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Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Dave’s Favorite Music in 2023

By Dave


Elvis Costello, “Radio Radio,” single (1978).

Husker Du, Warehouse: Songs and Stories (1987).

Glass Jaw, Bivouac (1992).

Hum, Downward Is Heaven (1998).

Paw, Dragline (1993).

Paramore, After Laughter (2017).

The Replacements, Pleased to Meet Me (1987).

Black Sabbath, Heaven and Hell (1980).

Obituary, Cause of Death (1990).

Kill All Redneck Pricks, band documentary (2011).

5 comments:

  1. Downward is amazing. I'm still surprised it didn't get bigger at the time. Hum's 2020 album, Inlet, is a gloomy masterpiece, too. Very happy about their return.

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  2. I am a little surprised at seeing Elvis Costello on your list. Because you like it, I am required to check it out to see what I have been missing during my years (decades actually) of ignoring Costello.

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    1. The lyrics have an increasing impact on my life. "They say you better listen to the right side of reason. But they don't give you any choice because they think that its treason."

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  3. Good classics from different genres. Go to music that can sustain.

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  4. Oops Bivouac was released by Jawbreaker... there are too many Jaw named bands swirling around that genre Jawbreaker, glass jaw, jaw box... too many jaws...

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