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This is a fantastic tribute album collaboration by one of indie rock’s most prolific bands. If I have to tell you who they are paying tribute to, I’m not sure if we can be friends. These are some really great versions of these classic songs, performed with quite the array of collaborators. The Lips haveContinue reading “#335 – With A Little Help From My Fwends by The Flaming Lips”

Getting back to work is a blessing and a curse. It certainly is good to be out of the house doing anything, but all of the indoors time has drastically warped my view of what it is important to spend time on. It’s a sort of interesting sociological experiment to see how people can adaptContinue reading “#334 – Soft Sounds From Another Planet by Japanese Breakfast”

I love me some instrumental mood music. These guys are right in the middle of something Tycho and Sigur Ros, two of my favorites. This pick also marks my long overdue return to the world of Asian artists. This might actually be only the second or third Japanese artist that I have picked as well,Continue reading “#333 – Chiyu by Lycoriscoris”

Had to pick some DMX today after his overdose and heart attack last night. I realize this is a greatest hits album, but it’s the only recording of his that I haven’t listened to. I wish him well, and hopefully he comes through this and is able to get the help he needs. This hasContinue reading “#332 – The Definition of X: Pick of the Litter by DMX”

Back to Africa today, specifically Mali, in case you missed the album title. Interestingly, this husband and wife duo are both blind and met at a school for the blind in the mid-70s.

As I have been discovering all of these new artists, I’ve been trying to find at least a little biographical information about each artist.  Their backstories are as varied and diverse as their work, or themselves.  Unfortunately, and perhaps essentially to the development of many artists, many of these stories are tragic.  Such is theContinue reading “#330 – Firefly by Emily Remler”

I was under the impression that these guys were a jazz band, and I do see some evidence of that on this album, but it also bears many of the hallmark sounds of the ‘80s. Indeed, there are quite a few parts that sound more like new wave than jazz.

This week marked the start of the Derek Chauvin murder trial. For anyone who has spent the last year under a rock, Chauvin is the former Minneapolis police officer who unnecessarily knelt on the neck of George Floyd until he died. He has become the symbol of out-of-control, violent policing in America and his trialContinue reading “#328 – Still Life by Kodomo”

It’s amazing how quickly I can forget about the things that I intend to do, at least when it comes to this blog. In this case, it’s my decision to diversify the national origins of my selections. I was doing okay with it for what turned out to be a very short time before IContinue reading “#327 – Pirate’s Choice by Orchestra Baobab”

Last week I learned that a friend from work’s wife is directing a new Sheryl Crow documentary for Showtime. I realized that I know a bunch of her songs, but have never heard a complete album of hers, so I decided to check out her most recent release. This album features heavy hitting guests onContinue reading “#326 – Threads by Sheryl Crow”