Don't have a ton to say today!
The Goats, "The Boom"
The Goats were an underground rap act out of Philadelphia, notable for using a live band during their second album, from which this song comes. Musically they would have fit...
Pretty good one today.
Public Enemy, "Give It Up"
Pretty sure I've talked about how uneven Muse Sick-N-Hour Mess Age is, and it really is. It's the album that marks the sharp decline of PE from the legendary band...
Good one today! Well, if you ignore that we have a rap skit.
De La Soul, "Skit 5"
The closer for De La Soul Is Dead, the final skit that imagines some bullies discovering stealing the album and deciding it blows. De La...
Today!
Thou, "There There"
This is how Thou's album Algiers ends, which is a collection of assorted EPs and singles. There's something so elemental about the way that Thou sounds. Something about the entire sound of the band is...
Today? Fun!
Iron & Wine, "Lion's Mane"
I think it can be easy to dismiss all these neo-folk types as posers, as just boring sensitive white guys with guitars. And yeah, but some of them are clearly playing something pretty inspired...