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Adam and the Metal Hawks

Not sure if this was a friend or Facebook’s algorithm that recommended this to me, but I got a kick out of these tiktoks:

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Dolly’s Midas Touch

I really loved Sound Opinion’s recommendation of Waxahatchee’s Peace and Quiet a long time ago, she reminded of Liz Phair. But instead diving deeper into Waxahatchee, I just listened to Liz Phair.

Then, a co-worker’s recommendation of her album, Saint Cloud, piqued my interest, but hearing that she did a great Dolly Parton cover prioritized my listening to the album. The album is great. And the cover is fantastic.

And if you want to hear Dolly’s version:

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But his heart cries out

It’s been a while. Let’s begin with this hit with a killer baseline: Sparks’ Barbecutie.

Found from an Edgar Wright twitter post: “I love when a band is in such a prolific phase they can have songs other bands would kill for, as mere non album B-sides. The Kinks have tons of these. But check out Sparks’ ‘Barbecutie‘, a glorious banger of a b-side, with awesome bass guitar intro.”

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