Part Chimp - Sweet T

There's a crossroads between the precision playing of heavy metal and the fuck-all abandon of punk rock. Grunge was that to a degree, but there was a folk element somewhere near its root. I'm not sure what to call the genre that contains the grunt and crunch of punk rock, but also has the melodies and skill of metal, but I like it.

Spotify suggested, based on some other bands I like (Fu Manchu, Clutch, High on Fire, I suspect), that I might also like Part Chimp. I don't always take Spotify at their word, but in this case, the album cover roped me. Every aspect of the band that I've encountered thus far can be described as "kick ass".

Here's a taste:

Hiatus Kaiyote - The World It Softly Lulls

I first became acquainted with this band randomly, through some artist channel on Spotify. The song I heard was Nakamarra (featuring Q-tip) and it reminded me of an even groovier Brand New Heavies. I love that kind of stuff. They clearly have jazz-trained roots, and chops galore.

Further investigation uprooted this song, which I could listen to on a loop forever, I think. It's almost a journey in how it moves through it's completely transformative progressions. None of them are particularly jarring, even though the loop sometimes feels like a tone arm that can't stay situated on warped wax. That's not by accident, either - they're stretching a groove until it flaps, then bringing the whole shebang back into the pocket nicely.

Just when I fear for the state of music, a band comes along that reminds me that people still do practice every day and care about every single note they play. It's heartening.
Please grab a cup of warm whatever and enjoy Hiatus Kaiyote:

Fatso Jetson - Light Yourself On Fire

Nirvana had The Melvins, and Kyuss/QOTSA had Fatso Jetson (Boomer, anyhow). Boomer had the generator that fueled the infamous sessions in the desert that spawned more than a few great bands. Haven't heard them? Here's a start: The desert scene was basically influenced by lots of the same random music that I grew up listening to, and the distillation of those disparate sounds into various other bands works for me. There's a distinct feel to this music - hard to describe, but languid guitars permeate harder rock formations. Good stuff. One more, with a title for a pal: