Tilt, "Dental Wreck" There are certainly things that can be bad about punk. But there's a floor on how bad it gets - if you keep things energetic and the songs short, it's always going to hit at least...
They Might Be Giants, "Wait Actually Yeah No" The latest TMBG album finds them returning to their mixed-media approach, producing a combination album/book entitled, uh, Book. It's a typical late-period TMBG album, with lush arrangements and plenty of hooks. At...
Prince, "Take Me With U" Prince, yes please, take me with you. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, "'78 Style" The first JSBX was really very much a transitional record between Pussy Galore and what the JSBX would become. There'...
Marlowe, "Spring Kick" Marlowe, the collaboration between L'Orange and Solemn Brigham, put out their second album (entitled Marlowe 2) and continued in the same vein. It's all gnarly breakbeats, surprising samples, and rapid-fire rhymes. Lovely stuff. Hybrid, "Doomed...
Xzibit, "Just Maintain" Before he was a tv host, before he was an ubiquitous (and now old) meme, before he was a famous rapper who appeared in video games, Xzibit was a promising young rapper who put out a couple albums that were...
