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What to Listen to This Week “Chemtrails at the Country Club” is the Lana Del Rey album for people who don’t like Lana Del Rey. IMAGE: Harmony Gerber. Updated April 12 at 5:34 PM
Listening recommendations from the past, present, Portland and the periphery. SOMETHING OLD
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion s Now I Got Worry, I wondered why rock s forward trajectory seemed to stall in the late 90s why mixing feral sex-freak rockabilly with rap beats felt so much more intuitive 25 years ago than it does now. I was tempted to blame the 00s post-punk revivalists for rock s sad present state, but then I heard Franz Ferdinand blasting from a restaurant and had much more utopian thoughts.