Happy Thanksgiving to all my American reader/listeners! I don't think I have any non-American reader/listeners! I barely have any American ones. Hmm, let's do "dinner" for a special word. For those of you who haven't...
SNFU, "Costume Trunk"
I think I've said before I'm not a big fan of this record, and I think maybe part of it is the way the record is mixed. The vocals are too forward, and it throws the...
Folks, we've got a special thing today! Our first ever Five Songs Guest Post! That's right! For the first time ever, Five Songs is an actual "we" instead of a royal "we"! This guest track listing was...
Sloan, "Deeper Than Beauty"
Sloan are a rarity, a band who clearly should have been big in America, but instead settled for a long and celebrated career in Canada. This stuff, really smart power pop, absolutely could have broken through at basically any...
They Might Be Giants, "Nanobots"
The title track of their 2013 album, which was the second album of a little renaissance from TMBG. Post-children's albums, they put together two outstanding records, bursting with ideas and shimmering tunes. Join Us ranks in...