Serpent Column, "Pantheoclasm" The other day, Plague Rages Podcast was complaining that there's no great term for this sort of band, which isn't really death metal, not tech death, just really out there, chaotic, and dissonant. I proposed "...
Archers of Loaf, "Web In Front" This is the version from Seconds Before the Accident, the posthumously released live album. Archers of Loaf always toiled in Pavement's shadow, relentlessly drawing comparisons to them. But they were not imitators, and their four...
Nitzer Ebb, "Control I'm Here (live)" I mentioned the other day that I kept up with the proliferation of Nitzer Ebb releases for a while, and this is a good example of what a pain in the ass that was. When...
Gift of Gab, "Rat Race" You know a song is banging when I'm nodding this hard along with it, even just listening to it on one shitty earbud. Wilco, "Either Way" The opener of Sky Blue Sky, and it&...
BOXING DAY. I am not doing a special today. Cosmic Analog Ensemble, "Camille 3000" Cosmic Analaog Ensemble is the work of a single person, Charif Megarbane, who uses his band to explore different genres and styles. With Les Sourdes Oreilles he's...