Fresh & Onlys

Kick Me Hard

NRBQ ·1979

"I used to live in Tampa Florida and they used to always play and people would lose their minds 'cause NRBQ was coming... it's supposed to be super tight, super straight pop songs and really kind of quirky with a huge sense of humor."

The Painted Word

Television Personalities ·1984

"Smile, make it all. A lot of people think this is their best record. I don't know, it's personally my favorite record, but it's also their darkest. It's not for the faint of heart."

Candy Apple Grey

Hüsker Dü ·1986

"Husker Du's Candy Apple Grey has been... I still have the original cassette of this I got in high school. This was one of those records, like one of those bands, when I first started getting into punk that I was like, 'Oh, you got to check out Husker Du,' and I put it on and I was like, 'This doesn't really sound very punk.'"

Twilley Don't Mind

Dwight Twilley Band ·1977

"Sort of a power pop Savant. I learned about this guy through Shade and he said this is the one to get... It has like a classic jam on there that like every time you play it for someone, they freak out because they can't believe it wasn't like a number one hit in the States."

Secondhand Daylight

Magazine ·1979

"Secondhand Daylight, it really doesn't get much better than this. This Howard Devoto after he left Buzzcocks, again this was his interpretation on rock music."

Boxcar Sessions

Saafir ·1994

"Boxcar Sessions is a Bay Area classic, East Bay rapper famously feuded with hieroglyphics and that whole other Oakland crew, one of the most interesting flows in rap music ever, and doesn't really sound like anything else."