162. EXTERNAL COMBUSTION by Mike Campbell and The Dirty Knobs
What continues to amaze me about Mike Campbell's non-Heartbreaker output (his
debut with The Dirty Knobs previously covered here
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guitar
161. FLOWER OF DEVOTION by Dehd
This 2020 record by Chicago-based trio Dehd was met with critical acclaim, most
notably by the notoriously grumpy online publication, Pitchfork, calling it some
of
158. RUBBER FACTORY by The Black Keys
This 2004 record, the third for Ohio's garage-rock-blues outfit The Black Keys,
seems to crystallize what they had been working towards on their
156. NEVER GIVE UP by Partner
What do you get when you cross tongue-in-cheek lyrics from a band like, say,
They Might Be Giants with riff heavy power pop along the
152. 11 by The Smithereens
Released at the tail end of 1989, this record epitomized early 90's power pop,
though with a heavier, crunchier guitar sound than what
