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Five Songs, 9/29/2022

Frank Black and the Catholics, "I Gotta Move" A thing I admire about Frank Black is that his songs always sound so distinctly like him. Whether with the Pixies, as a solo act, with the Catholics or whatever, he always sounds like Frank Black. It's...

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Five Songs, 6/21/2021

Superchunk, "Mower" Unlike with OutKast, I have a lot of trouble picking my favorite Superchunk album. No Pocky For Kitty was the first album I bought, and it's top notch, and it's a sentimental pick. Here's Where The String Come In has Superchunk at their...

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Five Songs, 3/22/2021

The Emotions, "My Honey And Me" This comes to us from early in the third phase of Stax Records' life, after they reached an arrangement with CBS Records. This period still contains plenty of fantastic songs, but Stax was also on a slow decline. Luckily...

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Five Songs, 1/20/2021

The Jam, "All Mod Cons" Title track of the first of their essential albums, and just a quick little gem. I wonder if I could learn this bass line? Ice Cube, "The Bomb" AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted is really a hybrid album, with the vintage Bomb...

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Five Songs, 11/24/2020

The Jam, "That's Entertainment" I wasn't following music during the Jam's heyday, what with being too young, but they were pretty big shit. Specifically, according to Wikipedia, "That's Enterainment" is still the best-selling single in the UK ever. Pretty impressive! Lovely song, too. The Mr....