Monthly Archives: August 2021

Even though I never listened to the entirety of her debut album, Pure Heroine, I am definitely very familiar with most of it. There was a time when she was played every day on every sound stage in Hollywood and I would’ve paid good money to make it stop. Despite this, the reviews of herContinue reading “#469 – Solar Power by Lorde”

This is yet another amazing recommendation from one of my prolific contributors. Indeed, in all the time I’ve known this person, they have never steered me wrong, predating this blog by many years. I certainly appreciate anyone who takes the time to suggest an artist/album, but I do wish that more of them were likeContinue reading “#468 – The World Only Ends When You Die by Skyway Man”

I read a article the other day about Jason Isbell’s vaccination policy for his shows and the backlash thereof, and knew I had to check his work out. I was not disappointed. His take-it-or-leave-it attitude permeates this collection of songs that are as much roots rock and blues as they are country. I’m gonna haveContinue reading “#467 – Something More Than Free by Jason Isbell”

I’ve been following the career of St. Vincent for quite a while now, and she’s always been someone whose new releases get me excited. I saw her at the last Coachella and was blown away by the presentation and performance. Truly an amazing artist, and this album is no exception.

I find myself circling back to African music more and more as this blog progresses. It’s no surprise that, among the various continental musical sensibilities, Africa provides some of the most influential and imitated styles that there are. They also adopt and adapt western musical ideas quite well, which is created some really cool, regionalContinue reading “#465 – self-titled by Nsimbi”

These guys have a really cool sound that is both minimal and powerful. Lots of electronic beats and moody guitar parts.

Yet another day punctuated by the discovery of a really entertaining indie/psychedelic band with a deep catalog. Good times.

As a profoundly lazy man who takes the path of least resistance as often as possible, I frequently let the Spotify algorithms choose albums for me. Obviously, this can lead me to get stuck on a certain genre from time to time, but keeping the project alive is the main priority at this point. SomedayContinue reading “#462 – self-titled by Fuzz”

I was on a flight home from Philadelphia today, having met up with some friends for the Phish Hershey shows. It took me three passes to actually listen to this album because I slept for almost every second that I was seated on the flights. It was a fun, if not restful, trip. This album’sContinue reading “#461 – Cosmic Blip by Pipe-eye”

It’s always good to take a dip in the punk world from time to time. These guys were introduced to me by a friend who doesn’t think that anything other than punk qualifies as music. As absurd as I find that attitude, he still steered me towards some solid artists.