Jonwayne, "Afraid of Us" A tasty drum loop here, and a nice lightweight structure up on top of it. Appropriate for a contemplative track like this one, this is just a solid song all around. Delerium, "Sorrow" A project from a...
Andrew Bird, "You Woke Me Up!" A companion piece to Noble Beast, Useless Creatures is an all-instrumental exploration which allows Bird to indulge his more exploratory impulses. As always, everything Bird does is interesting, but this is not one of his more loveable...
The Adjusters, "Armstrong" The Adjusters were a ska/soul act out of Chicago, who managed a couple albums before the ska scene imploded, but hung around with a couple more albums with much more narrow distribution. They also wore their left politics on...
The Replacements, "Waitress In The Sky" This is an inner-circle member of the "Songs That Randomly Pop In Josh's Head" club. Which isn't the catchiest name, I know. I'll bring it up at the next...
Three days, when will it stop? NOT TODAY! HIT IT, YOUTUBE! The Microphones, "I Want To Be Cold" There's something almost shoegaze-y about this track from the Microphones, with the buried vocals and washes of noise. I love it when everything...
