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Top 40 Smash Near Misses — “Keep On Dancin'”

November 14, 2023 Dan Seeger

These posts are about the songs that fell just short of crossing the key line of chart success, entering the Billboard Top 40. Every song featured in this series peaked at number 41. Joseph Tucci was a fledging music producer … Continue reading Top 40 Smash Near Misses — “Keep On Dancin’”

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #6

November 12, 2023 Dan Seeger

6. R.E.M., Fables of the Reconstruction (1985) “Lots of kids aren’t willing to listen just to Hall and Oates or whatever,” noted Bill Berry, the drummer of R.E.M., shortly after the release of the band’s third album, Fables of the … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #6

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Outside Reading — And They’ve Never Heard of Love edition

November 11, 2023November 8, 2023 Dan Seeger

‘She never pandered to fashion’: why Kirsty MacColl’s vivid pop career was no fairytale by Alexis Petridis The release of a massive new box set prompts Alexis Petridis to write about the great Kirsty MacColl. The article offers a consideration … Continue reading Outside Reading — And They’ve Never Heard of Love edition

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This Week’s Model — Laura Jane Grace, “Hole in My Head”

November 10, 2023November 16, 2023 Dan Seeger

I’m confident that Laura Jane Grace knows a lot. I’m especially confident that Laura Jane Grace knows that a great punk song can get its point across in under two minutes. Leave the sonic epics to other fools. “Hole in … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Laura Jane Grace, “Hole in My Head”

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Radio Days — 90FM’s Top 35 for November 9, 1990

November 9, 2023November 8, 2023 Dan Seeger

This series of posts covers my long, beloved history interacting with the medium of radio, including the music that flowed through the airwaves. As we close in on the end of the very large College Countdown project that I started … Continue reading Radio Days — 90FM’s Top 35 for November 9, 1990

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Medium Rotation — The Returner; Hox; Careful!

November 6, 2023 Dan Seeger

ALLISON RUSSELL The Returner (Fantasy/Concord) — It’s phenomenally fitting that Joni Mitchell inspired the title of Allison Russell’s sophomore full-length, The Returner. After being a firsthand witness to Mitchell’s transcendent 2022 comeback performance as one of the musicians onstage, Russell … Continue reading Medium Rotation — The Returner; Hox; Careful!

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #7

November 5, 2023 Dan Seeger

7. Rolling Stones, Tattoo You (1981) The Rolling Stones were in a precarious place. Commercially, they were as strong as ever. The 1978 album Some Girls was their biggest-selling album to that point in the U.S., and its follow-up, Emotional … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #7

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This Week’s Model — Stay Inside, “Sweet Stripe!”

November 3, 2023 Dan Seeger

“Sweet Stripe!,” the new single from Brooklyn-based band Stay Inside, feels like it starts in midstream. The guitars are already churning, the beat is already pulsing, the very thought of the song is fully formed. From there, it’s a roaring … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Stay Inside, “Sweet Stripe!”

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #8

October 29, 2023 Dan Seeger

8. R.E.M., Document (1987) R.E.M. had a message to convey and, more than was previously the case, they wanted to ensure they were understood. Across their first four studio albums, the immediate icons of college rock established and cultivated a … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #8

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This Week’s Model — Dowsing, “It Was Easy”

October 27, 2023 Dan Seeger

Dowsing is officially based in Chicago, but the individual members of the quartet are currently spread across four different states. So the decision to title their fifth proper album, their first new studio effort in four years, No One Said … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Dowsing, “It Was Easy”

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