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Growin' Up Too Fast: The Girl Group Anthology
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Released in 96, I found my way to this compilation, Growin' Up Too Fast: The Girl Group Anthology, in the late 90s. If one were ever looking for a primer on the girl groups of the 60s, Growin' Up Too Fast is definitely one of the best. Of course there are some I like more than others, but all 50 tracks on this compilation are solid. Some of my faves are Lesley Gore's Look of Love, The Pixies Three's 442 Glenwood Avenue, Dusty Springfield's Stay Awhile, Gigi Parker & the Lonelies' Beatles Please Come Back, and Diane Renay's Growin' Up Too...
August Mix: The Rise & Fall of Sanctuary Moon
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Hi, here's your mix for August. Because Spotify sucks, it's missing a couple of superb songs (Curve's Missing Link and Morpheme's Infection). And then, the acoustic version of Julia Michael's Lie Like This isn't available on the platform, so we get the original album version, which is still a great vibe, but a different vibe. Sucks that Spotify is the easiest way to get these out there, but that's a whole other conversation. Anyways, I just made this mix in the past week and a half, so it's fresh! It started out as a shoegaze mix and just turned into...
The Year of the Radical Romantics
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Fever Ray just returned with a new album of old songs, The Year of the Radical Romantics. From what I've read, this is essentially a live album; these songs were reworked and recorded live to tape in a studio. So the only thing missing, really, is the sound of a live audience. I first learned of The Knife in 2006, when Silent Shout was on top of almost every end-of-year list. I had no idea who they were, and it didn't even click right away when I first listened to the album. Eventually, though, it clicked, and I was all...
Ozzy
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Not much to say that hasn't already been said, but thank you. And go listen to some Black Sabbath.
Self Promo
I'm terrible at self promotion, so I'm always kinda surprised when something actually sells (which is surprisingly once in a while). Especially something that I designed (the person who bought it sent the pic below). Thank you! And if you're here just reading whatever I'm writing... thank you as well!