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Catalog Crawl: The Mountain Goats (EPs)

March 26, 2024March 26, 2024 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Catalog Crawl: The Mountain Goats (EPs)

Music nerds love ranked lists. Music nerds love thoughtful commentary. Music nerds love carefully curated playlists. Catalog Crawl provides all oRead More…

Catalog Crawl: The Mountain Goats

March 20, 2024March 26, 2024 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Catalog Crawl: The Mountain Goats

Music nerds love ranked lists. Music nerds love thoughtful commentary. Music nerds love carefully curated playlists. Catalog Crawl provides all oRead More…

Catalog Crawl: Frank Black

March 5, 2024March 4, 2024 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Catalog Crawl: Frank Black

Music nerds love ranked lists. Music nerds love thoughtful commentary. Music nerds love carefully curated playlists. Catalog Crawl provides all oRead More…

Catalog Crawl: Sleater-Kinney

February 19, 2024February 19, 2024 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Catalog Crawl: Sleater-Kinney

Music nerds love ranked lists. Music nerds love thoughtful commentary. Music nerds love carefully curated playlists. Catalog Crawl provides all oRead More…

Catalog Crawl: R.E.M.

May 22, 2023May 21, 2023 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Catalog Crawl: R.E.M.

Music nerds love ranked lists. Music nerds love thoughtful commentary. Music nerds love carefully curated playlists. Catalog Crawl provides all oRead More…

Guided by Voices: 2022 in Review

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Guided by Voices: 2022 in Review

Guided by Voices Crystal Nuns Cathedral / Tremblers and Goggles by Rank / Scalping the Guru Robert Pollard Our Gaze Guided by Voices IncRead More…

Frank Black and The Catholics – The Complete Studio Albums

September 12, 2022December 21, 2022 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Frank Black and The Catholics – The Complete Studio Albums

Frank Black and The Catholics The Complete Studio Albums Demon Music Group – 2022 Rating: 8.0 Rating: 7.4 Rating: 7.2 RatingRead More…

Season 2, Episode 13 – 90s One-Hit Wonders

August 26, 2022August 26, 2022 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Season 2, Episode 13 – 90s One-Hit Wonders

In the latest episode of the Strange Currencies Podcast, Matt, Glenn, and Tim discuss three nineties-era “one-hit wonders” who actually had surprRead More…

Antena – “Camino del Sol”

January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Antena – “Camino del Sol”

Antena “Camino del Sol” Les Disques du Crépuscule – 1982 In both its literal translation (“path of the sun”) and its lyrical content Read More…

Carmen – “Isle of Love”

January 22, 2022January 22, 2022 Rose GottschlingLeave a Comment on Carmen – “Isle of Love”

Carmen “Isle of Love” Inferno – 1959 By Don Ralke’s fortieth birthday he had become a force in the Los Angeles music world. Having rRead More…

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