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Boogie Chitz

Music History for your skull - one album at a time. New episode every Tuesday. Follow @boogiechitz on Instagram.

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00:46:59

028 The Pleasure Seekers - What a Way to Die (2011 comp)

Boogie Chitz ·

2024/03/05

The Pleasure Seekers were formed by the headstrong teenaged Quatro sisters of Detroit in 1964 and might just be the first all-female rock & roll band in cultural American history. They didn't record a full-length LP during their five-year run, but in 2011 the What a Way to Die compilation was released and provides us with a twelve track song history of a mighty awesome band that would otherwise be forgotten in time.

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00:42:22

027 Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977)

Boogie Chitz ·

2024/02/27

If you're looking to get loose with some Euro-Disco - Giorgio is your man and 1977's From Here to Eternity is the place to start. Giorgio Moroder is often cited as the 'Father of Disco' for his string of bangers with Donna Summer - and his work as composer on the soundtracks of some of Hollywood's biggest movies of the 1980s is equally compelling.

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00:54:11

026 New York Dolls - New York Dolls (1973)

Boogie Chitz ·

2024/02/20

For a band that only released two albums, and was around for such a short period of existence, the New York Dolls impact and influence on rock and roll has been extraordinary. Their eponymous 1973 debut album barely made it out of lower Manhattan at the time of release, but has grown into a cult classic and is universally regarded as the sonic prototype for the creation of punk music that would follow several years later.

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00:38:44

025 Damien Jurado & Richard Swift - Other People's...

Boogie Chitz ·

2024/02/13

Veteran acoustic-indie hump Damien Jurado was looking to get adventurous when he linked up with gifted producer and multi-instrumentalist Richard Swift in 2010. Over an eight-year stretch, the pair would create some of the most musically-enriched LPs in Jurado's catalog. One random weekend after the release of the first of those albums, the pair hung out and spontaneously recorded nine cover songs in Swift's dining room. Never originally thought to be album-worthy, a few years later this

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00:50:13

024 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977)

Boogie Chitz ·

2024/02/06

The pristine quality of Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album Rumours is even more amazing given the turbulent path the band took to get there. From sexual liaisons with crew members to weird penguin voyeurism - the party never stops with the Mac Attack.

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00:47:54

023 Jacques Dutronc - Il est Cinq Heures (1968)

Boogie Chitz ·

2024/01/30

Swinger-suited Jacques Dutronc introduced his sound to France in the 1960s by garnishing his pop melodies with psychedelic-garage-rock nuggetry. Jacques’ second album, 1968's Il est Cinq Heures, is his most adventurous - mixing buzzsaw guitar and doo-wop backing vocals into French chanson-style songs.

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00:43:35

022 Janet Jackson - Control (1986)

Boogie Chitz ·

2024/01/23

After releasing two underwhelming albums under the direction of her managerial father Joe, Janet Jackson seeks independence and becomes boss. She closes out her teen years with 1986's Control - an album that places the emphasis on 'Janet' rather than 'Jackson.' Also, a new gang forms and joins the Grunge Hunx and Lady Faces in the Boogie Chitz universe.

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00:49:48

021 Ween - Chocolate and Cheese (1994)

Boogie Chitz ·

2024/01/16

Ween had released three lo-fi, home-recorded albums by the time they were of legal drinking age. For their fourth LP, Boognish the demon-god navigates Gener and Deaner into an actual recording studio where they crank out 1994's Chocolate and Cheese - a genre-hopping masterpiece that paints the town brown.

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00:42:40

020 Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - Reset (2022)

Boogie Chitz ·

2024/01/09

A case of curious collaboration from ex-Spacemen 3 architect Sonic Boom and Animal Collective alpha Panda Bear. Built on a foundation of old chamber pop samples, Reset delivers inspiration with speed bag precision without ever being aware of it.

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00:46:23

019 New Riders of the Purple Sage - New Riders of the...

Boogie Chitz ·

2024/01/02

NRPS was initially formed as an outlet for Jerry Garcia to practice his pedal steel guitar in front of an audience in between Grateful Dead sets. Their 1971 sing-songy psychedelic debut proved there was life beyond the 'side project zone' for the New Riders.

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00:41:33

018 Skid Row - Skid Row (1989)

Boogie Chitz ·

2023/12/26

The working class New Jersey guys of Skid Row acquire a stunning ladyman unit of a lead singer before dropping their self-titled party rock debut - an album that straddles the inseam of rock and roll's spandex past and flannel future.

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00:46:32

017 Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline (1969)

Boogie Chitz ·

2023/12/19

Bob Dylan closes out the decade he became the voice of with Nashville Skyline - a rustic masterpiece about happiness and contentment that goes in the opposite direction of 1969's explosive social pulse.

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00:38:27

016 Courtney Barnett - The Double EP: A Sea of Split...

Boogie Chitz ·

2023/12/14

Officially catalogued as a compilation rather than a debut album, A Sea of Split Peas is a tasting menu for the audio comic strips of melodic life that Courtney Barnett continues to charm the world with ten years later.

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00:44:51

015 X - Under the Big Black Sun (1982)

Boogie Chitz ·

2023/12/05

Punkabilly legends X continue to provide a razor sharp soundtrack for murderous 1980s Los Angeles with their third album Under the Big Black Sun.

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00:42:46

014 Ariel Pink - Dedicated to Bobby Jameson (2017)

Boogie Chitz ·

2023/11/28

Veteran hypnagogic pioneer Ariel Pink stirs up ghosts of our cultural past while recording in isolation to create the lo-fi masterpiece Dedicated to Bobby Jameson - a sonic celebration of individuality that actually benefits from lack of focus.

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00:36:14

013 Juaneco Y Su Combo - El Gran Cacique (1972)

Boogie Chitz ·

2023/11/27

As the rhythm of Cumbia evolves throughout South America during the 1960s it finds a Martian groove in Peru. In 1972, Juaneco Y Su Combo strap on their parrot-feather headbands and ayahuasca jammy packs and bang out the Chicha classic El Gran Cacique.

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00:44:17

012 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III (1970)

Boogie Chitz ·

2023/11/14

Led Zeppelin's first two years as a band was a wildly successful but tremendously hectic affair and the band was looking to retreat into nature to contemplate their next move. What emerges from the hills of the English countryside is the band's experimental 'timeout' album - Led Zeppelin III.

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00:40:00

011 L7 - Bricks Are Heavy (1992)

Boogie Chitz ·

2023/11/07

L7 are a monolithic all-female band celebrated in the annals of the hairy-chested Seattle grunge scene, but they actually originated outta Los Angeles. Armed with riffs and wit quick enough to capture the love of everyone they met, the band's third album Bricks Are Heavy is their catchiest buzzer.

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00:36:29

010 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Safe As Milk...

Boogie Chitz ·

2023/11/06

Despite mounting a legacy as a pioneer of experimental rock and roll, Captain Beefheart really wanted a slice of mainstream popularity - his debut album Safe As Milk provides the most substantial musical evidence of this desire in his double-digit discog.

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00:40:28

009 The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)

Boogie Chitz ·

2023/10/25

The only thing The Stone Roses did right during their smug ten-year existence was release this infectious debut album - which has enough juice to cover-up the career flubs and fraps that would lead the Roses into the loo.

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