Joshua Buergel
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Five Songs, 6/1/2022

The Flaming Lips, "The Sparrow Looks Up at the Machine" They should have kept that noise from the first few seconds going throughout. Just go full abrasive. It would make me happy, anyway. Mudhoney, "Burn It Clean" One of the delightful...

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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, "...

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Five Songs, 5/28/2022

The Skatalites, "Black Sunday" I've mentioned it before, but Stretching Out is probably the best single Skatalites album. This is a double live album from 1983, during a time when all of the eight surviving original members were back together in...