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Five Songs, 6/27/2022

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...

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Five Songs, 6/5/2022

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...

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Five Songs, 3/21/2022

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...

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Five Songs, 2/13/2022

Lard, "Forkboy" Lard, the collaboration between Jello Biafra (as you can clearly hear) and Ministry, usually sounded just like what you might expect that collab to sound like. But Ministry were having fun with it, and were just in full-on raging hardcore mode, and Jello...

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Five Songs, 12/19/2021

Elvis Costello, "New Amsterdam" This song is actually a demo that Costello recorded, and then included directly on the record instead of re-recording it. The result is one of the more distinctive songs on the album, a minimal arrangement that ends up letting the clarity...