Sometimes, this music is awesome.
Throbbing Gristle, "Beachy Head" Industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle's third album, 20 Jazz Funk Greats, is their best and most influential album. Ranging widely around the musical map, the restlessness is part of what makes it great. This song, for instance, is...
Claw Hammer, "The Day It Rained Pigeon Shit" Have we had Claw Hammer before? I think we have. The tags say we have. Whatever. Anyway, Claw Hammer sort of had a blues-y take at punk, like if you took Mudhoney and dialed up...
Yo La Tengo, "Raw Power" Yo La Tengo Is Murdering The Classics is a compilation of Yo La Tengo's fundraising appearances for WFMU where the band plays whatever songs are requested. You can usually tell when it's a song...
The Queers, "From Your Boy" We've been over this, but it's been a while: yes, this is shameless Ramones worship. Yes, it's incredibly sophomoric. Yes, you can do much better. The Decemberists, "Rox in the Box&...
Look, this is every day-ish. A Forest of Stars, "A Blaze of Hammers" This is A Blog of Gummi Worms. Kings Destroy, "W2" I want to say this was from a Humble Bundle? It's kind of plodding, and sort...
