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• Song of the Day #1,572: ‘Africa’ – Toto

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  It’s taken me a long time to realize that there is no shame in liking something you really have no good reason to like. I guess you can call that embracing a guilty pleasure, but I don’t see it that way exactly. It’s more a matter of deciding once and [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,571: ‘Always Something There to Remind Me’ – Naked Eyes

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  I’ve always wondered why one-hit wonders, if they’re capable of writing and recording a song worthy of hit status, aren’t able to keep it up? Do some bands really just have one good song in them? That doesn’t make sense. Recently I realized that at least a few of the [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,570: ‘Enjoy the Silence’ – Depeche Mode

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  The latest Facebook obsession spreading among my friends is SongPop, basically an Internet version of Name That Tune. What makes the game fun is the wide range of categories from which it culls the songs. You can play rounds centered on ’90s Alternative,’ ‘Love Songs,’ ‘Metal,’ ’80s Hair Bands,’ ‘Melancholy [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,569: ‘I Don’t Know How You’re Livin” – Lucinda Williams

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  The rise of iTunes and the MP3 as the cheapest and easiest way to purchase music led to an increase in bonus material paired with physical CDs. It might be expanded liner notes, including artwork or photos not otherwise available. A DVD of live performances of the album’s songs. A [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,568: ‘Let it Ride’ – Ryan Adams & The Cardinals

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  I have a select group of artists whom I feel guilty for not listening to more. People who make consistently good music that’s right up my alley yet somehow rarely make it into my regular rotation. Ryan Adams is a perfect example. He has released at least two albums (Gold [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,567: ‘Crazytown’ – Aimee Mann

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  A month ago, I focused on Aimee Mann as part of my genome project, declaring her the most melancholy of all the melancholy artists I love. A couple of weeks later, she surprised me by releasing her poppiest, most upbeat album since her Til Tuesday days, or at least since [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,566: ‘Do It Anyway’ – Ben Folds Five

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  Yesterday I wrote about the nostalgia for 90′s acts that contributed to a new release by The Wallflowers. No doubt many people will look at the reunion of Ben Folds Five in the same light. The band put out three studio albums between 1995 and 1999 then broke up unexpectedly. [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,565: ‘Hospital For Sinners’ – The Wallflowers

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  Riding a wave of nostalgia for 90s acts, The Wallflowers returned this month with their first album since 2005′s Rebel, Sweetheart. The Wallflowers made a big splash with 1996′s Bringing Down the Horse. Hit singles ‘One Headlight’ and ’6th Avenue Heartache’ were radio staples that sound as fresh today as [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,564: ‘Scarlet Town’ – Bob Dylan

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  In a recent Rolling Stone interview, Bob Dylan was told about a critic who said that Justin Bieber couldn’t sing any of the songs on Tempest, Dylan’s new album. Dylan replied, “I couldn’t sing any of his songs either.” That exchange captures what’s great about Dylan’s output over the past [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,563: ‘Drifted Apart’ – Tift Merritt

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  It’s been a very good year for new music releases, particularly if you’re me. New albums from Ben Folds Five, Fiona Apple, Rufus Wainwright, Bob Dylan, The Shins, Tift Merritt, The Wallflowers, Garbage, Lyle Lovett and Bruce Springsteen, all in one year? Talk about a dream lineup. I’ve hardly had [...]
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