{"id":1575,"date":"2017-10-06T09:26:05","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T08:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?p=1575"},"modified":"2017-10-06T09:24:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T08:24:44","slug":"song-of-the-week-freedom-is-free-by-chicano-batman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/?p=1575","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Week: &#8220;Freedom Is Free&#8221; by Chicano Batman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it.<\/p>\n<p>This is &#8220;Freedom Is Free&#8221; by Chicano Batman:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mkEmnrUzFFE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I only discovered Chicano Batman last week, when I read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/entertainment\/music\/ct-ott-chicano-batman-interview-0929-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this interview by Greg Kot in the <\/a><em>Chicago Tribune. <\/em>I listened to a couple of songs earlier this week and then bought their new album, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/atorecords.com\/releases\/chicano-batman-freedom-is-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freedom Is Free<\/a>. <\/em>Maybe you should, too. Chicano Batman juggle styles as though it&#8217;s no big deal, and you just know when a band does something that smart as though it&#8217;s no big deal that they&#8217;ve put a lot of work into having their good time, and making yours. 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This is &#8220;Freedom Is Free&#8221; by Chicano Batman: I only discovered Chicano Batman last week, when I read this interview by Greg Kot in the Chicago Tribune. 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