Monthly Archives: January 2023

I have friends that I know I can go to for a recommendation from a certain genre or era, and that’s where this one came from. Alton was considered the greatest and most soulful singer to come out of Jamaica. Until Bob Marley came along, of course.

If you can look at the cover of this album and genuinely not be curious about its content, then maybe music exploration is not for you. This artist mashes up a bunch of genres to create a unique experience that includes elements of metal, hyperpop and much more, with an odd and sometimes unsettling aesthetic.Continue reading “#975 – Worldwide Torture by Jazmin Bean”

This is yet another artist that a friend of mine has been telling me about for years and I just never gave them the time of day until now. Honestly, I became intrigued about them when they were featured as the “friends” in a line up of Phil Lesh and Friends last year. There’s nothingContinue reading “#974 – North Hills by Dawes”

I am finding myself listening to more and more music from down under. It seems like there’s a musical renaissance happening in Australia right now. Or maybe it just seems that way to me because I have been listening to a lot of material from there. Confirmation bias, perhaps?

These guys are a pretty cool, folky indie band from Seattle. I came across them on a lineup poster for an upcoming Southern California music festival.

One of my favorite things about diving into genres that I don’t know well is the discovery of artists and sub-genres that I didn’t know existed. The world of hip-hop is one of these, where I am constantly learning about how little I know.

Back to one of my old go-to album selection routes: the Relix Daily 7 email. It always provides a nice mix of news about artists that I care about and some introductions to some that I very often come to care about.

I’m not gonna lie, these guys are not exactly my cup of tea, but even with that caveat, this is still a pretty entertaining album.

I was listening to the metal opus that is Slayer’s Seasons in the Abyss and realized that it had been a while since I selected a good heavy album. I’ve heard of these guys before and always assumed that they were Japanese because of their name. Nope, French. Metal is one of the few genresContinue reading “#968 – Magma by Gojira”

This artist really embodies the spirit of garage rock, with much of his catalog being self-produced in a modest home studio and able to be performed in a solo acoustic setting.