The Roots, "Becoming Unwritten" Rising Down is fantastic. But this song is just an interstitial thing. Army of Juan, "Chicken" We're deep into Moon Ska's bench here with this band, who released one album in 1997 and...
Nine Inch Nails, "The Beginning Of The End" Year Zero marked the fastest followup that Trent Reznor had produced to date, with the album appearing a mere two years after With Teeth. At least five years had separated studio albums up to this...
Hot Chip, "One Pure Thought" Hot Chip is dance music, basically, with some nice melodies. But while this is perfectly nice, it's never really clicked with me very much, and I just have the one album from them. I guess the...
Mastodon, "Black Tongue" With Crack The Skye, Mastodon had kind of reached the end of an exploration, into very prog-y songwriting. In a lot of ways, it mirrored where Metallica had reached with ...And Justice For All, and with both bands, the next...
The Allstonians, "One Day" The Allstonians produced two fantastic albums in the heart of the third wave, their self-titled record and Allston Beat. Both were fine, tuneful examples of what the third wave did well, horn driven tunes that borrowed liberally from ska...
