Can, "Mother Upduff" I still kind of lament Unlimited Edition being the first record I ever heard from Can. It's so scattered, as befits an outtake compilation, that it's hard to really appreciate it without the context of already...
Nine Inch Nails, "Just Like You Imagined" I think I've blathered on about The Fragile before, so you can hit up the tags over there and do some spelunking. Or not! But, the novel (?) observation I can make is that as...
Boris, "Flower Sun Rain" This is apparently a cover, which I hadn't really realized before. Smile, the album that opens with this song, is on the more accessible end of Boris's work. There are plenty of vocals on the...
Amon Tobin, "Back From Space" The album opener to Out From Out Where, this record had the enviable task of following up the magnificent Supermodified. To Tobin's credit, he didn't really try and make Superdupermodified or whatever, he just...
Modest Mouse, "Tundra/Desert" Before what I consider their breakthrough, The Lonesome Crowded West, Modest Mouse was making jagged, interesting music that sometimes was too much of a mess to really be great. But, I have to say, the older I get, the...