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Five Songs, 9/14/2023

Rocket From The Crypt, "Good Bye" RFTC almost in a Smashing Pumpkins kind of mode here. Can't decide which band would be more insulted by that comparison. Señor Coconut, "Pisco Control (Jive Electico)" Señor Coconut's album of Kraftwerk covers done in a Latin style is...

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Five Songs, 8/3/2023

Do I still remember how to do this? I guess I'll find out! I took a break from the grind of daily music blogging last October, because it was starting to wear me out. Needing to figure out something to say about these songs each...

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Five Songs, 3/17/2022

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, "Hell" This, from Xtra-Acme USA, is kind of a sketch of a song, but it still cooks pretty good. I mean, just one good "weeeeeeeeeeellllllll" from Spencer is enough to get me going. Pile, "appendicitis" There's some other song that...

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Five Songs, 7/25/2021

Indian Handcrafts, "Starcraft" Hooray for rock duos! Major riffage here, you almost don't notice the absence of a bass player. Stevie Wonder, "Another Star" Stevie Wonder allowed himself some space to stretch out on the second album of Songs In The Keys Of Life. That...

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Five Songs, 2/6/2021

Soccer Mommy, "yellow is the color of her eyes" This seven-minute tune is the centerpiece of Soccer Mommy's record from last year, Color Theory. This record showed up on a lot of year end lists, and while I think it's good, I'm a little lyric...