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Song of the Day #2,357: ‘Milwaukee’ – The Both

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Best Songs of 2014 – #19
‘Milwaukee’ – The Both

Aimee Mann has been churning out excellent solo albums at a pretty good clip since her 2000 breakthrough Bachelor No. 2.

In 2014 she took a little detour, pairing up with alt-rocker Ted Leo in a band called The Both and releasing a self-titled LP.

It’s hard to decide how seriously to take one-offs like this, especially when the other party is a complete mystery to me, but one listen revealed The Both to be very much in the vein of Mann’s solo work.

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Song of the Day #2,184: ‘No Sir’ – The Both

the_bothFollowing up on yesterday’s Broken Bells post is another release by an indie supergroup. Of course the phrase “supergroup” is a bit of a stretch for either of these bands, given the relatively low profiles of their members.

The Both is a collaboration between Aimee Mann, who I adore, and Ted Leo, who is completely new to me. Leo is a punk-rock songwriter and performer who has been recording with various bands for 23 years. He and Mann have been friends for the past decade and started this professional partnership in 2012.

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