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Five Songs, 2/10/2022

Jonwayne, "Afraid of Us" A tasty drum loop here, and a nice lightweight structure up on top of it. Appropriate for a contemplative track like this one, this is just a solid song all around. Delerium, "Sorrow" A project from a couple of guys from...

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Five Songs, 8/25/2021

Andrew Bird, "You Woke Me Up!" A companion piece to Noble Beast, Useless Creatures is an all-instrumental exploration which allows Bird to indulge his more exploratory impulses. As always, everything Bird does is interesting, but this is not one of his more loveable records. Victoria...

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Five Songs, 6/7/2021

The Adjusters, "Armstrong" The Adjusters were a ska/soul act out of Chicago, who managed a couple albums before the ska scene imploded, but hung around with a couple more albums with much more narrow distribution. They also wore their left politics on their sleeve,...

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Five Songs, 12/22/2020

The Replacements, "Waitress In The Sky" This is an inner-circle member of the "Songs That Randomly Pop In Josh's Head" club. Which isn't the catchiest name, I know. I'll bring it up at the next meeting. The Replacements, "I Will Dare" Well, that's a first....

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Five Songs, 1/5/2019

Three days, when will it stop? NOT TODAY! HIT IT, YOUTUBE! The Microphones, "I Want To Be Cold" There's something almost shoegaze-y about this track from the Microphones, with the buried vocals and washes of noise. I love it when everything lays out about a...