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Five Songs, 2/9/2021
Tilt, "Annie Segall" This is from the last Tilt album, in 1999, and I'll be totally honest: I'm not entirely sure why I picked all of them up. It's not bad, it's just that it&...
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Five Songs, 2/8/2021
400 Blows, "The Ugly Are So Beautiful" There's a ruthless, efficient logic at the heart of 400 Blows. The find their groove, riff, or idea and just hammer away at it. It's not that they're robotic or...
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Five Songs, 2/7/2021
Funkadelic, "Into You" The world is divided into two groups: those who think Mothership Connection is P-Funk's finest moment, and those who think One Nation Under A Groove is. (I'm ignoring Maggot Brain perverts.) My opinion largely rests on...
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Five Songs, 2/6/2021
Soccer Mommy, "yellow is the color of her eyes" This seven-minute tune is the centerpiece of Soccer Mommy's record from last year, Color Theory. This record showed up on a lot of year end lists, and while I think it'...
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Five Songs, 2/5/2021
The Arsonists, "Underground Vandal" The Arsonists' debut album, released in 1999, was very much a throwback record. Not just in sound, but in the way it was created. By 1999, hip-hop had moved into an era of producers being stars separate from...