Baker’s Dozen

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Written By Michael Gutierrez

Chicago’s Junius Paul kicks off the jazz jam of “Baker’s Dozen” with some faux feedback scrawl that sounds like a Sonic Youth outtake. Until the drums kick in. Love you, Steve Shelley – that’s not how you hit the skins.

A saxophone announces itself with some more traditional tut-tutting, but the composition as a whole never settles into a conventional structure that’s interested in telling a story.

Composer and musician Junius Paul seems more interested in just hanging out on this track, feeling through the improvisation to sketch a quick mood and then move on. Shades of On the Corner.

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Wrecking Glass: “Ribbons”
Wrecking Glass: “Ribbons”

Lithe, electro pop with baseline rock textures.

Julie Christmas: “End of the World”
Julie Christmas: “End of the World”

Not an Xmas tune, technically.

YHWH Nailgun: “Sickle Walk”
YHWH Nailgun: “Sickle Walk”

A sound boiled down to a syrup.

BAABES: “Bad Boy Worse Drugs”
BAABES: “Bad Boy Worse Drugs”

Dirty, crunchy, gritty, grungy.

The Sheila Divine: “The Rapture”
The Sheila Divine: “The Rapture”

Kind of a solemn grind.

Madeline Kenney: “The Bridge”
Madeline Kenney: “The Bridge”

We’re all Neil Young fans.

Angélica Garcia: “Y Grito”
Angélica Garcia: “Y Grito”

A hard-edged clubby rocker with a few rhymes.

Yasmin Williams: “Sisters”
Yasmin Williams: “Sisters”

A guitar picker who plays like a new day dawning.

Lightheaded: “Some Silent Night”
Lightheaded: “Some Silent Night”

Not a #xmas4eva banger, as far as I can tell.

Ethan Setiawan: “Joyner Ridge”
Ethan Setiawan: “Joyner Ridge”

Not just for “Losing My Religion”!

Lady Lupine: “Overworked”
Lady Lupine: “Overworked”

We all work too much.

John Brennan: “Red Scorpion (Just Out of Bullets)”
John Brennan: “Red Scorpion (Just Out of Bullets)”

“Are you out of your mind?”

FACS: “Wish Defense”
FACS: “Wish Defense”

A stopper. A starter.

Sinnet: “Laundry Mountain”
Sinnet: “Laundry Mountain”

An old Mt. Washington joke for true New Englanders.

This Is Lorelei: “I’m All Fucked Up”
This Is Lorelei: “I’m All Fucked Up”

A real satisfying pop hum on this strummer.

Orange Peel Mystic: “Work”
Orange Peel Mystic: “Work”

A tentative track.

Odie Leigh: “Either Way”
Odie Leigh: “Either Way”

A number with the rhythm of a buoy floating on troubled seas.

The Elovators: “M.I.A.”
The Elovators: “M.I.A.”

A rock n reggae outfit with a light and breezy attitude.

The Ladybug Transistor: “Today Knows”
The Ladybug Transistor: “Today Knows”

Slow tempo grandeur.

Sunday Junkie: “Holy, Holy”
Sunday Junkie: “Holy, Holy”

Keeps the weight off better than Sundae Junkie.

Mk.gee: “Dream police”
Mk.gee: “Dream police”

Did you see this dude on SNL?

Julius Rodriguez: “All I Do”
Julius Rodriguez: “All I Do”

This is one reason I hate Spotify.

Newtie: “Mr. Pity”
Newtie: “Mr. Pity”

Simon & Garfunkel gone lo-fi.

Drug Rug: “Crazy See”
Drug Rug: “Crazy See”

Whatever happened to the projected third album?

Rozz Rezabek: “You and I”
Rozz Rezabek: “You and I”

The archive project continues…

Kim Gordon & J Mascis: “Abstract Blues”
Kim Gordon & J Mascis: “Abstract Blues”

A collaboration that sounds exactly like you thought it would.

J Mascis: “What Do We Do Now”
J Mascis: “What Do We Do Now”

The piano takes the lead.

Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol: “Brat”
Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol: “Brat”

Not Charli XCX.

Christopher Owens: “This Is My Guitar”
Christopher Owens: “This Is My Guitar”

Let’s stop talking about Girls now.

Circus Battalion: “Snorting Glass”
Circus Battalion: “Snorting Glass”

Is this a song about crystal meth?

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