The Busters, "Candy" The Busters are from Germany, which was a little bit of a hotbed of two-tone-styled ska in the late 80s/early 90s before the third wave really got rolling. The Busters were never serious about anything, and sometimes the goofiness...
They Might Be Giants, "Nanobots" The title track of their 2013 album, which was the second album of a little renaissance from TMBG. Post-children's albums, they put together two outstanding records, bursting with ideas and shimmering tunes. Join Us ranks in...
Einstürzende Neubauten, "Sand" Every now and again, Neubauten will make a song that's relatively conventional. And you still end up with a creepy torch song like this one, complete with strangled half-falsetto and tribal drumming. Built to Spill, "Revolution"...
Kid Koala, "The Observable Universe" Oh, sure, "music to draw to", huh? Well, what about music to blog to? How come nobody ever writes that? Huh? U.S. Girls, "Rage of Plastics" I'm not sure how U....
The Delgados, "If This Is A Plan" There are times when I kinda run out of things to say about a band. That's not even interesting things, mind you, just things in general. I suppose I could just straight repeat myself,...