainly announces itself with authority. "Braintrust" opens up my favorite record from them, with a song that would absolutely sit right at home on one of the legendary Drive Like Jehu records. Which...
The Decemberists, "Summersong" I've talked a little about the Four Album theory, which is that some great metal bands (Metallica, Krallice, Mastodon) will push things as far as they can with their sound over four albums, before taking off in a...
Pardoner, "Silly String" There's something extremely early 90s about Pardoner's sound on this track. It sounds like a lost track from a C/Z Records band, or maybe like some old Dinosaur Jr. track from the vault. That, of...