Pyramids, "The Echo of Something Lovely" Experimental post-rock band Pyramids released their first record on Hydra Head Records, which is how I ended up being exposed to them. They're honestly pretty all over the map on this record, which kind of...
Floor, "Downed Star" There's a longing feel to a lot of Floor, an almost wistful tint to the vocal style. When it's married to the thrumming music, it's a fun combination. Beastie Boys, "5-Piece Chicken Dinner&...
Happy Thanksgiving to all my American reader/listeners! I don't think I have any non-American reader/listeners! I barely have any American ones. Hmm, let's do "dinner" for a special word. For those of you who haven't...
The Beastie Boys, "Hold It Now, Hit It" I've mentioned before here the ability of certain songs to transport me to very specific places and times. The Proustian recollection for this song is rolling through a lovely Spokane fall evening, crammed...
Beastie Boys, "The Sounds of Science" My freshman year roommate couldn't stand this track, and would insist on skipping it when we listened to this record. Which was often, it was an album we could agree on. I thought I lost...
