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Blasphemous Rumors

If my parents would have let me put all black on and dance around my room, I would have. I probably did.

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Sunday, December 7, 2008
by Cory Banks
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"Pudding Time" by Primus

Primus
I never thought I'd be nostalgic for the early '90s, nor refer to anything as Primus' "classic period," but here we are.

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Sunday, August 17, 2008
by Matt Schild
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Latest comment by: Anonymous: "you are an idiot"

"In the End" by Green Day

Dookie

Dookie

This might be one of the last few pop-punk tracks created before the flood of crap pop-punk came out of the Pandora's box Green Day opened.

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Sunday, July 6, 2008
by Matt Schild
6 comments

Latest comment by: Jon Harthun: "Dookie is almost a decade and a half old already? Man, that makes me feel old and I'm not even that old (I was listening to "Dookie" in elementary school, hah!). I'm not really sure what Green Day's "best" album is. All I know is, their "Working Class ...

"A Pretty Girl Is Like" by the Magnetic Fields

A Pretty Girl Is Like

I see a man on the streets of Venice or Paris strumming his ukulele, belting out repeated similes in hopes to woo the ladies passing in the moonlight.

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
by Jer
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"The End of the World" by Jesu

"Lifeline" by Jesu

"Lifeline" EP by Jesu

But in music, as in life, isn't destroying expectations where all the fun is?

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Sunday, June 8, 2008
by Matt Schild
2 comments

Latest comment by: donte: "yup, jesu is pretty great (recorded anyway - conqueror made my top 10 for last year). it's a shame they're so amazingly awful live in comparison."

"Levi Stubbs' Tears" by Billy Bragg

An amazing song written about the amazing power of other songs. Does it get any better than this?

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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
by Matt Schild
3 comments

Latest comment by: mark: "Has always been among my very favorites that I could never really figure out why. Well, you pretty much nailed it above. Bill's delivery of the tale gives me shivers every time!"

"Hell" by Squirrel Nut Zippers

Squirrel Nut Zippers — Hot

Squirrel Nut Zippers — Hot

Now the D and the A and the M and the N and the A and the T and the I-O-N!

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Friday, May 23, 2008
by imaginary ash
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Latest comment by: Gary: "I was actually in Chapel Hill when this song came out, and it was amazing to see the Zippers go from playing crammed in the back corner of a small local bar to having this big ol' hit, all in a short space of time. It was somewhat tragic that they were lumped into ...

"Snowball in Hell" by They Might Be Giants

Lincoln

Lincoln

Sick of slinging copies at your Kinko's night shift? Keep your nose to the grindstone and follow your dream. Maybe in 20 years, you'll have a 15-album back catalog, a devoted following and cartoon renditions of your songs.

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Monday, April 28, 2008
by Matt Schild
5 comments

Latest comment by: Matt Schild: "I'm not sure I want to open up the top 10 albums of the '80s can of worms, but I generally agree with your sentiment, Erik. I always forget how weird and out there TMBG was back in the day, especially now how easily they slot into indie rock stuff."

"Astley in the Noose" by The Wonderstuff

The Eight Legged Groove Machine

The Eight Legged Groove Machine

Making fun of Rick Astley is nothing new. The Wonderstuff was doing it when you were in diapers.

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Monday, April 21, 2008
by Matt Schild
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"This is the Life" by The Dismemberment Plan

The Dismemberment Plan is Terrified

The Dismemberment Plan is Terrified

It was like having a kick-ass hipster 25-year-old girlfriend admit that senior year of high school she preferred Warrant and Cinderella to Nirvana and Mudhoney.

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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
by Matt Schild
3 comments

Latest comment by: imaginary dana: "Who or what is this "Pretty Boy Floyd" of which you speak? ;)"