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Midas – Wunderhorse Another short one today! Wunderhorse is one of my favorite new bands, formed out of a solo project started during the pandemic in England. Their first and, at the time of writing, only album, 2022’s Cub, (which I plan on featuring in an album of the month post at some point in… Read more
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Catalina Fight Song – Joyce Manor Some songs don’t need to be long to be great, and Joyce Manor gets that. This track clocks in at a minute and five seconds. In fact, the entire album it’s on comes in at around nineteen minutes total. “Catalina Fight Song” is, to me, an almost perfect punk… Read more
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New Year’s Day – Charlie Robison Charlie Robison is an incredibly underrated country artist, perhaps more recognized for his marriage and divorce from one of the Dixie Chicks than his music. This song encapsulates that perfectly. Whenever I play this tune for people, I usually say something along the lines of “This is the greatest… Read more
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Me and Your Mama (Let Me Into Your Heart) – Childish Gambino Today’s song is by one of my favorite creators of art of all time, Donald Glover. His body of work is absolutely incredible. Growing up in Stone Mountain, GA, and starting out as a writer for 30 Rock, he then went on to… Read more
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Itotiani – Chicano Batman I have to admit, this is the only song I know by these guys, but I love it. Part of why I started this blog was to revisit songs and artists I enjoy and, through that, discover new songs from the artists that I’m already familiar with or, like in this… Read more
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American Girl – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Man, I miss Tom Petty. Who doesn’t? I could fill a few months’ worth of posts on Petty songs I love. I went with this one first because the title fits so well with the holiday, and second, they actually recorded this tune on July 4th, 1976!… Read more
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The Passenger – Iggy Pop Believe it or not, I was first introduced to Iggy Pop and this song through the video game “Lego Rock Band”. Somehow, they got the Godfather of Punk, equally well known for his struggles with heroin and cocaine as he is for his intense stage presence, occasionally known to roll… Read more
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Caravan – Live from The Last Waltz – Van Morrison The world is a better place with Van Morrison in it. I was taught that at a young age by my mom, and I will be forever grateful to her for that. She first introduced Van the Man to me with her favorite song of… Read more
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Holdin On – Flume Feat. Freddie Gibbs Happy Monday! I believe I first heard the original version of this track while on a spring break trip with some good friends in high school, and it was one of the first dance/electronic songs that I really enjoyed upon first listen. One of my favorite things in… Read more
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Strip My Mind – Red Hot Chili Peppers The first time I encountered this song was in the movie The Fighter, with Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale playing boxers and half brothers Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund. Even though this is a music blog, I can’t recommend this movie enough. Rightfully nominated for a plethora… Read more
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