It's a big day here on Five Songs. Exactly two years ago, I started updating this thing every day. Through vacations, work getting busy, moving twice, dealing with the fallout of a pandemic, I kept hitting my updates. I'm not sure why exactly I decided...
The Afghan Whigs, "The Spell" After a sixteen year hiatus, the Afghan Whigs got back together, meaning Greg Dulli decided to start recording music under that moniker. I think there are some shared folks with 1965 besides him, hard to tell from Discogs. Anyway, the...
Elvis Costello, "Turpentine" I have largely ignored Costello's work past his salad days. Imperial Bedroom is more or less the last of his records I regularly listen to. No real reason for it, honestly, I just kind of feel like I have enough Costello. I...
Radiohead, "True Love Waits" Hmm. I guess maybe Radiohead used Conlon Nancarrow? Elvis Costello, "(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea" A friend used to do a bit where he'd refer to song titles or whatever with synonyms or just slightly wrong words, and it...
Piss Vortex, "Voice of the Worthless" Now, see, if you remember that Iskra track from yesterday, you might say that this sounds like the same shit. But if you listen to enough of this garbage, you'll hear differences: the vocals sound like they are yelled...
