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Five Songs, 9/20/2022

MC Frontalot, "A Skit About Robots" Unfortunately for me, I'm exposed to probably an unhealthy amount of what would be described as geek media. That's largely a consequence of being as into tabletop gaming as I am, and staying on top of new releases and...

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Five Songs, 5/2/2022

The Beatles, "I'm So Tired" Big same, Beatles. DJ Krush, "Jikan no Hashi 2" Do I need to hear "Jikan no Hashi" for this song to make sense? Abstract hip-hop artist DJ Krush's 1996 MiLiGHT featured a bunch of collaborations, resulting in a bit of...

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Five Songs, 3/14/2022

Tricky, "Brand New You're Retro" Maxinquaye is one of the three pillars of trip-hop, along with Blue Lines and Dummy. What's striking about all three records, besides them all being great, is kind of how dissimilar they all end up feeling. There's a murky darkness...

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Five Songs, 2/7/2022

Jello Biafra with the Melvins, "Those Dumb Punk Kids (Will Buy Anything)" Just a classic punk gallop here from the Melvins, with Jello's warbling shout in fine form. Delightful stuff. Polyrhythmics, "Cracked Pepper" Those muted horns coming in at :32, that's just lovely on top...

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Five Songs, 12/8/2021

Black Eyed Peas, "Bringing It Back" I've already talked about how different pre-Fergie BEP are from the band people know, and I'm not sure I have a second thing to observe about this record. So read that. Or don't! Doesn't matter to me! Jurassic 5,...