Nina Gnose says:The Sex Pistols, in their attempt to destroy rock and roll, inadvertently helped to save it. Certain hip hop artists today are confronting the gestures that threaten to render the genre impotent and predictable. Busdriver is one such innovator. He turns hip hop jargon upside down and breathes life into a field that has become mired in cliche after self-aggrandizing cliche. This is challenging, brilliant work, and it is our MP3 Jackpot Winner today.
Dig, Lazarus Dig!!!byNick Cave & the Bad Seeds rock, blues, alternative When He_Is_Me says we should listen to a mp3 by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, we step right up and download that puppy. Always an entertaining vocalist,...more »
Snowblindby+/- pop, rock, indie rock, indie Talk about a contemporary band name. +/- makes some chill indie rock that is so deliciously moody. "Snowblind" simmers with an exquisite tension building chord progression and a...more »
ConnjurbySchool of Seven Bells pop, rock, electronic, gospel From the opening chord you know you've just walked into a NY loft party bloated in designer chic. Could School of Seven Bells be the feminist answer to...more »
The Modern LeperbyFrightened Rabbit pop, indie, post rock Din, what do we have here? One great contemporary pop record (can I still say "record"?) from the absolute treasure that is Frightened Rabbit. "Modern Leper" is a...more »