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Five Songs, 7/28/2021

Cheetah Chrome, "Still Wanna Die" It's been a while since we've had a track from this record. This is from the Ork Records: New York, New York compilation from the Numero Group, which captures the early punk label Ork and the early New York punk...

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Five Songs, 10/4/2020

The Roots, "Becoming Unwritten" Rising Down is fantastic. But this song is just an interstitial thing. Army of Juan, "Chicken" We're deep into Moon Ska's bench here with this band, who released one album in 1997 and then disappeared. It never caught on with me...

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Five Songs, 1/27/2020

The Evens, "Dinner With The President" After Fugazi went on hiatus (I refuse to say they're broken up!), Ian MacKaye started a band with his wife, Amy Farina, on drums. They play as a duo, playing a stripped down indie rock that still has touches...

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Five Songs, 1/4/2019

TWO DAYS IN A ROW The Roots, "Proceed" While it wasn't really their debut album, Do You Want More?!!!??! feels like it SHOULD be their debut album. Organix feels more like a practice run or a demo, a band trying to find its voice, and...