2025 - Week 16: Rob's Listening Log #3

I remember vividly when the album came out, the debut from the band. They were hailed as the next Radiohead. That didn't quite turn out but their effort here is still impeccable.

The best guitarist no one knows about. Thank you, Marty Scorsese, for introducing him to me via the end of The Departed.

Chicago blues doesn't get better. Particularly enjoy the song for Mayor Daley.

Listened to this twice in a morning. Nothing more chill / better than this easy going Coltrane.

Once the QOTSA pop, the fun don't stop.

The first from one of the best to ever do it. There's a reason Queens of the Stone Age is one of my favorite bands ever. It all starts here.

Really been leaning into Marc Bolan more lately and I couldn't be happier.

Perhaps one of my favorite Stones albums. Really underrated, although I can say I don't love the song "Star Star" at the end. The one weak spot on an otherwise incredible album post-Exile on Main St. excess.

Aside from the last song "Baby Boy", I think this is the best stuff Cold War Kids have ever done. The first band I ever really got into. First concert I ever saw!

An all-time classic. Can't be beat. Perhaps the last true rock band?

Can't wait to see these guys in Chicago soon!

Shared with me by a coworker! Really amazing stuff.

There is possibly no better debut EP. Pitch perfect tunes from front to back from the Aussies.

Is there anything better than 70s Ethiopian synth?