Joshua Buergel
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Five Songs, 10/7/2022

Tackhead, "Ticking Time Bomb" Is industrial funk a thing? There are bits and pieces of Tackhead that remind me of industrial, but it's also very electro-funk. At the time I encountered this, I wasn't sure of the combination, and...

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Five Songs, 10/6/2022

clipping., "Story 2" CLPPNG, the first full record from clipping., was a record with the band still kind of piecing together what they had. It would be on the next album (Splendor & Misery) that everything would come together perfectly, but there are...

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Five Songs, 10/5/2022

Yautja, "The Spectacle" Yautja are chameleons with different styles coming to the fore in their albums, but this song is also kind of a chameleon. There's some heavy noise rock here, some grind-y bits, but with those sections kind of distinct...

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Five Songs, 10/3/2022

Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard, "Tralfamadore" One day, I will discuss this band without mentioning their name. Today is not that day. Hee hee! The Ethiopians, "Give Me Your Love" A thing that's magical about good rocksteady is that it...