Bim Skala Bim, "Set Me Up" This is another one of those songs that has a tremendous sense of place about it in my memory. This came out early in 1995, in my last year of college, and my friend Miranda and I...
Less Than Jake, "Automatic" As the majors decided that ska, and especially ska-punk, was Really Hot, a bunch of bands signed contracts even though it probably didn't make a ton of sense. But, honestly, Less Than Jake wasn't a...
The Meters, "Funky Miracle" Mostly, when we get a funk track on here, I just pull the textual equivalent of a stink face. "Goddamn," I'll say, or "holy shit" or some other incoherent blurt. It conveys nothing...
Mary Timony, "Poison Moon" This is Mary Timony's first solo record, and you can kind of hear some pointers towards where here work would head, both with Wild Flag and Ex Hex. There's more of a new wave feeling...
milo, "pure scientific intelligence (quantum)" This track sounds like at least three different songs being played simultaneously, which is delightful. Bananagun, "Out of Reach" One of the things that the Internet promised us is that we'd be connected to...
