Cursive, "Bad Sects" Cursive followed up my favorite album of theirs with Happy Hollow, which probably isn't really a step back or anything, but I always think more highly of albums that are a breakout. Domestica is arresting, an unflinching look...
Chris Farren, "Red Wire Blue Wire" In a fine concept for an album, Death Don't Wait (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a soundtrack for a non-existent spy movie. I'm already a sucker for spy music, so I enjoy this...
Dead Kennedys, "Soup Is Good Food" This is the song that let me finally crack the Dead Kennedys. I think there's an adjustment, for me at least, as music gets faster and more challenging to find something you can pick out...
Tackhead, "Ticking Time Bomb" Is industrial funk a thing? There are bits and pieces of Tackhead that remind me of industrial, but it's also very electro-funk. At the time I encountered this, I wasn't sure of the combination, and...
clipping., "Story 2" CLPPNG, the first full record from clipping., was a record with the band still kind of piecing together what they had. It would be on the next album (Splendor & Misery) that everything would come together perfectly, but there are...
