Medicine - Her Highness #vinyl

Many got their first taste of Medicine from the band appearance in Brandon Lee's final film, The Crow, but I had been a listener since 1993's The Buried Life.

They were noisy, shoe-gazey, and even a little bit industrial sounding at times. Her Highness, was something else.

Digable Planets - Blowout Comb

What an incredible album, one that cooly raises a middle finger to the institutionalized success and expectations that were heaped onto the shoulders of these fantastic artists.

Classic through and through.

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Nondi_ - Flood City Trax

Abstraction, footwork, beautiful melodies, and compositions that wash in eddies around blighted city landscapes. This is a lovely album with an undertow that can catch you unawares. #vinyl

Curve - Faît Accompli (Extended) EP

I've always seen this as more of a novelty, but the two live cuts on the flip, Coast is Clear and Die Like A Dog sound fantastic on this revisit. The completionist in me is ecstatic.

And I'll let Faît Accompli overstay its welcome *any day*. #vinyl

Sunday morning #vinyl! Curve - Cherry EP

Die Like A Dog still slaps, but this EP's overall sound feels like the band's thesis: driving beats, swirling guitar textures, a backbone of bass grooves and, of course, Toni's voice.

Curve - Horror Head EP

I'm not sure if I've always preferred the Horror Head remix by Alan Moulder, but this vinyl remaster is making a powerful argument for it to be the preferred version. Some of the noise backwash is toned down a bit and it all comes together perfectly. #vinyl