The Jam, "All Mod Cons" Title track of the first of their essential albums, and just a quick little gem. I wonder if I could learn this bass line? Ice Cube, "The Bomb" AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted is really a...
Television, "Venus" Television's Marquee Moon is a landmark album for good reason. It's a key album in establishing post-punk, with its sophisticated winding guitars and complex songs. But anybody who describes Television always makes it sound so much more...
Young Fresh Fellows, "Barky's Spiritual Store" There was a nine year break between 1992's It's Low Beat Time and 2001's Because We Hate You, with Scott McCaughey spending time in the interim both touring with...
Firewater, "This Is My Life" One of the highlights on the best Firewater album, Golden Hour. It's an album that attempts to answer the question "what if we just made the whole album out of highlights". Calexico, "Yours...
Bathory, "Possessed" Bathory's second album, The Return of the Darkness and Evil, was one of the touchstones in black metal's first wave. Most of the traits of the genre were in place at this point, with the murky production,...