Serpent Column, "Pantheoclasm" The other day, Plague Rages Podcast was complaining that there's no great term for this sort of band, which isn't really death metal, not tech death, just really out there, chaotic, and dissonant. I proposed "...
Screeching Weasel, "The First Day of Winter" Another cut from Television City Dream, which as far as I know is the last Screeching Weasel album (it absolutely is not). I'm kind of hard on Screeching Weasel in this space, but you...
Gas Huffer, "Nisqually" The first song from the first Gas Huffer full-length, it sets the tone for what they're trying to do: straight-ahead garage rock with zero pretension. Although they were contemporaneous with grunge and from Seattle, they were doing something...
The Beatles, "Eleanor Rigby" This song might be my favorite for making up bogus new lyrics: "Joshua Buergel / Sits on the couch trying to think of a bit / Noone reads iiiit" Oneohtrix Point Never, "Sleep Dealer" Hot take time:...
Built to Spill, "Conventional Wisdom" Probably the best song on You In Reverse, it's also one of the longest. But Built to Spill were often at their best when they take the time to really elaborate on a melody and play...
