Merle Haggard, "Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver)" Personally, I look to my country music artists for trenchant commentary on monetary policy. They Might Be Giants, "Bangs" The opening of Mink Car, the last...
The Fiery Furnaces, "South is Only a Home" Brother and sister duo the Fiery Furnaces kind of epitomize a certain quirky, challenging strain of indie band. They're restless, always searching for new sounds, and often end up being kind of difficult...
Pop Will Eat Itself, "Bulletproof!" After the anarchic fun of Cure For Sanity, which got some popular attention particularly on dance floors, their followup (The Looks or the Lifestyle) came out the next year trying to cash in on the popularity. But while...
They Might Be Giants, "The Mesopotamians" A lethally catchy song, I'll be humming this for the next several days. I feel like The Else gets really kind of ignored in the TMBG catalog. By that point, they were really kind of...
They Might Be Giants, "Birdhouse In Your Soul" EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE When I die, and you cut my brain open (which I'm sure somebody will), you'll hear a tiny echo of this song. Devo, "Be Stiff" From their landmark...
