Less Than Jake, "Automatic" As the majors decided that ska, and especially ska-punk, was Really Hot, a bunch of bands signed contracts even though it probably didn't make a ton of sense. But, honestly, Less Than Jake wasn't a...
The Safety Fire, "Mouth of Swords" Mouth of swords. Arms of pikes. Feet of daggers. Butt of warhammers. Couch Slut, "All The Way Down" We're big Couch Slut fans here at Five Songs. The torch of grimy NYC noise...
Slimm Calhoun, "This Young G" As you can probably hear, Slimm Calhoun is an OutKast protégé, famous for his guest spots with them. He did eventually release an album on their label, The Skinny, which is a decent record. If you really enjoy...
Can, "Mother Upduff" I still kind of lament Unlimited Edition being the first record I ever heard from Can. It's so scattered, as befits an outtake compilation, that it's hard to really appreciate it without the context of already...
Nine Inch Nails, "Just Like You Imagined" I think I've blathered on about The Fragile before, so you can hit up the tags over there and do some spelunking. Or not! But, the novel (?) observation I can make is that as...
