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“Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” – Van Halen
\nBeen listening to a lot of VH this week. Like a pretty high percentage of white dudes (and some dudettes) who were born between 1965 and 1980.<\/p>\n
“When You’re Gone” – Lydia Loveless
\nI’ve been waiting for Loveless’ new album for nearly four years. In the period since her last album, she got sober, got divorced, fought with her record company\/the music industry, and pulled back from the public eye. This is one of only a couple songs on the new disk that stood out to me. While I like it, it doesn’t match how much I liked the songs from the more tumultuous period of her life. I’m glad she’s clean and in a better place, though.<\/p>\n
“SuperNatural Possession” – Laura Jane Grace
\nLJG used the pandemic lockdown to put together a solo album of mostly stark, acoustic tracks. This is an outlier, a little fuller and brighter and certainly louder than the others. <\/p>\n
“The Shining But Tropical” – Wild Pink
\nI got very excited when I saw music writer Steven Hyden Tweet that the upcoming Wild Pink album was his favorite of the year. Then I noticed he said his favorite album of 2021, not 2020. Yep, the whole thing doesn’t come out until February. But given how albums trickle out these days, I guarantee we will have heard about half of it before it drops. This is a nice introduction.<\/p>\n
“There She Goes” – The La’s
\nAn all-time classic. A perfect pop song. I always knew The La’s lead singer was a little kooky, and that was why the band only released one album. But I didn’t know just how kooky he was until I read this piece<\/a>, which came out in celebration of the 30th anniversary of The La’s<\/em> release. <\/p>\n