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Five Songs, 6/4/2022

Blackalicious, "World of Vibrations" It wasn't clear if there would be a follow-up to the masterful Blazing Arrow, but three years later, The Craft showed up. And while it's not quite as good, that's an unreasonable expectation. It's an excellent record, Gift of Gab was...

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Five Songs, 1/25/2022

Buildings, "Smell the Pool" I really kind of tend to think of noise rock as mostly a 90s thing, with it kind of falling out of fashion after that point. But, of course, it's alive and well, and bands like yesterday's Pile and today's Buildings...

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Five Songs, 6/12/2021

Crudbump, "My Dick's On The Phone [Explicit]" I don't normally include the "[Explicit]" tags on songs, but I think you all need that warning when we're facing something as nasty as Crudbump. Has-Lo, "Got My Mind" This is from Has-Lo's tribute to Prince Paul, The...

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Five Songs, 3/26/2021

Blue Scholars, "Cornerstone" The lead-in to the The Long March EP, this really tells you what to expect on this record. And, honestly, this is an extremely generous EP - 9 tracks, 35 minutes, that's plenty of material for a full LP. Blackalicious, "On Fire...

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Five Songs, 10/15/2020

Sumerlands, "Blind" We've talked around here a lot (well, I talked...typed...whatever) about metal's many genres. One thing that these genres can do is result in pigeonholing your listening too much. So, I periodically sample from genres that I'm not big on. Usually it...