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,...
DJ Shadow, "This Time (I'm Gonna Try It My Way)" DJ Shadow's third album, The Outsider, is kind of a mess. It was four years after The Private Press and ten after Endtroducing, and all that time apparently created...