It's a new thing / check out this I bring Mix Master Mike, "Now You're Mine" One of my real weaknesses is horns, as faithful listener/readers of Five Songs know. Prominent horns in a hip-hop track? That is, in...
Today! Sam & Dave, "A Place Nobody Can Find" Early stars on Stax, Sam & Dave are always super enjoyable to listen to, and this song is of course no exception. Knxwledge, "Bodies[Totw]" Knxwledge's solo album, Hud Dreems,...
Today! Gaza, "Skull Trophy" Gaza, out of Salt Lake City, played a brand of metal that crossed a bunch of arbitrary genre boundaries, usually a combination of sludge and doom. I recognize that these kinds of categorizations are deeply unhelpful for folks unfamiliar...
Today! The Beautiful South, "Song For Whoever" Finally, we get some peak Beautiful South! This is the first song from their debut album, and my god, it's such a good song. Paul Heaton's sardonic lyrics are delivered so perfectly,...
Nice set today! James Brown, "The Payback" Sometimes on this blog, I talk about things that are cool. It's hard to put your finger on what cool is. It's the kind of thing that you can't really...
