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The Austerity Program

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Five Songs, 1/22/2022

Circus Lupus, "Pop Man" Post hardcore band Circus Lupus put out two albums in the early nineties, and I probably don't have to mention that this is a Discord album. The most obvious feature is Chris Thomson's rambling, half-shouted/half-sung lyrics, but looking past him,...

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Five Songs, 11/17/2021

Mule, "Lucky" Every now and again, bands will fuse redneck aesthetics with various rock genres, to greater or lesser effect. In this case, Mule bolts that stuff onto noise rock, bolstered by the usual good engineering job by Steve Albini. I don't think that it's...

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Five Songs, 5/17/2021

Boris, "Spoon" 2011 was an insanely productive year for Boris, with four albums showing up that year, all of them being unusual in some way from their standard. To the extent that Boris has a standard. Anyway, this is from New Album, which continues in...

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Five Songs, 3/16/2018

And the beat goes on! Terrace Martin Presents The Pollyseeds, "Wake Up" From Sounds of Crenshaw, Vol. 1, this album is from producer Terrace Martin, who is best known for his work with Kendrick Lamar. On this album, he also has other folks in the...