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Dr. Ring-Ding & The Senior Allstars

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Five Songs, 10/5/2023

Lily Allen, "Lost My Mind" I really liked the first Lily Allen album, as a bubbly and charming piece of pop that borrowed some elements of ska to add to her confections. Really quite a delightful album. I have largely gotten diminishing returns from each...

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Five Songs, 5/6/2022

Dr. Ring-Ding & The Senior Allstars, "Bad Company" I wonder what the Junior Allstars sound like? The Orb, "Close Encounters" I think last time, we talked about ambient, and how it doesn't always work that well for me. Well, let's see if anything has changed, because...

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Five Songs, 3/1/2022

Foetus, "Clothes Hoist" Foetus released live albums pretty often, which were usually pretty good. The live show was often more direct and noisier, driven by having a live band making a racket. So it's not just a re-hash of the album tracks, making them good...

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Five Songs, 2/6/2021

Soccer Mommy, "yellow is the color of her eyes" This seven-minute tune is the centerpiece of Soccer Mommy's record from last year, Color Theory. This record showed up on a lot of year end lists, and while I think it's good, I'm a little lyric...

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Five Songs, 1/6/2021

Dr. Ring-Ding and the Senior All-Stars, "Big Man" Love a trombonist/singer! Madvillain, "Curls" Madvillain, the collaboration between MF Doom and Madlib, is such an incredible record, it's a shame that there's no followup to it. This is a great example of the wizardry -...