Today! Gaza, "Skull Trophy" Gaza, out of Salt Lake City, played a brand of metal that crossed a bunch of arbitrary genre boundaries, usually a combination of sludge and doom. I recognize that these kinds of categorizations are deeply unhelpful for folks unfamiliar...
Good stuff today! Devo, "Uncontrollable Urge" The first track from the first album, here's how Devo first planted their flag. And listen to how sharp they sounded right out of the gate! My god, this is such a tight song. For...
A Motown artist! A fake Motown artist! Big Business playing with two bands! Mayer Hawthorne, "The News" We've heard from Mayer Hawthorne before with Tuxedo, but here he is with his solo act. Hawthorne, who grew up in Ann Arbor, Michegan,...
Great set today! Hüsker Dü, "Somewhere" One of the greatest bands of the 80s rock underground, Hüsker Dü took a big leap forward with this album, the sprawling double album Zen Arcade. They went from a (great) hardcore band to a band that...
Today! The Beautiful South, "Song For Whoever" Finally, we get some peak Beautiful South! This is the first song from their debut album, and my god, it's such a good song. Paul Heaton's sardonic lyrics are delivered so perfectly,...