Sometimes, this music is awesome.
Madlib, "Pyramids (Change)" This is from Beat Konducta, Volume 1 & 2: Movie Scenes, a record intended as a soundtrack to a non-existant movie as well as a companion piece to J Dilla's revered Donuts. The thing that makes it a...
Germs, "Shut Down (Annihilation Man)" An outlier on the one and only Germs LP, (GI), this is a live track that is triple the length of anything else on the record. A loose wander of a song, it's all sneer and...
Touché Amoré, "Just Exist" I sometimes find screamo to be a little bit tiring. Musically, it's my jam, but the vocals wear me out sometimes. This seems like a stupid thing for someone who listens to as much metal with vocals...
Lupe Fiasco, "The Emperor's Soundtrack" There's something so grandiose about Lupe Fiasco's stuff. The beats are so layered, and they're structured in a way to feel really huge, and the production of the rest of...
Army of Juan, "Late Night Dining" I wonder how many ska-punk bands put out one record in 1997 and were never heard from again? I'm sure there have been comparable fads in music, but it's hard for me to...
