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, "...
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, "...
The Magnetic Fields, "The Way You Say Good-Night" You know, the only Magnetic Fields record I've ever heard is this one. There are a lot more, and I have no idea if this record is an outlier in their sound or...
Mary Wells, "Bye Bye Baby" A real rager here from the early Motown days from Mary Wells. It's certainly easy to see how this did so well for them. Labradford, "Disremembering" Here's a track from the first...
Bananagun, "Mushroom Bomb" A thing I can recommend as a solid move is to befriend some people in Australia, and then get some music recommendations from them. You'll get plenty of stuff that you never otherwise would have heard, and if...
Steakdaddy Six, "Sweaty Betty" Indie rock out of Champaign-Urbana, Steakdaddy Six released two solid albums in the early 90s before ending their run. This is from the second of those records, Houstonia, but they're pretty comparable. The most notable thing about...