The Grifters, "Spaced Out" By the time the Grifters arrived at this record, album number five, they were recording for a mid-major (Sub Pop), in a real studio, and they were sounding like a real full-on band instead of the ramshackle act they...
Infesticons, "Night Night Theme" Infesticons is Mike Ladd and some assorted helpers, making grimy underground hip-hop. Gun Hill Road came out in 2000, and is chock full of noise, gritty beats and loops, and frankly uneven rapping. It's an interesting album,...
The Jam, "That's Entertainment" I wasn't following music during the Jam's heyday, what with being too young, but they were pretty big shit. Specifically, according to Wikipedia, "That's Enterainment" is still the best-selling...
Filastine, "Singularities" Electronic artist Filastine draws widely from musical traditions from across the globe, pulling in bits and pieces from many cultures to assemble his songs. What could sound eclectic doesn't come off that way, it instead is more like a...
The Baseball Project, "Don't Call Them Twinkies" There's a Venn diagram you can draw, with "Baseball Nerd" as one circle and "Seattle Music Nerd" in the other. In that fantastic overlap sits The Baseball Project...