The Beautiful South, "Liars' Bar" Yeah, not the best choice here for a band where the delightful vocal performances are such an important part of their sound. Madvillain, "Operation Lifesaver aka Mint Test" A thing about Madvillain which is always...
John Oswald, "Btls (Marco Integer)" Chopping up the Beatles is really playing with fire, copyright-wise. It's powerful source material, of course, so I'm glad he went for it. But you know, there's a reason this stuff was...
Spawn of Possession, "Where Angels Go Demons Follow" I dunno, the vocals on this track are really amusing me tonight. Something about the cadence here is extra ridiculous. Negativland, "Cityman" Negativland, in their roles as cultural and social critics, were usually...
Madlib, "Pyramids (Change)" This is from Beat Konducta, Volume 1 & 2: Movie Scenes, a record intended as a soundtrack to a non-existant movie as well as a companion piece to J Dilla's revered Donuts. The thing that makes it a...
Germs, "Shut Down (Annihilation Man)" An outlier on the one and only Germs LP, (GI), this is a live track that is triple the length of anything else on the record. A loose wander of a song, it's all sneer and...