Quickie
I decided it's in your best interest if you watch the 1993 version of "Institutionalized," which features Bobcat Goldthwait, Taylor Negron, Larry Miller, Barney, a fake Ray Charles, and so on.
Unreal punch and power, Labelle stripping out the Toussaint tempo, leaving New Orleans behind and pushing into hard big-city funk.
I live in a reality where TV on the Radio is canonically seen as the rightful heirs of NIN and Bauhaus. The camera panning to the crowd at 2:00 made me gasp.
Christopher McFetridge
Little grainy synth shimmer with Laraaji's voice going in and out of phase. The rest of this record doesn't sound quite like this, but it's a very lovely listen.
I played this song 800–900 times today—smooth, waxy cumbia that feels like it's being cranked out of a crayon factory.