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The most striking thing about Mutts is how much bandleader Mike Maimone sounds<\/em> like Tom Waits.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s got the same gruff voice and ragtime aesthetic, though with Mutts it gets funneled through a driving alternative rock sound.\u00a0The Chicago trio\u2019s latest EP, 2017\u2019s Stick Together<\/em><\/a>, is a markedly positive affair despite the fact that it was put together in the aftermath of a difficult time in his life that included the departure of the band\u2019s drummer, Chris Pagnani.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in a bad place in 2014 while we were putting out our last full-length and then also directly after,\u201d Maimone\u00a0says wryly.<\/p>\n

Mutts will play The Frequency on Thursday<\/a> with Campdoggz, a rootsy duo also from Chicago that incidentally also sports a somewhat canine name. Accordingly, we asked Maimone for five of his favorite songs with the word \u201cdog\u201d in the title. (For the record, Maimone was also walking his dog when I called him. Go figure.)<\/p>\n

Listen to Mutts on: Apple Music<\/a> | Bandcamp<\/a>\u00a0| Spotify<\/a> | Tidal<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/span>\n

Tom Waits: \u201cRain Dogs\u201d<\/h3>\n

\u201cWhen I started hearing people compare me to Tom Waits, I didn\u2019t get it right away. But Rain Dogs<\/em> was one of the first albums that made Tom Waits kind of click for me. It and The Heart of Saturday Night<\/em> were the two records that really made me get what he was doing and become a fan. What I take away from him is just artistry over the years. You could put, like, 10 songs off of 10 different records together and none of them sound alike. And I really admire that. I think it\u2019s great that he\u2019s just gone with wherever his influences have taken him and not really cared about a marketing plan or anything. He just makes what he wants to make.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen on: Apple Music<\/a> | Spotify<\/a> | Tidal<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/span>\n

David Bowie: \u201cDiamond Dogs\u201d<\/h3>\n

\u201cBowie was a good one to get in there for similar reasons: just kind of being creative and doing whatever he wants to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen on: Apple Music<\/a> | Spotify<\/a> | Tidal<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/span>\n

Led Zeppelin: \u201cBlack Dog\u201d and\u00a0\u201cHot Dog\u201d \u2013 TIE<\/h3>\n

\u201cDude, \u2018Hot Dog\u2019! That\u2019s kind of like a joke for me. It\u2019s the most piano heavy Led Zeppelin song by far<\/em>. It\u2019s got this ragtime-y kind of thing, but to me… like, that\u2019s my style, but to hear Led Zeppelin do it is actually kind of annoying for me. I definitely am a Zeppelin fan, but whenever \u2018Hot Dog\u2019 comes up I\u2019m like, \u2018What the hell were they thinking?\u2019 But I\u2019m saying this from the perspective of a piano player who actually really likes that style. So it\u2019s been a very, kind of, enigmatic<\/em> song for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen to “Black Dog” on: Apple Music<\/a> | Spotify<\/a> | Tidal
\n<\/a><\/span>Listen to “Hot Dog” on: Apple Music<\/a> | Spotify<\/a> | Tidal<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/span>\n

Bob Dylan: \u201cIf Dogs Run Free\u201d<\/h3>\n

\u201cThe first three popped into my head pretty fast, but then I was like \u2018Well, what other songs have dogs in it?\u2019 So I just went on Spotify, put \u2018dog\u2019 in and listened to, like, 20 songs with \u2018dog\u2019 in the title. I was going to put \u2018Who Let the Dogs Out?\u2019 just as a joke but then I saw this Dylan song and was like, \u2018I\u2019ve never even heard this before!\u2019 And it\u2019s great. It\u2019s kind of a cool folk song.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen on: Apple Music<\/a> | Spotify<\/a> | Tidal<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/span>\n

Leon Russell: \u201cThe Ballad of Mad Dogs and Englishmen\u201d<\/h3>\n

\u201cLeon Russell is definitely one of my biggest influences. This [song is] not the kind of Leon Russell that I\u2019m typically drawn to, which is the more New Orleans-influenced piano that he gave that Americana spin. But the guy can right a great ballad, too, and I actually hadn\u2019t heard this one [either] so it was cool to stumble upon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen on: Apple Music<\/a> | Spotify<\/a> | Tidal<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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