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Five Songs, 7/11/2022

Dasher, "We Know So" Here's a rarity: Dasher is led by Kylee Kimbrough, who sings and plays drums. Pretty neat! It's sorta post-hardcore, sorta noise, and is a fun record. Swans, "The Wolf" So, this little song leads into the centerpiece of double-album The Seer,...

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Five Songs, 6/9/2022

John Oswald, "O'hell (Sir Jim Moron)" Beyond the disorienting pluderphonics thing being totally in Five Songs' wheelhouse, anything which calls Jim Morrison a moron is A-OK with us here. The Melvins, "Honey Bucket" The Melvins' 2021 release, Five Legged Dog, is an all-acoustic exploration of...

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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, 1/16/2022

The Ocean, "Bathyalpelagic I: Impasses" You know, I think the zone is actually bathypelagic, not bathyalpelagic. Come on The Ocean, get your shit together! Claw Hammer, "Succotash" Jon Wahl really has one of the unique voices in rock, and certainly in underground rock. He sounds...

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Five Songs, 12/2/2021

The Busters, "Rude Vibrations" The Busters were something of a transitional band, firmly rooted in two-tone and sounding an awful lot like Madness, but on Moon Ska and chronologically more a part of the third wave. So they kind of bridge the gap, especially in...