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Five Songs, 10/10/2022

Cursive, "Bad Sects" Cursive followed up my favorite album of theirs with Happy Hollow, which probably isn't really a step back or anything, but I always think more highly of albums that are a breakout. Domestica is arresting, an unflinching look into divorce that can...

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Five Songs, 4/16/2022

Cursive, "Big Bang" Dang, friends, that's a hell of a groove there. "Big Bang" indeed! Bedouine, "Nice and Quiet" This is not a groove. Too pretty. De La Soul, "Drawn" I wonder what the shortest Five Songs has been? I mean, five songs long, but...

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Five Songs, 8/19/2021

Chaos A.D., "Generation Shit" Chaos A.D. is an Tom Jenkinson (Squarepusher), releasing a miscellaneous pile of tracks from his early years. It doesn't show the same kind of sophistication of his later recordings, and honestly, it's an easy skip. This is probalby the...

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Five Songs, 1/6/2020

Clinic, "Voodoo Wop" Imagine having the confidence to open an album this way. A distant, chilly vibe, acutal ocean noises, a complete change a minute in in both mood and sound, no vocals until the last five seconds. Just bonkers. It was a true declaration...

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Five Songs, 2/12/2019

PUNK AS FUCK TODAY White Lung, "Kiss Me When I Bleed" Been a little while since we've had any Canadian punk! I've missed it! They're from Vancouver, it's lovely to have some singing not from a dude, and the guitar work is righteous. Sicko, "Kenny...