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Released 60 years ago: “Dirty Water” by The Standells. Titled after its #11 Billboard hit single, this was the debut LP by the L.A. garage-rock band. Dirty Water (the song) was written by album producer Ed Cobb (28) who also penned 3 other tracks here. Four songs are cover versions and two are band originals. The album reached #52 Billboard. Fun fact: Singer, keyboardist Larry Tamblyn (23) was the brother of actor Russ Tamblyn (West Side Story / Twin Peaks) and uncle of actress-director Amber Tamblyn (General Hospital / The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants). More in Comments.

This week’s New Releases: Modest Mouse; Death Cab For Cutie; Of Montreal; The Red Clay Strays; Old Crow Medicine Show; Vince Staples; Evanescence; Slippers; Widowspeak; Niall Horan; Nine Inch Nails ‘Tron Ares: Divergence’; The Green Pajamas; Slift; Bedouine; Deer Tick; 21 Savage; Converge; Tara Clerkin Trio; Swallow; Zoh Amba; Haylie Davis; Jalen Ngonda; Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry + Mouse on Mars; Lizzo; Rosa Walton; Fatoumata Diawara; Mekons ‘Horrorble’ dub

June 5 Birthdays: Specs Powell b.1922; Pete Jolly b.1932; Misha Mengelberg b.1935; Floyd Butler (The Friends of Distinction) b.1937; Gary DeCarlo (Steam) b.1942; Michael Davis (MC5) b.1943; John Du Cann (Atomic Rooster) b.1946; Tom Evans (Badfinger) b.1947; Frank Esler-Smith (Air Supply) b.1948; Jerry González b.1949; Ronnie Dyson b.1950; Don Reid (Statler Brothers) is 81; Freddie Stone (Sly and the Family Stone) is 80; Laurie Anderson is 79; Ellen Foley is 75; Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden) is 74; Peter Erskine is 72; Richard Butler (The Psychedelic Furs) and Mick Hutton and Kenny G are 70; Robert Lloyd (The Nightingales) and Michael Winans are 67; Karl Sanders (Nile) is 63; Brian McKnight is 57; Marky Mark Wahlberg is 55; Aaron 'P-Nut' Wills (311) is 52; Aesop Rock is 50; Christian Martucci (Stone Sour) is 49; Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy) is 47; Sébastien Lefebvre (Simple Plan) is 45.

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Released 30 years ago today: “Feed Me Weird Things” by Squarepusher. This 66-minute, 12-track “drill‘n’bass” IDM debut album by the 21-year-old English electronic music DJ, fretless bassist and multi-instrumentalist (born Thomas Jenkinson) was compiled from over 50 tracks and released by Aphex Twin (24) on his Rephlex Records label. Feed Me Weird Things earned considerable critical acclaim and while it might be too jazzy and abstract to be considered “danceable,” it reached #10 on the UK Dance Albums chart. The Wire magazine included this on its 1996 Top 50 Albums list. More in Comments.

June 3 Birthdays: Tom Brown b.1888; Memphis Minnie b.1897; Josephine Baker b.1906; Al Harewood b.1923; Jimmy Rogers b.1924; Boots Randolph b.1927; Dakota Staton b.1930; Lillian Briggs b.1932; Ted Curson and Grachan Moncur III b.1935; Eddie Willis (Funk Brothers) b.1936; Charles Fizer (The Olympics) b.1940; Curtis Mayfield b.1942; Jack Wilkins b.1944; Michael Clarke (The Byrds / The Flying Burrito Brothers) b.1946; Mickey Finn (T. Rex) and Dave Alexander (The Stooges) b.1947; Florian Pilkington-Miksa (Curved Air) b.1950; Billy Powell (Lynyrd Skynyrd) b.1952; Ian Hunter (Mott the Hoople) is 87; Eddie Holman is 80; Fred LaBour (Riders in the Sky) is 78; Suzi Quatro and Deniece Williams are 76; Dan Hill is 72; Danny Wilde (The Rembrandts) is 70; Ed Wynne (Ozric Tentacles) is 65; David Cole (C+C Music Factory) is 64; Kerry King (Slayer) is 62; Mike Gordon (Phish) is 61; Matt Pike (Sleep / High on Fire) is 54; Kelly Jones (Stereophonics) is 52; Lyfe Jennings is 48; Corey Wilkes is 47; Sam Amidon is 45.

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Released 45 years ago today: “Heaven Up Here” by Echo and the Bunnymen. Fronted by 22-year-old singer Ian McCulloch, this second LP by the Liverpool post-punk band arrived ten months after their debut “Crocodile”. Reviews are generally excellent; it reached #10 UK but only #184 Billboard. Singles: “A Promise”+ “Over the Wall”. NME crowned it 1981’s Album of the Year and later 39th greatest of the ‘80s. In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked it 463rd Greatest Album of All Time. More in Comments.

This week’s New Releases: Kurt Vile; Violet Grohl; Paul McCartney; All Them Witches; Underscores; Eleni Mandell; Eric Bibb; Eric Andre: Blarf; Greg Mendez; Villagerrr; Joe Lovano; Joe Hisaishi; Willie Nelson; Behemoth; Manchester Orchestra; Avishai Cohen Trio; Tyshawn Sorey ARCHIVAL: Allen Toussaint songbook; Roland Burrell; Camper Van Beethoven II + III deluxe; Floating Points ‘16; Tony Rice ‘76; Adrian Belew ‘89-’92 box

May 29 Birthdays: Carl Story b.1916; Eugene Wright (Dave Brubeck Quartet) and Harry Smith b.1923; Freddie Redd b.1928; Sandy Mosse b.1929; John Eaton b.1934; Sylvia Robinson b.1935; Gary Brooker (Procol Harum) b.1945; Hilton Ruiz b.1952; Mike Porcaro (Toto) and Mars Williams (Psychedelic Furs / NRG Ensemble) b.1955; Irmin Schmidt (CAN) is 89; Roy Crewdson (Freddie and the Dreamers) is 85; Joey Levine (Ohio Express) is 79; Francis Rossi (Status Quo) is 77; Rebbie Jackson is 76; Ron Levy is 75; Karl Bartos (Kraftwerk) is 74; Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo) is 73; La Toya Jackson and Larry Blackmon (Cameo) are 70; Jim Snidero is 68; Mel Gaynor (Simple Minds) and Steve Hanley (The Fall) are 67; Melissa Etheridge is 65; Wycliffe Gordon and Noel Gallagher (Oasis) are 59; Chan Kinchla (Blues Traveler) is 58; Patrick Connaughty (Squarewave) is 54; Scary Spice (Spice Girls) is 51; Dave Buckner (Papa Roach) is 50; Pelle Almqvist (The Hives) is 48.

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