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The New Releases Shelf — The Window

September 7, 2023 Dan Seeger

The background information on The Window, the fifth and latest album by Chicago band Ratboys, suggests they knew they had material that would benefit from an added level of commitment. The quartet broke from the usual practice of recording in … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf — The Window

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Happy Labor Day

September 4, 2023September 3, 2023 Dan Seeger

Rather than type out a whole bunch of words, I will cede the floor to the Bard of Barking. Continue reading Happy Labor Day

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #16

September 3, 2023August 31, 2023 Dan Seeger

16. Pretenders, Pretenders (1979) Chrissie Hynde had every reason to believe that a career in rock ‘n’ roll simply wasn’t going to work out for her. The native of Akron, Ohio had kicked around on the fringes of the music … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #16

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Outside Reading — Burying the Lead edition

September 2, 2023August 31, 2023 Dan Seeger

Journalism fails miserably at explaining what is really happening to America by Will Bunch Until the mainstream news media comes to its collective senses and starts reporting with proper alarm on the Republican party’s cult-like adherence to despotic tendencies, writers … Continue reading Outside Reading — Burying the Lead edition

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This Week’s Model — Teenage Halloween, “Getting Bitter”

September 1, 2023 Dan Seeger

“Getting Bitter,” the new track from New Jersey–based band Teenage Halloween, is a chewy, chunky blast of pop punk. It call to mind the Beths when they’re in a louder mode, and that includes in the way the bouncy music … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Teenage Halloween, “Getting Bitter”

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Medium Rotation — All Her Plans; I Inside the Old Year Dying

August 31, 2023 Dan Seeger

CABLE TIES All Her Plans (Poison City/Merge) — The Melbourne, Australia trio Cable Ties comes into their third album with a fine fury. All Her Plans opens with “Crashing Through,” which skews close enough to vintage Sleater-Kinney to flap anyone’s … Continue reading Medium Rotation — All Her Plans; I Inside the Old Year Dying

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #17

August 27, 2023 Dan Seeger

17. Thomas Dolby, The Golden Age of Wireless (1982) Upon its initial release, Thomas Dolby’s debut album had different track listings for its U.K. and U.S. versions. This was hardly an uncommon practice in the nineteen-eighties. What stands out all … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #17

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This Week’s Model — Billy Bragg, “Rich Men Earning North of a Million”

August 25, 2023 Dan Seeger

I suspect Billy Bragg was inspired to pick up his guitar by the laughable corollary drawn between the current #1 song in U.S. and the work of Woody Guthrie, a comparison made solely by right-wing ghouls operating with their usual … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Billy Bragg, “Rich Men Earning North of a Million”

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Medium Rotation — Girl with a Fish; Time Ain’t Accidental; Joy’All

August 22, 2023December 19, 2023 Dan Seeger

FEEBLE LITTLE HORSE Girl with Fish (Saddle Creek) — For Feeble Little Horse’s first studio album recorded under their pact with Saddle Creek (their previous LP was reissued by the stalwart indie label), the Pittsburgh band unleashes a torrent of … Continue reading Medium Rotation — Girl with a Fish; Time Ain’t Accidental; Joy’All

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College Countdown Correction: #346

August 21, 2023November 28, 2023 Dan Seeger

A couple weeks ago, I discovered I made a mistake on the current iteration of the College Countdown, which is tracking through the top one thousand albums on the college radio charts between 1979 and 1989. For all sorts of … Continue reading College Countdown Correction: #346

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