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Five Songs, 9/4/2021

Hot Snakes, "Braintrust" The third Hot Snakes album certainly announces itself with authority. "Braintrust" opens up my favorite record from them, with a song that would absolutely sit right at home on one of the legendary Drive Like Jehu records. Which is a high complement!...

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Five Songs, 4/6/2021

Parliament, "Testify" Up For the Down Stroke is the record where George Clinton brought back the Parliament name and it represented the band going big on party friendly funk tunes. It's the record where they really hit the big time, and the start of their...

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Five Songs, 10/22/2020

Amon Tobin, "One Shy Morning" Amon Tobin put out two albums in 2019, with this one (Long Stories) being the more ambient, quieter one of the pair. It's well done, and it's a good record, but honestly, I prefer Tobin when he's more out there...

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Five Songs, 1/13/2020

Parliament, "(You're A Fish And I'm A) Water Sign" While I always prefer the more upbeat stuff from Parliament, their ballads were also often great, certainly during their peak period. This comes from the last great Parliament record (Motor Booty Affair), but not the last...

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Five Songs, 5/19/2019

We open and close today pretty funky! And, you know, track four is built on the Amen break, so I'll count that too! Parliament, "Oil Jones" Parliament's first album was in 1970, and Medicaid Fraud Dogg came out in 2018. When I think about the...