All You Can Eat, "Family Matters" Here on Five Songs, mostly, we like our punk to be DIY and forgotten, mostly. I'm fine with some of the glossier stuff, but the underground shit just feels a lot more vital. There'...
Dave, "Streatham" I wonder if Dave (this rapper, who is from the UK and is excellent) is frustrated by Dave, the guy from the TV show? Ikebe Shakedown, "Unqualified" The most recent album from Afro-beat/soul/funk band Ikebe Shakedown, who...
Oneohtrix Point Never, "Lost but Never Alone" Magic Oneohtrix Point Never is probably my favorite record from him since Replica. In a lot of ways, it evokes that record, giving a rare treat of throwback sounds from an artist who is always restlessly...
Buzzcocks, "Lester Sands" The Buzzcocks were one of the best of punk's first wave, but unlike a lot of the other greats of that scene, they didn't totally disappear. The went away for a while, but re-formed in the...
Stevie Wonder, "Pastime Paradise" The capstone of maybe the best run of any artist, ever, Songs in the Key of Life is a sprawling double album covering an incredible amount of ground, both musically and lyrically. Wonder tackled social issues and spiritual ones,...