The Adjusters, "Armstrong"
The Adjusters were a ska/soul act out of Chicago, who managed a couple albums before the ska scene imploded, but hung around with a couple more albums with much more narrow distribution. They also wore their left politics on...
Japandroids, "The House That Heaven Built"
Everything about Celebration Rock is just unabashedly turned up to 11. It was impossible for me to not be absolutely charmed to death by it. It was deliberately written to be full of songs that would be...
Negativland, "I Am God"
It's always kind of a difficult thing to categorize Negativland as music. Usually, they're more performance art who happens to use audio as their medium. There are exceptions in their catalog, though. Escape From Noise...
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, "Got A Thing On My Mind"
More from Miss Sharon Jones! This is the first proper song on the first Sharon Jones album, and my goodness, what a way to announce themselves. This is one of the albums...
The Replacements, "Waitress In The Sky"
This is an inner-circle member of the "Songs That Randomly Pop In Josh's Head" club. Which isn't the catchiest name, I know. I'll bring it up at the next...