Monthly Archives: July 2021

I consider myself to be a fairly cynical person. I expect primarily self-serving but otherwise oblivious (at best) actions and reactions from humanity and am seldom let down in that respect. Of course, I also know people who are the opposite of that, but it often seems that there are far fewer of those types.Continue reading “#426 – The Lighthouse Project by amiina”

Anybody like some jammy hippyish stuff? Check these guys out.

Sometimes I come across a band that intrigues me for a very simple reason, like interesting album art or, in this case, the name of the group itself. The latter is true today. As soon as I saw the name Silver Jews I had to know what they sound like and I must say, IContinue reading “#424 – Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea by Silver Jews”

I discovered these guys on the tail end of a long day of travel. They’re a very entertaining blend of many different sounds and genres and are now high on my list of bands to see live as soon as possible.

I’ve heard a lot of the solo work of the different members of this collective, but I just today learned about the late A$AP Yam, the producer of the Mob. His prolific career was cut short by another in the long string of accidental overdoses that have claimed so many members of the hip hopContinue reading “#422 – Cozy Tapes, Volume 1: Friends by A$AP Mob”

Happened upon this album the other night and was pleasantly surprised by both how much I enjoyed it and how great the guitar work is. I’ll be taking a deeper dive into the Cory Wong catalog in the coming weeks.

I haven’t listened to a new reggae artist in quite a while, so it was nice to discover these guys. They are about halfway between reggae and rock, so the seem like they’d be a bit more approachable to those who are not traditionally reggae fans.

I picked this album for today because I found a CD copy of it in my Mom’s car, which I was borrowing for a little day trip. I’m not sure that CDs are still in wide enough use to make many daily selections this way, but it might be a fun little detour for aContinue reading “#419 – Wild World by Bastille”