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 Everett True

Punk Rock song of the day – 398: Hive Dwellers

More punk than you’ll ever be, punk.

 Everett True

I want to dance like Jonathan Richman

I want to dance like Jonathan Richman

I want to dance like Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps

 Everett True

Song of the day – 263: Tender Forever

The deep bass throb of ‘Unfortunate Friends’ is the one that I really dig, but I can’t find the video – so trust me, or buy the album or something and find out for yourselves.

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Song of the day – 169: Arrington de Dionyso

Olympia, Washington from Arrington himself, sending me download links to yet more of his imaginative, multi-dimensional, freestyle music. I never quite know what’s it going to sound like: from full-on demented Pop Group-style distortion, to throat singing, to abrasive atonal squalls of noise on unaccompanied bass clarinet, to this latest project Malaikat dan Singa. The […]

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Song of the day – 131: Shonen Knife

Oh man. I never realised. I’m not sure how I never realised. Maybe I did realise, but I plumb forgot. After all, when I first travelled out to Olympia in ’89 I’m fairly sure that I purchased every cassette Calvin Johnson had then released on his K label (privilege of being a staff writer, and […]

 Everett True

Song of the day – 79: Hive Dwellers (Calvin Johnson)

Calvin Johnson! He’s back! Well, this is a cause for celebration, no mistake. So let’s celebrate! The world’s grooviest dancer this side of me, Jonathan Richman and Nikki McLure. One of the greatest things about living in Seattle was being able to watch Calvin strut his stuff on stage on a regular basis. As Toby […]