Songs You May Have Missed #624

17 Dec 2017 2 Comments

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Golden Smog: “Cure for This” (2006)

Golden Smog, the alt-country supergroup made up of members of Wilco, the Jayhawks, the Replacements, and Soul Asylum among others, enjoyed a nice decade-and-a-half run beginning in the early ’90’s.

By the time of the release of Another Fine Day, the Jayhawks band members were doing most of the heavy lifting. The gentle “Cure for This” was contributed by that band’s bassist, Marc Perlman.

If you’re the parent (or grandparent) of a young child, this one should hit that special spot for you.

See also: https://edcyphers.com/2025/06/11/songs-you-may-have-missed-782/

The Five Best Music Videos Of 2017, Ranked

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Music is an audio-based medium (duh), but the associated visual elements also form a big piece of how we understand it. Album covers are very often our first look at an record, so they better at least start to tell the story of the album, or give listeners some inkling of what they’re in for. Otherwise, what’s the point?

Similarly, songs try to tell a story or express a feeling, so if you’re going to forever tie it to an accompanying video, the audio and the visual better mesh in a way that makes both profoundly and undeniably better. Credit where it’s due: There were plenty of videos that accomplished that in 2017, which led to a long list of candidates for this list, which, in case the headline wasn’t descriptive enough, breaks down the five strongest music videos that came out this year. There were a few that stood out among the others, though, and these are them…

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Video of the Week: Score Your Next Horror Film with the Apprehension Engine

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Songs You May Have Missed #623

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Todd Snider: “Beer Run” (2003)

Todd Snider’s live albums, with their combination of stoner-fied storytelling and folk songwriting chops, call to mind Arlo Guthrie. This version of “Beer Run”, recorded on the Bob and Tom show, is good inebriated fun.

See also: https://edcyphers.com/2012/03/05/songs-you-may-have-missed-39/

Songs You May Have Missed #622

04 Dec 2017 2 Comments

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Supergrass: “Seen the Light” (2002)

3-chord punk pop was a thing in both Britain and America in the 90’s. The difference is that, whereas bands like the Clash, the Jam and the Sex Pistols may have influenced bands on both sides of the big pond, British pop punks of the 90’s additionally had a strain of Madness in their DNA…along with some Kinks and Small Faces. And Supergrass is the result. Sort of the English Green Day. Sort of.

Songs You May Have Missed #621

03 Dec 2017 Leave a comment

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Moby Grape: “8:05” (1967)

 

1960’s San Francisco band Moby Grape were the epitome of a perfect democracy–or perhaps a hippie commune. Every member sang. Every member contributed material. And that material was more diverse than their pigeonholing as a psychedelic band would suggest.

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Their catalogue shows off a variety of influences: blues, folk, country and straight-ahead three-guitar rock, often ornamented by four-part harmonies. “8:05”, from their much-hyped 1967 debut, shows their acoustic country rock side.

The band were short-lived due to personal issues and poor management. Like the innocence of hippie 60’s San Francisco, they basically washed out by the end of the decade; their chapter in rock history is perhaps a perfect microcosm of the story of the summer/bummer of love.

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