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Five Songs, 7/9/2022

Fluf, "RK Wins" At some point, I stopped being able to keep track of which songs have already appeared in this thing. It's been five years? 6,000+ songs, anyway, and I've just lost the ability to be sure if we've heard something. Part of...

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Five Songs, 6/16/2022

Lambchop, "Up With People" A difficult question to answer is "what is the best Lambchop record?" Part of the problem here is that they've evolved gently over their existence, but don't really have recognizable periods where one could really say that that style is your...

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Five Songs, 6/6/2022

Eminem, "Guilty Conscience" I am amused at Dr. Dre playing someone's guilty conscience. Bitch Magnet, "Motor" Oh yeah, that's the stuff. That late 80s/early 90s production really just connects to me, because of how old I was during that time. Anyway, this is how...

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Five Songs, 5/29/2022

Afghan Whigs, "Retarded" Uh, yikes. "Television's gone / I'm alone with Lucifer / what a drag" is such an outstanding summary of Greg Dulli's lyrical work with the Whigs. Shame about the slurs, though. The Temptations, "I Wish It Would Rain" A thing that gets a little...

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Five Songs, 4/25/2022

Television, "See No Evil" There have been bands as cool as Television was when they released Marquee Moon, but I'm not sure there have been any cooler. SWANS, "In My Garden" On Children of God, Jarboe's contributions to the band were placed much more at...