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The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

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Five Songs, 4/2/2022

Lambchop, "The New Cobweb Summer" Aw, I just want to enjoy this. I'm not going to say anything! The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, "She Said" Plastic Fang is an album that feels a little bit unfocused to me. They're experimenting with tweaks to their formula...

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Five Songs, 3/17/2022

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, "Hell" This, from Xtra-Acme USA, is kind of a sketch of a song, but it still cooks pretty good. I mean, just one good "weeeeeeeeeeellllllll" from Spencer is enough to get me going. Pile, "appendicitis" There's some other song that...

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Five Songs, 2/6/2022

Prince, "Take Me With U" Prince, yes please, take me with you. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, "'78 Style" The first JSBX was really very much a transitional record between Pussy Galore and what the JSBX would become. There's just enough of the spastic, unpredictable...

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Five Songs, 10/12/2021

Wilco, "Kicking Television" This take is from Alpha Mike Foxtrot, the collection of rarities, live versions, and alternate takes that covers the first twenty (!) years of Wilco. "Kicking Television" appears on a bonus EP with A Ghost Is Born, and was also the title track...

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Five Songs, 9/27/2021

Beastie Boys, "The Sounds of Science" My freshman year roommate couldn't stand this track, and would insist on skipping it when we listened to this record. Which was often, it was an album we could agree on. I thought I lost that copy of Paul's...