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Five Songs, 8/19/2017

Totally forgot to post yesterday. I'm super flaky this week. Sorry about that! Here's some music for today, at least. Less Than Jake, "The Troubles" A few things distinguish Less Than Jake from the many other ska-punk bands that all started up at roughly the...

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Five Songs, 8/7/2017

I wonder at what point I start hitting diminishing returns on this thing. 200 articles? 300? 500? I suppose I'll find out. Let's fire up the music! Yo La Tengo, "The Summer" Well, personally, I remain resolutely un-fired up. This is from Fakebook, a quiet...

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Five Songs, 7/19/2017

Really happy to get more Neubauten in here, that's some good working music. Foetus, "Mighty Whity" This song, from 1995's Gash, makes me wonder exactly how you get Sony to distribute a song about killing whity, all set to a grinding slice of noise and...

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Five Songs, 7/12/2017

Some serious immortals today! And, um, 17 seconds of silence. Smokey Robinson, "Swept For You Baby" We're visiting 1967 with this song, with quintessential Motown artist and arguably the soul behind the soul, Smokey Robinson. It would be futile to list all the tremendous songs...

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Five Songs, 6/19/2017

This is ostensibly a game blog still, so I'll just mention that copies of Fox in the Forest are in people's hands! We had a limited number available for sale at Origins, and people seem pleased so far. And by people, I mean my friends...