Einstürzende Neubauten, "Haus der Lüge" As the wave of industrial dance started to crest in the late 80s, Einstürzende Neubauten's 1989 record Haus der Lüge was released with a couple of songs on it that, if you squinted hard enough, kind...
Mary Wells, "My Guy" Another classic Motown tune. I wish I could set up all my music streaming to just inject periodic Motown songs into whatever I'm listening to. Having a Four Tops song pop up in the middle of some...
Archers of Loaf, "Web In Front" This is the version from Seconds Before the Accident, the posthumously released live album. Archers of Loaf always toiled in Pavement's shadow, relentlessly drawing comparisons to them. But they were not imitators, and their four...
Quasimoto, "Don't Blink" Quasimoto is one of Madlib's many aliases, and probably the most unhinged of his various projects. The production in particular is spastic, with sounds popping in and out in unpredictable ways, giving the proceedings a lurching...
Sleep, "From Beyond" While doom metal in general traces back to Sabbath for inspiration, a lot of modern doom looks to Sleep's Sleep's Holy Mountain, along with a few other influences like the Melvins' sludgiest work. This album...
