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Yup. Another Grant Hart song. This is rates as one of my favorite Husker Du songs.

This is from Grant Hart’s solo debut, Intolerance.

The unsung hero of Husker Du. Grant Hart supposedly derailed his career through his vices, but most geniuses do. Shame, because Foo Fighters apaed this sound and made millions. Why can’t Grant get some respect?

This is a really good song, yet somehow I prefer the coda. But it’s a great song because… no Blake! A wise man once said “The less the Blake the better the Rilo Kiley song.” Amen and amen.

From their days as an ambient band. I wish they’d make another album like this… Reposted because the original one I posted was deleted. The perils of doing these things a week ahead of time.

Maybe the best Stones riff since Start Me Up? And it might win the award for the “most times ‘shit’ was said in a top ten [UK] single.” But none of that matters, because this is a great song and the video makes me want to build a time machine so I can join a […]

God, I loved The Clash. Despite often despicable politics, they were the most musical of classic (and current) punk bands.

These guys were great. Taken out of context (IE — the PC alt rock 90s) they might not seem so radical, but the kids who were around that time understand. I was always smitten by Zia (the nudist keyboard player) and who can blame me? Still, one of my favorite memories of Switchblade Sweeties was […]