The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, "Hell" This, from Xtra-Acme USA, is kind of a sketch of a song, but it still cooks pretty good. I mean, just one good "weeeeeeeeeeellllllll" from Spencer is enough to get me going. Pile, "appendicitis&...
Ne'er-Do-Wells, "Skybolt X-66" Rock 'n' roll! Straight outta the 50s! Or 1993, whatever. Don Caballero, "Room Temperature Lounge" From Singles Breaking Up, Vol. 1, which is a singles comp, as you could probably guess. Kind of hard...
The Nation of Ulysses, "Cool Senior High School (Fight Song)" Back in the day, there were troglodytes on Usenet that hated the Nation of Ulysses for being too arty, too pretentious, just too much. How stupid is that? This shit rocks, people are...
Tricky, "Brand New You're Retro" Maxinquaye is one of the three pillars of trip-hop, along with Blue Lines and Dummy. What's striking about all three records, besides them all being great, is kind of how dissimilar they all end...
Yo-Yo Ma, "Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: I. Prélude" These pieces, which come up occasionally, really don't make a lot of sense in isolation. Shuffle is good at some things - surprises, shaking up your routine, serendipity -...
