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Swervedriver – “These Times”

Published January 22, 2024January 22, 2024

As I mentioned on my main Instagram, I’m ready to be part of the critical re-evaluation of Swervedriver’s 1998 one-time swan song 99th Dream, thanks to its new deluxe reissue which I happened to find at a very decent price and thought, “why not”. I bought the album on CD when it was first released […]

Iterations: Wire – “Outdoor Miner”

Published May 6, 2021May 6, 2021

If there was a way to measure musical influence per second of recording, Wire’s “Outdoor Miner” would surely be in the 99th percentile. The original version, which appeared on 1978’s Chairs Missing, clocked in at an efficient 1:44 but would be one of the most-loved tracks by the massively influential outfit. Now that quotient drops […]