Archive for October 25th, 2013

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One Track Mind: Morrissey, “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” from 25Live (2013)

The decades have changed everything about this song. Once a paean, at least for me, of youth-bound angst — about dreams deferred for the drudgery (the tragedy!) of homework — it’s now shot through with real regret. You May Also Like: The Smiths’ ‘How Soon Is Now?’ Is the Gen-XRead More

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Bryan and the Haggards featuring Dr. Eugene Chadbourne – Merles Just Want To Have Fun (2013)

A two-step shuffle, a slightly exaggerated country croon, and two feisty saxes with occasional late-period Coltrane wails arousing suspicions that these are wack jazz guys playing Merle Haggard, not dedicated country music musicians. You May Also Like: Bryan Murray – Balto! (2014) Jon Lundbom and Big Five Chord – ‘HarderRead More

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SOiL – Whole (2013)

I was a big fan of Soil’s breakthrough 2001 album Scars, with its infectious hit “Halo.” As much as I liked that record, though, the band seemed to fade quickly for me. You May Also Like: Walter Trout – Battle Scars (2015) The Outryders, “Over the Scars / Look atRead More

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William Shatner with Billy Sherwood – Ponder the Mystery (2013)

What do you get when you lock Sgt. T.J. Hooker in a room with one of the most polarizing recent figures in progressive rock? You get an interesting cosmic trip called Ponder The Mystery. You May Also Like: William Shatner and Canned Heat, “Let’s Work Together” (2020): One Track MindRead More

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The Friday Morning Listen: Anoushka Shankar – Traces Of You (2013)