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A genre that I keep trying to get caught up on is electronic music of all kinds. I happened to come across this album because the cover art caught my eye.

These guys have been around for a while and I never took notice until I heard their version of the Grateful Dead’s “Touch of Grey.” Also, Spotify kept suggesting this album and I can’t resist the allure of an algorithmic selection.

I just learned about the death of Chuck E. Weiss, who was an unusual singer/songwriter and LA scene-maker. As a contemporary of Tom Waits, it’s no surprise that Weiss’s music was a little odd, but equally interesting is his erratic pattern of releases, with some extremely long gaps in his creative productivity. He was alsoContinue reading “#484 – Extreme Cool by Chuck E. Weiss”

I’ve always enjoyed a good instrumental guitar album. Robben Ford has been putting out great guitar work since the early seventies, so I’d say he’s worth checking out at this point, wouldn’t you?

After the metal-ish selection that I listened to yesterday, I was hungry for something with a little more or a thrash vibe. One of my favorites is Pantera, whose heavy grooves set them apart from most metal bands. Their guitarist, the late, great Dimebag Darrell, is a guitar hero of mine who brought a melodicContinue reading “#482 – New Found Power by Damageplan”

I love this style of album art. As a longtime listener of the metal genre, these creepy, fantastical scenes have always appealed to me ever since I first saw an Iron Maiden album on a shelf at Newbury Comics. I’ve been trying to get more metal representation into this blog, but I have to sayContinue reading “#481 – Prequelle by Ghost”

Just got a set of Aftershox bone-conducting wireless headphones and have been giving them a test-drive. As a pro audio guy who works in TV sound, they’re definitely not the best sounding device I’ve ever used, but for certain purposes they are fantastic. For safe listening while cycling – or the reason I bought them,Continue reading “#480 – Moveys by Slow Pulp”

I really enjoy discovering new music organically as I go about my day. In this case, I was scrolling through Reddit and happened upon a post by someone who had found a vinyl copy of this album at a yard sale. From the content of this guy’s other posts, I was very curious about hisContinue reading “#479 – RAZZMATAZZ by I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME”

Another musical legend passed away, the reggae powerhouse Lee “Scratch” Perry. He produced Bob Marley and defined the reggae and dub genres while being one of the most uniquely styled people in music. He also cultivated a mystical persona, at times claiming that he was from space while also being devoutly religious.

Two albums by the same artist in one week is an unprecedented event for this blog. I had generally hoped to avoid such an occurrence, but with this being an album that I was very much looking forward to, I couldn’t help myself. Earlier, we listened to Halsey’s first album, and now we have theContinue reading “#477 – If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power by Halsey”