Thou, "Sifting" Thou released a bunch of stuff in 2020. One of them was a compilation of Nirvana covers that they'd released in various other places, gathered together as Blessings of the Highest Order. This, of course, is the last song...
Joe & Barbara, "You're Astounding" This comes from very late in the Stax run, from 1975, just before the label's bankruptcy brought things to a close. Aceyalone, "Five Feet" Aceyalone was one of the founders of the...
The High Back Chairs, "Miles To Inches" Jeff Nelson is one of the co-founders of Discord Records, as well as the drummer for the legendary Minor Threat, a legacy that would be the envy of so many people. I was just listening to...
Ghost Bath, "Golden Number" There's a continuum in music that relies heavily tremelo picking going from black metal at one end to shoegaze at the other end. The placement of any band on this spectrum kind of comes down to the...
Einstürzende Neubauten, "Nagorny Karabach" Alles Wieder Offen ("All Open Again") represents Neubauten fully completing their new model of creating albums. In 2002, Neubauten wanted to get themselves total creative freedom to create the music they wanted, without any label interference. They...
