The Mars Volta, "Eriatarka" I say this with genuine love, I really do enjoy the Mars Volta, but this is just the most dork-ass band ever, isn't it? That's not a bad thing necessarily, but even if you really...
Let's Go Bowling, "Identity Crisis" The final Let's Go Bowling album, Stay Tuned, feels a little like they were finally letting the commercial winds blow them along towards rock. While their previous records had been pretty traditional, this one...
Koenjihyakkei, "Angherr Shisspa" Koenjihyakkei is a band led by Tatsuya Yoshida, the drummer/lunatic in Ruins. It's an off-kilter take on prog, inspired by Magma, and it's every bit as unhinged as Ruins ever was. Just with a bigger...
Sloan, "Deeper Than Beauty" Sloan are a rarity, a band who clearly should have been big in America, but instead settled for a long and celebrated career in Canada. This stuff, really smart power pop, absolutely could have broken through at basically any...
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...
