Category Archives: Five Songs Series

Five Songs That Make Me Emotional

Due to some circumstances that I shan’t go into here, I’ve felt slightly melancholic and emotional lately. Just because of who and what I am, I tend to get caught up on little things that mostly only exist in my … Continue reading

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Five R.E.M. Songs That I Love

So, one of the world’s most beloved musical trios with a three-letter acronym for a name is officially no more. But, PMT aside, let’s talk about R.E.M… Hah! See what I did there? Seriously though, I kind of feel bad … Continue reading

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Five Songs Vaguely Related to Animals

Edit: Murray pointed me at Grooveshark, and then I did this: So you can apparently now actually listen to these songs, through some devilry I am not party to. Do it! Okay, this is a slightly flimsy premise, but it … Continue reading

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Five Manly Songs for Manly Men (with Beards)

Woo, it’s the long -awaited (by nobody) return of the Five Songs Series. This entry is devoted to manliness. Okay, when I say manly, I think I should explain what I mean. I’m talking about music that displays a traditionally … Continue reading

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Almost Five Christmas Songs…

Okay, this is going to be so hard, given that I hate most Christmas songs. Also, a “brief” run-on sentence regarding the current Christmas number one/two: this is a very very poor taste cash-in scheme by Sony, who own the … Continue reading

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Five 80s Pop Songs I Actually Like

In case you haven’t realised, I’m not a huge fan of music that occurred during the 80s. There are obvious exceptions (Talking Heads, Swans), but generally speaking, it’s my least favourite decade in terms of output and mainstream production style. … Continue reading

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Five Songs (that are “pretty”, in almost conventional terms)

Sunn O))) & Boris – The Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep) Altar (Southern Lord 2006) When Altar, the fully collaborative meeting of Sunn O))) and Boris, was announced, it was sort of implied that it was sound like both bands combined … Continue reading

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