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Five Songs, 9/9/2022

The Young Fresh Fellows, "A Fake Hello" Tad Hutchinson is really going the extra mile on the drums here. He doesn't have to, Scott McCaughey's singing can carry this little tune. But Hutchinson was always the Fellows' secret weapon, I love his work across the...

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Five Songs, 8/8/2022

The Clash, "I Fought The Law" The US release of The Clash had a different track listing than the original release, swapping in some songs from UK singles onto the album in place of some of the weaker tunes. Overall, it's probably a better version...

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Five Songs, 7/28/2022

The Dramatics, "In the Rain" A repeat, but happy to listen to it again. Dirty Three, "Last Horse on the Sand" Dirty Three are an instrumental post-rock band out of Australia, distinguished primarily by being led by a violinist. I'm actually more into this sort...

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Five Songs, 7/15/2022

Cobalt, "Gin" Gin, that's a very good idea. Television, "Friction" Forever the song before "Marquee Moon". The Beatles, "I Me Mine" We're skewing old today, which is fine, because I am old. So old. Fine, I'll say something more: Let It Be has some memorable...

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Five Songs, 6/8/2022

Golden Dawn Arkestra, "Mama Se" Any time you hear the word "collective" in relationship with a band, you know you're in for something. Golden Dawn Arkestra are one of those, from Austin, and are inspired by Sun Ra, trying to do the whole cosmic exploration...