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Five Songs, 11/8/2021

Less Than Jake, "Automatic" As the majors decided that ska, and especially ska-punk, was Really Hot, a bunch of bands signed contracts even though it probably didn't make a ton of sense. But, honestly, Less Than Jake wasn't a bad bet by the labels. There's...

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Five Songs, 6/5/2021

The Meters, "Funky Miracle" Mostly, when we get a funk track on here, I just pull the textual equivalent of a stink face. "Goddamn," I'll say, or "holy shit" or some other incoherent blurt. It conveys nothing about the music other than my elemental appreciation...

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Five Songs, 5/18/2021

Mary Timony, "Poison Moon" This is Mary Timony's first solo record, and you can kind of hear some pointers towards where here work would head, both with Wild Flag and Ex Hex. There's more of a new wave feeling to some of this, and less...

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Five Songs, 3/21/2021

milo, "pure scientific intelligence (quantum)" This track sounds like at least three different songs being played simultaneously, which is delightful. Bananagun, "Out of Reach" One of the things that the Internet promised us is that we'd be connected to people all over the world, opening...