Queers, “A Day Late And A Dollar Short” (Lookout, 1996; original release 1982-94)
Raw, scrabbly punk rock from the sticks of small-town New Hampshire, so fast and ferocious in its offend-everyone snot-attack that verges on early HC (with which it was contemporary). Catchy as hell, too. Try A/4, A/6 (sung by a drunk old man who lived in their apartment complex!) A/7, B/2

Quilt, “Plaza” (Mexican Summer, 2016)
At first, I didn’t think this measured up to the purity/beauty gush of its predecessor, but now it just sounds subtler and deeper. Melodic acid-folksters with a precise, crystalline touch and moments of real otherworldly wonder.
Try 4, 7, 10
4/17/16