Has-Lo, "Everything Is" The minimal beat here really works well. Not every song can get by on something like this, but Has-Lo pulls it off. Girls Against Boys, "(I) Don't Got A Place" A thing I sometimes wonder about...
Samiam, "Blank Expression" Samiam, the melodic punk band from Berkley, came out of the gate more or less fully formed. While I think their mid-career albums would be stronger and more refined, their first album still was solid work. I think Samiam was...
Marlowe, "Spring Kick" Marlowe, the collaboration between L'Orange and Solemn Brigham, put out their second album (entitled Marlowe 2) and continued in the same vein. It's all gnarly breakbeats, surprising samples, and rapid-fire rhymes. Lovely stuff. Hybrid, "Doomed...
Periphery, "The Gods Must Be Crazy!" Just pure progressive metal here, with the clean singing and studio wizardry that are hallmarks of the genre. This stuff can be really hit or miss for me - for every Coheed & Cambria or The Ocean...
Steady Earnest, "Swim" At this point in Five Songs' evolution, we've had more than 1500 bands on here, and I honestly cannot recall which ones I've introduced properly and which ones I have not. The tags help some...
