The Flaming Lips, "Assassination of the Sun" We here at Five Songs are big fans of EPs, when bands treat them seriously. You get a good chunk of new material, enough to be satisfying, but they often come out as a surprise. It&...
The Evens, "Dinner With The President" After Fugazi went on hiatus (I refuse to say they're broken up!), Ian MacKaye started a band with his wife, Amy Farina, on drums. They play as a duo, playing a stripped down indie rock...
The Range, "1804" The Range makes electonic pop, mostly, but the interesting bit is that the vocals are sampled off tracks from YouTube. It gives the entire album a little bit of a strange feel, but one that is welcome to offset all...
Bullfrog, "Mark After Dark" We've had Bullfrog here before, but as a reminder, this is one of Kid Koala's many projects. Most of their album is pretty straight ahead funk, but they mix in some other stuff, such as...
Y'all, I've listened to that Hello, Summer album three times since it popped up randomly here, and folks: it's good. Real good! I love that my own blog is teaching me about music...from my own collection. Less Than...