Boris, "Flower Sun Rain" This is apparently a cover, which I hadn't really realized before. Smile, the album that opens with this song, is on the more accessible end of Boris's work. There are plenty of vocals on the...
Amon Tobin, "Back From Space" The album opener to Out From Out Where, this record had the enviable task of following up the magnificent Supermodified. To Tobin's credit, he didn't really try and make Superdupermodified or whatever, he just...
Modest Mouse, "Tundra/Desert" Before what I consider their breakthrough, The Lonesome Crowded West, Modest Mouse was making jagged, interesting music that sometimes was too much of a mess to really be great. But, I have to say, the older I get, the...
Happy Halloween! Time for a spooky special! Inter Arma, "Scarecrow" Inter Arma released a covers album, Garbers Days Revisited, in 2020. This sort of thing is pretty traditional in metal, thanks to Metallica's Garage Days Revisited. Inter Arma does nice work...
Margo Price, "This Town Gets Around" This album, Midwest Farmer's Daughter, came out in 2016 on Jack White's label, and is very much a throwback. It wears its inspiration on its sleeve, with Loretta Lynn's influence heard...
