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#721: G is for Grant, John

I stumbled upon a live studio recording of Elbowperforming a song called“Kindling” from the Little Fictions album with a guestvocal performance by a guynamed John Grant. Who’s this person, I wondered. And I concluded, if he’s a friendof Elbow’s, he’s a friend ofmine, and then I watched thatvideo. Whoever this JohnGrant person was, he wasContinue reading “#721: G is for Grant, John”

#673: D is for Dodie and Dolby

Two EP’s side by sideon the shelves, Hot Mess,a five song disc from Dodie, and Blinded By Science, anotherfive song number from 80’s keyboard pop god Thomas Dolby. Released 40 years apart from each other, the Dolby 13 years before Dodie was born,they are, nevertheless, good company. It would not surprise meif Dolby was aContinue reading “#673: D is for Dodie and Dolby”

#671: D is for Devo

Are we not men? We are Devo. A rare instance during my buddingmusical identity, discovering, or hearingfor the first time, a band’s debut album.Most of my all-time favorite bandsI heard for the first time on their thirdor forth record (XTC, Boomtown Rats, Elvis Costello, Talking Heads, Japan). After all, I was just a kid. IContinue reading “#671: D is for Devo”