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Five Songs, 8/20/2023

The NY Citizens, "Brooklyn's On Fire" That is some Saturday Night Live-ass horn work on this tune. Oh, this is the first time we've had them, huh? The NY Citizens were a pretty early band in the third wave of ska, so this was all...

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Five Songs, 9/24/2022

Don Caballero, "The Irrespective Dick Area" Don Caballero came back after a six year absence with Damon Che once again leading things from his drum kit. This is the second of the studio records from this configuration, and while good, it doesn't really reach the...

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Five Songs, 6/25/2022

David Bowie, "Heroes" I know that as an underground rock dork, and a fan of experimental music, I should really regard Heroes (or at least the Eno years) as Bowie's peak. But I just can't do it. Gimme the Ziggy Stardust stuff first, please. Daft...

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Five Songs, 10/14/2021

Descendents, "Victim of Me" At this point, with the release of 9th & Walnut, the Descendents have now released as many studio albums after their breakup as pre-breakup (4). Does it even make sense to think of their career in two phases any more? I suppose...

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Five Songs, 3/15/2021

Frederick Knight, "Trouble" Hell yeah, that's the stuff. Front 242, "Gripped By Fear" This is from a remix EP called Mixed By Fear, containing remixes of songs from Tyranny For You. It's every bit as forgettable as that sounds, and is incredibly inessential. El Michaels...