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Five Songs, 3/4/2021

Samiam, "Head Trap" Samiam were part of the punk scene that would eventualy spawn Green Day. As the labels moved in, hunting for the next big thing, Samiam found themselves on Atlantic Records for a single album, which is as close as they got to...

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Five Songs, 10/23/2020

Arab Strap, "The Clearing" Arab Strap was a band from the same music scene that produced Mogwai and Belle & Sebastian, but unlike those two bands, they've never done that much for me. This comes from their first album, and it's kind of unfocused, and there's...

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Five Songs, 12/13/2019

Tame Impala, "Desire Be Desire Go" Innerspeaker seemed universally beloved, so I went ahead and picked it up. And I like it fine, but it doesn't really blow me away. It doesn't really stick with me particularly, so I like it while it's on, and...

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Five Songs, 2/5/2018

Back to those solid playlists. High On Fire, "The Sunless Years" More stoner rock from High On Fire, this time from Luminiferous, the most recent record from the outfit. Although, frankly, there's not a ton of variation among their records. You pretty much know what...

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Five Songs, 4/17/2017

It has been pointed out that I should probably have comments enabled on this blog. I'll see what I can do about turning those on, although fiddling around with Ghost kind of makes me want to turn myself into a ghost. In the meantime, we...