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Five Songs, 6/18/2018

Great one today! Run The Jewels, "Early" Run The Jewels 2 is just perfect. El-P's beats have never sounded better, Killer Mike's rhymes have never soudned better, the guests are fantastic. It's just such a great album, one of the highlights of music this decade....

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Five Songs, 5/12/2018

Pretty uninspiring today. Hurl, "Faceman" Another fine song from old Pittsburgh band Hurl. There's an expansiveness, a warmth here that's really pleasant to listen to. Negativland, "In The Beginning, So Many Different Kinds Of Gods..." Yeah, I'm kind of mad at some of the choices...

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Five Songs, 3/11/2018

A hazard of this project is that I won't always have much to say. Sorry about that! At least I have music for you. Claw Hammer, "Caravan" Claw Hammer was a bit of a strange band in the underground of the 90s. For starters, their...

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Five Songs, 1/12/2018

Excellent set today. Recloose, "Permutations" There's something called "Detroit techno" that I only kind of vaguely understand, beyond knowing that Detroit is a city, and techno is a type of electronic music. I mean, there's a Wikipedia page for it and all, but what does...

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Five Songs, 6/23/2017

I've been rumbled! If you look at my YouTube profile, you can often see the playlists for upcoming days, because I'll write some of these ahead of time. It's the only way to make sure I reliably have stuff on the weekend, for instance. I...