Alejandro Escovedo, "Chelsea Hotel '78" Escovedo is one of those artists that has had a long recording career, and someone whose name I'd seen in a bunch of places, but I didn't really know anything about him. I...
The Busters, "Rude Vibrations" The Busters were something of a transitional band, firmly rooted in two-tone and sounding an awful lot like Madness, but on Moon Ska and chronologically more a part of the third wave. So they kind of bridge the gap,...
Boris, "Party Boy" This kind of sounds like a Death From Above 1979 track, a demonstration of the range that Boris have displayed over their long and incredible career. The Shins, "Red Rabbits" I'm not going to rehash my...
Otis Redding, "Try a Little Tenderness" One of Redding's iconic hits, this is actually a much older song, more than thirty years old when he recorded what is by now the definitive version. The very slow build up throughout the song...
STS, "All I Wanted Was A Caddy" I've sung the praises of this record, but the STS and RJD2 colab from 2015 is such a gas. RJD2 is in great form, and STS is able to really bring it home on...
