Sometimes, this music is awesome.
They Might Be Giants, "Critic Intro" This is the intro to Giants Jubilee, which is a comp album containing b-sides, EP tracks, and demos from the early years of the band. While there are some fun things on here, it's really...
Consolidated, "This Is A Collective" You know, if Consolidated had gotten rolling now instead of back in the early 90s, there would have been some Serious Discourse about them. Not just engaging with the politics of the band, but also probably a bunch...
Mary Timony, "Poison Moon" This is Mary Timony's first solo record, and you can kind of hear some pointers towards where here work would head, both with Wild Flag and Ex Hex. There's more of a new wave feeling...
Boris, "Spoon" 2011 was an insanely productive year for Boris, with four albums showing up that year, all of them being unusual in some way from their standard. To the extent that Boris has a standard. Anyway, this is from New Album, which...
Can-i-bus, "Get Retarded" Hoo boy. Steroid Maximus, "Quilombo" Love that upright bass! We've had Steroid Maximus before, but this is one of J.G. Thirlwell's (Foetus, Wiseblood, Manorexia, Clint Ruin, etc) many aliases. Steroid Maximus is all...
