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Five Songs, 4/20/2021

Mudhoney, "In My Finest Suit" Ever the self-sabotaging band, Mudhoney found themselves on a major label during the grunge gold rush and released Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge, one of the least grunge-y records they ever released. Sales were not great, and by 1995, Kurt...

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Five Songs, 3/26/2021

Blue Scholars, "Cornerstone" The lead-in to the The Long March EP, this really tells you what to expect on this record. And, honestly, this is an extremely generous EP - 9 tracks, 35 minutes, that's plenty of material for a full LP. Blackalicious, "On Fire...

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Five Songs, 2/21/2021

Seam, "Shame" I love EPs! I miss rooting around in record stores and coming across them, because they were often a surprise. It doesn't happen very much any more, or at least, I don't come across them very often. Probably just means I'm out of...

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Five Songs, 3/3/2018

Lots of new folks today. Clem Snide, "Accident" For some reason, "alt-country" as a label always kind of irritates me, even though the thought it's expressing (country music that stands distinct from the popular variation) is directly analagous to alternative rock, which doesn't bother me....