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Five Songs, 5/12/2022

The Decemberists, "Mistral" I wonder what's next up for the Decemberists. The last three albums haven't been very much like each other - The King is Dead is like R.E.M., What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World is like Hazards of Love...

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Five Songs, 4/16/2022

Cursive, "Big Bang" Dang, friends, that's a hell of a groove there. "Big Bang" indeed! Bedouine, "Nice and Quiet" This is not a groove. Too pretty. De La Soul, "Drawn" I wonder what the shortest Five Songs has been? I mean, five songs long, but...

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Five Songs, 12/21/2019

Man Or Astro-Man?, "Organ Smash" The debut record for Man Or Astro-Man? (Is It Man...Or Astro-Man?) set the template for the rest of their career. All reverbed out and surf-y, with a thick layer of retro science fiction. And they would cheerfully mine the...

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Five Songs, 11/10/2018

We here at Five Songs often find ourselves apologizing for our content around here. With the random nature of what shuffle coughs up, sometimes it's not great. Uh, in other news, here's today. clipping., "Taking Off" The lesson of clipping., beyond any other, is how...