The Beastie Boys, "Pass The Mic" Probably the most Beastie Boys song on Check Your Head, this is the kind of thing that anybody who parodies the band is kind of gesturing towards. Given that it was deliberately constructed to be kind of...
Bullfrog, "Mark After Dark" We've had Bullfrog here before, but as a reminder, this is one of Kid Koala's many projects. Most of their album is pretty straight ahead funk, but they mix in some other stuff, such as...
Earl Van Dyke, "Soul Stomp" We're in 1964 here, with a well-named song, as this really is quite a stomp. The organ is just fantastic. The Beastie Boys, "Fight For Your Right" I think that more than half of...
Music! Less Than Jake, "Automatic" Forget the horns, forget the rest of the surrounding scene, this is just a hell of a fine pop-punk song. Chris DeMakes turns in a great vocal performance here, and there's nothing I'd change...
Good set today. Modest Mouse, "Autumn Beds" From a later EP from the band, No One's First, And You're Next, these are songs that were largely left off of Good News For People Who Love Bad News and We...
