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Any Day Now – Cop Shoot Cop Another one that just randomly reappeared in my library when I hit shuffle, I actually have two songs saved by the noise rock band Cop Shoot Cop. A quick Google search shows that these guys had a pretty cool 9-year run, touring with the likes of Iggy Pop, Read more
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Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai Let me preface this: this is the only Jamiroquai song I know, and tomorrow, I’m going to do a bit of a dive into their music. I’ve known this one for a long time but didn’t really appreciate it until more recently, a common theme for songs I post on this Read more
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Is This Love – Bob Marley and The Wailers Happy Valentines Day! I can’t believe I haven’t featured Bob Marley yet. Or any reggae for that matter. Bob is probably a top ten artist for me, and his greatest hits album is one of my most frequently spun records in my vinyl collection. Bob has Read more
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Me and The Devil – Gil Scott-Heron Gil Scott-Heron, the legendary poet and singer who first proclaimed that “The revolution will not be televised” and whose influence on rap music and the culture of today cannot be understated. After a 16-year hiatus, he returned with his album I’m New Here, featuring one of the most Read more
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What Is and What Should Never Be – Led Zeppelin I recently picked up a copy of Led Zep II for my dad to replace his lost one, and gave it a complete re-listen for the first time in a long time. It’s funny, Zeppelin is one of my favorite bands and has been forever. Read more
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What Difference Does It Make? – The Smiths What Difference Does It Make? by The Smiths from their self-titled debut album opens with one of my all-time favorite guitar riffs, played by one of the absolutely coolest guitarists of all time, Johnny Marr. Written by Marr and Morrissey, the lyrics can be quite haunting, but Read more
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Rock Salt and Nails – Tyler Childers Another song covered by so many artists, and written by, but never performed or recorded by Utah Phillips, “Rock Salt and Nails” is one of the most haunting country songs of all time. Performed by Tyler Childers, the song seems to take on a whole new level of Read more
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In Circles – Sunny Day Real Estate Sunny Day Real Estate‘s 1994 album Diary is one of the most underappreciated and often overlooked rock albums of the 90s, often credited with helping to define the genre that would become “midwest emo.” It features two future Foo Fighters, bass player Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith. Read more
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Never Been to Spain – Three Dog Night / Waylon Jennings Originally written by Hoyt Axton and covered by the likes of Elvis, Cher, Ike and Tina, and Waylon Jennings among others, I think I actually like the Three Dog Night version of “Never Been To Spain“. As I write that, I think I may Read more
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In Bloom – Sturgill Simpson Sturgill Simpson covering Nirvana. A perfect union of contrary things. Sturgill remains one of my favorite modern country musicians, and in all honesty probably one of my favorite artists of all time. I was first made aware of him when this album, A Sailor’s Guide To Earth came out in Read more
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