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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Everyone involved with this record is a genius in some way or another. Do yourselves a favour and investigate.

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Perennial @perennialtheband.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

UK Tour starts in one week! Tickets 🎟️ www.bandsintown.com/a/2780365-pe... @safesuburban.bsky.social @ejrc.bsky.social

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Day 4 #5CoverSongsEvens #MusicChallenge Was wondering if there was a cover of The Clash’s “1-2 Crush On You” and the interweb delivered Los Offbeaters from Spain give us a toasty ska version youtu.be/9MUSKrFps-g?...

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1-2 Crush on You

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Day 3 #5CoverSongsEvens #MusicChallenge It’s a popular choice to pick as a cover, but I rather like this bouncy brass band take on Pulp’s Disco 2000 Old Dirty Brasstards youtu.be/ciRILIL8Bxo?...

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Disco 2000

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Day 2 #5CoverSongsEvens #MusicChallenge I mistakenly read this at first asThe Drive-By Truckers, but The Dirty Truckers hail from Boston and clearly share some DNA. Sixteen Blues originally by The ‘Mats youtu.be/P1d240zHshI?...

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Sixteen Blue

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What is better than “Two For The Price Of One”? How about we let The O’Jays take us through “Four For The Price Of One”. Possibly the only song to ever multiple? youtu.be/kcIkou3QZGM?... Day 1 #5CoverSongsEvens #MusicChallenge

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Four For The Price Of One

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#BestSongHeardToday #MusicChallenge A total barn burner of a soul track Jamo Thomas And The Party Boys- Bahama Mama youtu.be/d3-hq27FoiE?...

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JAMO THOMAS Bahama Mama (Part1) 60s Rare Soul

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A song stuck in my head at the moment having come across while working on my most recent playlist. What a bio Billy has being born in DC worked with Marvin Gaye in his early years, became better known for his piano playing at first and then tragedy struck in his early 30s. youtu.be/-_wXTbxvk24?...

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Sitting In The Park (Single Version)

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Yes not only did Qobuz include Modernism in the sitez hand picked New Release section it got an amazing review.

ALBUM REVIEW: PERENNIAL - MODERNISM

Most of the cool, loud, retro-futurist bands working these days would've been at home in the downtown New York scene circa Marquee Moon. Not Perennial. This New England garage-punk trio idolizes Quadrophenia's Brighton, Stax Records' Memphis, and the rest of the time their songs feel like they're set in some rainy, neon-lit, sound-stage city, infiltrating a crime thriller from the stereo of a getaway car. Partly that's the bleep-bleep-bleep morse code feedback and siren riffs screaming from Chad Jewett's guitar on this new record, Modernism. It's also Chelsey Hahn's eerie organ interludes, which cap tracks like "Baby, Are You Abstract?" and the flagship "Perennial '65."

Perennial's previous album, Art History, arrived just two years prior. Since then they've released the Beatles-homaging Perennial '65 EP plus a deluxe version of Art History containing a bunch of extras. Still, one wouldn't rush to call them prolific. Modernism—like the three full-lengths before it—barely cracks 20 minutes. There isn't enough time for their formula to wear. Not that it would: Jack White mangling Militarie Gun's microsongs, the latter's power chords replaced with hairy single-string riffs blasted through twin Vox amps? Yes please. And when you think the songs can't go any louder, the band says, "hold my beer"—see the outro to "Modernism," or the final time through the chorus of "The Shadow." Such thrilling energy surges are all the more miraculous given Perennial's go-for-broke-and-then-some baseline.

That means the breathers are crucial. Perennial knows to add pauses not just within their dynamic riffs but throughout the sequencing. "Granny Smith Apple" is all clunky clavinet, skiffling drums, and a synthetic flute melody reminiscent of a family sitcom's opening music ("Perennial is filmed in front of a live studio audience"). The reset primes the whirlwind opener of Side B, "The Shadow." The album's second half—and the band does make a point, right there on the cover art, of using traditional A/B sides—is even bigger than the first.

Jewett and Hahn overarm the hot potato back and forth for "what-do-we-want?/ when-do-we-want-it?"-esque vocal barks, nonsense lines like "the red, red robin goes bop, bop boppin'" delivered with the same urgent conviction as the "modernism's coming for you" war cry. The lyrics poke around pop culture: Cheshire cats, Otis Redding, Kerouac, Halloween, The Avengers' catsuited spy hero Emma Peel. They even go Edgar-Allen-Poe-paranoid on "Me and The Magpie." It's not quite The Raven but certainly less amenable than that boppin' red robin. © Hayden Merrick/Qobuz

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

What Would Kosmo Spin(WWKS) for the Jalen Ngonda and Brooke Combe Show Inspired by one of my most anticipated shows of the year, the pairing of Jalen Ngonda and @brookecombe.bsky.social at the @930club.bsky.social , I pulled together this playlist. micropop.net/post/8278341...

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What Would Kosmo Spin(WWKS) for the Jalen Ngonda and Brooke Combe Show

Inspired by one of my most anticipated shows of the year, the pairing of Jalen Ngonda and Brooke Combe at the 9:30 club, I pulled together this playlist. Primary focus is on the Past and Present of...

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Going with James as there are nine members at this point, so solid chances for new side projects.

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Rebecca Thompson 🦋 @rebalynn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"The Jam blocking the sidewalk in London" 📸 by Pennie Smith . 1977 #MusicSky

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

and since someone asked about Tri-Sound(3) turns out it was the Baltimore outpost who prolifically released one very rare single by The Blue Decent Psychedelic Folk Rock www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbf8...

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The Blue- Road Dust/ I Did It For You US 19?? (HQ)

YouTube video by Michalis Matthaiou

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I was faffing about today and came across this on discogs and since I'm easily amused The one single bootlegged is of course total Northern Soul catnip Ed Crook - That's Alright youtu.be/GLnWHWCz2oU?...

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Ian Wade @wadeywade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Finally, all of this sequence. Imagine this on a Saturday Night TV show rather than the bollocks of now

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Raffaella Carrá "Rumore"

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#BestSongHeardToday #MusicChallenge Hailing from Baltimore "Give the Drummer Some More" by Little Hooks and Ray Nato & the Kings “The drummer ain’t had none in a long time” youtu.be/e0cdzOIqdpg?...

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Give The Drummer Some More - Little Hooks with Ray Nato & The Kings

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Because I'm attempting to do a thing, I found this collection of singles from the 60s Baltimore Soul group Bob Brady And The Con Chords that both regional and national hits and later a highly regarded Northern Soul group. album.link/i/1878159994

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Love-In: The Chariot Records Recordings by Bob Brady And The Con Chords

Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Oh hey there! Look what landed in the delivery box today. @perennialtheband.bsky.social “Modernism” in glorious 45rpm Pink vinyl @ejrc.bsky.social @safesuburban.bsky.social

Pink Album Cover for a Perennial “Modernism”

With a picture of a mod dancing on the left side and song titles on the right side in white letters

Back of the album which is pink with song titles in black lettering on the left side and white capital letters A and B on the right side

White album sleeve and the vinyl in pink

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Turnin’ On is a total barn burner on this!

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Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

1989-1992 is handy overview of the early, pre @subpop.bsky.social, days of beloved US indie band Velocity Girl. Out on @slumberlandrecords.com. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...

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Sub Pop Records @subpop.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Please add this to yr #BandcampFriday cart 🛒 Maximum MN is a digital mixtape featuring Sub Pop artists covering Minnesota musicians, capturing a snapshot of Minnesota's long history of life-changing music and to show solidarity with the people of Minnesota. subpop.bandcamp.com/album/maximu...

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#BestSongHeardToday #MusicChallenge I highly recommend checking out the absolutely fuzzed out version of The Jam’s “That’s Entertainment” on this.

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#5CoverSongsOdds #MusicChallenge Day Five Was looking for a cover of the Elvis Costello and Jimmy Cliff song, but found something completely different The original Gary US Bonds - Seven Day Weekend youtu.be/kCls8CPpY5w?... New York Dolls youtu.be/nCXy06dATTI?...

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Seven Day Weekend

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#5CoverSongsOdds #MusicChallenge Day Four Bruce Foxton - 25 or 6 to 4 I had no clue this was out there, it was a bonus track on a rerelease of his first solo album. Maybe should have stayed unreleased, you can decide youtu.be/qsu1ZFX4enc?...

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25 or 6 to 4

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

#5CoverSongsOdds #MusicChallenge Day Three Moog Cookbook - 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago and countless marching bands youtu.be/aTFRe7XcCEQ?...

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25 or 6 to 4

YouTube video by The Moog Cookbook - Topic

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#5CoverSongsOdds #MusicChallenge Day 1 "Three Is A Magical Number” Blind Melon. One of my all time favorite covers youtu.be/B3Ijsgzrrkc?...

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Blind Melon - Three Is A Magic Number

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Bowiesongs (C. O'Leary) @bowiesongs.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

RIP to Janie Bradford, one of the earliest and best Motown songwriters ("Money," "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby"). The Holland brothers initially wanted her as a collaborator before Lamont Dozier. www.freep.com/story/entert...

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Songwriter Janie Bradford, among Motown's first employees dies at 87

Janie Bradford was Motown's first receptionist, the cowriter of "Money" and a devoted keeper of the label's legacy. She died Friday in Los Angeles.

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

name a band using only emojis 🌻

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Free Band Name Telescopes Cause Asteroids

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Too late to join in on this but give me a perfect pop song. you can name only ONE (1). Without overthinking it Starbelly - Emily Says youtu.be/QU4zZnKRcpY #PowerPopOfTheDay

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Emily Says

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

First CD was Sade “Promise” I remember at the time CDs were relatively expensive and had bought a few before actually buying a player.

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Jesus Jones @jesusjonesband.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A heartbreaking work of staggering genius youtu.be/4NIoUOG_hmg?...

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diarrhea planet - ghost with a boner!

YouTube video by raiders545

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Seeing as we are picking favorite Colin Moulding songs today, this is my obvious choice as I always sing to myself while mowing the lawn. “Over and Over We Flatten The Clover” etc…

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

When elected president my first official act will be that Twitter be replaced by mimeograph machines, so start stockpiling that ink now.

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Likely to early in the morning for this but currently listening to Evil Island “Terraform the Afterlife” new project with 3/5s of the Blood Brothers. One track featuring Guy Picciotto of Fugazi. evilisland.bandcamp.com/album/terraf...

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Terraform the Afterlife, by Evil Island

13 track album

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Ruby Andrews has died. You may not have heard of her, but she was loved and lauded by devotees of rare soul music. This song will help explain why youtu.be/VS0NGOPvpok?... -

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Ruby Andrews just loving you Northern soul

YouTube video by Pete Griffin

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This is really great stuff and recommended. That guitar sound, bass line and some wild drumming

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Enjoyed listening to this definitely will revisit

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I have no recollection of buying this “The Essential Motown Northern Soul” and it likely has tracks from other compilations I already own in particular from the great “Cellarful Of Motown” sets but I’m going to enjoy it nonetheless!!

Cover for “The Essential Motown Northern Soul” CD Collection. It’s a picture of a box containing 45s that says Tamala Motown with other 45 singles in sleeves around it. A list of Artists is seen on left edge.

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Heavens above, what a sound. A fantastic, otherworldly slice of whimsical gorgeousness. We all know it's basically the hymn God Be In My Head with different lyrics, but that's fine. We could all use a bit of god in our heads from time to time. Or whatever Steve & Plonk were on.-

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Chris R. @kosmowren.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

How about CD, Cassette and 1814 Pin

Picture of Janet Jackson “Rhythm Nation” CD, Booklet, Cassette and 1814 Pin.

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Brawlcats @brawlcats.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027

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