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Five Songs, 12/20/2020

Tuxedo, "So Good" It is so good, Tuxedo, you're right. Swarvy, "Lesson With Julian" Kiiiinda regretting not writing more for that first track. Has-Lo, "Utero" Well, on track here for the shortest Five Songs entry ever, at least by word count. Maybe by running time...

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Five Songs, 11/12/2020

Rocket From The Crypt, "I'm Not Invisible" As a result of Five Songs, I've actually been on a Rocket From The Crypt kick lately. It's been great! I don't ever see them get mentioned any more, but they kicked ass across seven albums (not even...

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Five Songs, 4/30/2019

Good one today. All, "Vida Blue" Even on their later albums, All could still sometimes summon up some nicely soaring power pop stuff. I mean, this is basically just Cheap Trick, but whatever, Cheap Trick is fun. Sonic Youth, "Dirty Boots" Meanwhile, this is basically...

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Five Songs, 1/29/2019

Here we are! The Wedding Present, "I'm From Further North Than You" One of the best songs from Take Fountain, the "comeback" album from the Wedding Present that was really them just renaming themselves. Gedge always sounds great in this kind of conversational/confession mode,...

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Five Songs, 10/21/2018

Today! Ashanti Afrika Jah, "Onyame" One of the tremendous things about today's music scene is that we have so many quality reissue labels that are looking through the past and finding great stuff to bring back to light. This comes from the Nigeria 70: Lagos...