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Five Songs, 5/17/2022

Mary Wells, "Bye Bye Baby" A real rager here from the early Motown days from Mary Wells. It's certainly easy to see how this did so well for them. Labradford, "Disremembering" Here's a track from the first drone record by Labradford, the record that found...

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Five Songs, 4/26/2022

Bananagun, "Mushroom Bomb" A thing I can recommend as a solid move is to befriend some people in Australia, and then get some music recommendations from them. You'll get plenty of stuff that you never otherwise would have heard, and if my experience is anything...

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Five Songs, 4/20/2022

Steakdaddy Six, "Sweaty Betty" Indie rock out of Champaign-Urbana, Steakdaddy Six released two solid albums in the early 90s before ending their run. This is from the second of those records, Houstonia, but they're pretty comparable. The most notable thing about the band is that...

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Five Songs, 4/18/2022

Pussy Galore, "Handshake" Somehow, Pussy Galore manages to sound greasy. Some of that is the trashy production - the clattering drums, the bullhorn vocals, the squalling guitars. But even beyond that, there's a feel to things that kind of make you feel like you need...

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Five Songs, 4/14/2022

Well, this blog officially turns five today! There have been 1137 posts on this site, if my tagging is to be trusted, so a pace better than every other day. More than five thousand little capsules on songs and bands, and that's a dang lot...