The Clash - Rock the Casbah 7'' (Epic, 1982)

The Clash
Rock the Casbah 7''
Epic
1982

Rating: Duh.

The Clash...they were a pretty good band I hear.  Not going to bother with the title song because almost everyone can sing it from heart, and for good reason.  The flip side is a track called "Long Time Jerk," which sounds like a "Sandinista" outtake or something that would have appeared on an early Big Audio Dynamite release.  What I 'm saying is the song has lots of keyboard laser sounds obviously.  

As a side note, I have no idea when to call something a 45 or a 7''.  This is a 45, but is it not also a 7''? I think I'll just call any record this size a 7'' to keep things simple. 

Death Grips - The Money Store (Epic, 2012)

Death Grips

The Money Store

Epic

2012

Rating: 5 football cleats out of 10

Not sure if it was a conscious decision, but apparently Death Grips decided that this generation needed their own version of Roni Size.  I was not supriprised at all to learn that Hella drummer and all-around weirdo Zach Hill is one of the players behind this.  To this day he remains one of the most amazing live performers I've ever seen...it's just too bad I don't enjoy his recorded material more. Like much of Zach's work, this is just interesting enough to catch my ear, but not enjoyable enough to make me come back for more. It does make me want to revisit my Dalek albums though, a band of similar ilk who I prefer.  Probably an awesome live band though, as that is the case with anything Zach Hill related.