Monthly Archives: July 2021

I was looking for a nice, chill album to listen to in the pool and one of my go-to Spotify playlists came through with this gem. I’m always awed by an artist whose songwriting and composition are so minimalist, but are extremely powerful nonetheless.

Two cover albums in a row?! What has become of this once noble blog project? This is a brand new release by jazz saxophonist Dave McMurray, and the appeal of jazzy Dead covers was to great for me to resist. Featured here are some excellent reimaginings of some of my favorite songs in the GratefulContinue reading “#435 – Grateful Deadication by Dave McMurray”

If you’ve been following this blog, you know how I feel about putting covers on your album. To recap, unless you’re doing something new and interesting and making the song your own, I think it should be avoided. This album is all covers and I generally approve. Anybody that can play slide slide guitar theContinue reading “#434 – Kindred Spirits by Larkin Poe”

This is a great metal album with a fun theme. They kind of remind me of Gwar. I was alerted to their existence when someone forwarded they video for the song “Rise and Slime.”

I have a friend who has been obsessed with these guys for a long time, but for some reason I never gave them a listen. There’s always a new opportunity to look back at my younger self with disdain and ridicule, and nothing has made that more apparent more often than this blog. It’s aContinue reading “#431 – B.R.M.C. by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club”

I’ve been hoping for a new Ween album for many years now, and I continue to hope that there is one coming down the pipe sooner than later. They are some of my favorite songwriters, with the kind of twisted sense of humor that attracts a certain kind of weirdo. Until that long awaited dayContinue reading “#430 – The Deaner Album by Dean Ween Group”

I used to listen to a lot of comedy albums, so it’s a little strange that it took me until now to pick one for a NAAD selection. The impact that Monty Python has had on my life cannot be overstated. The first time I saw Monty Python and The Holy Grail is indelibly etchedContinue reading “#429 – Monty Python’s Contractual Obligation Album by Monty Python”

Nothing like a little modern hardcore action on a sweltering California day. I grew up listening to a lot of loud, angry music, so albums like this kinda feel like going home again. It would seem that we are primed for a surge of aggressive music these days, what with the state of our nationContinue reading “#428 – Time & Space by Turnstile”

I really liked this one. At times, she really sounds a lot like Dolly Parton, which reminds me that I need more country in the blog, specifically from female country artists.