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#115 – Luciferian Towers by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

I had never heard of these guys until I went to the Desert Daze festival a few years ago. Desert Daze is in Joshua Tree National Park, in California and it is some serious desert. The main stage is oriented so the moon comes up behind it, hence the name Moon Stage. Godspeed You! BlackContinue reading “#115 – Luciferian Towers by Godspeed You! Black Emperor”

#114 – Noon by Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon

Noon is the third album by this seemingly unlikely duo and it definitely lives up to the standard set by the other two. Mike Gordon, the bass player of Phish, has a long history of making music with virtuosic guitarists and Leo is a very unique one indeed. His playing – and voice – isContinue reading “#114 – Noon by Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon”

#113 – Give The Drummer Some by Travis Barker

This album was recommended by a friend a few days ago and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. It’s essentially a compilation album with all the beats by Travis Barker and each song features the lyrical styling of some of the biggest names in hip hop. I have always enjoyed these types of projects,Continue reading “#113 – Give The Drummer Some by Travis Barker”

#112 – The Birthday Concert by Jaco Pastorius

One more jazz one and I’ll move on, at least for a little while. The selection of the Pat Metheny album from a couple days ago came from an article about Jaco and the story behind his appearance on Bright Size Life. On a week which has seen renewed demonstrations against yet another unwarranted policeContinue reading “#112 – The Birthday Concert by Jaco Pastorius”

#111 – Lemonade by Beyoncé

In honor of my oldest child, Lennon’s third birthday, I wanted to pick an artist that she requests and the only two that aren’t a family movie soundtrack are selected songs by Beyoncé and Phish (who she calls “yay guys” because of the applause in their live recordings). We’ve been having Beyoncé dance parties forContinue reading “#111 – Lemonade by Beyoncé”

#110 – Bright Size Life by Pat Metheny

I saw a YouTube video about Jaco Pastorius and learned a little about this album. They were all so young when it was recorded – Metheny was 21 – but it’s clear from the first song that you are hearing something legendary. There’s so much great stuff to be discovered once you start listening toContinue reading “#110 – Bright Size Life by Pat Metheny”

#109 – Soft Times by Matt Duncan

While having dinner at a friend’s home this evening, he drew my attention to and sang the praises of the album that was playing, by his friend Matt Duncan. As you may or may not have noticed, when an album is dropped into my lap like that, I take the opportunity to not have toContinue reading “#109 – Soft Times by Matt Duncan”

#108 – King’s Disease by Nas

Today is the first day I’ve ever written my post while the sun is still up. I’m not sure if its completely meaningless or an important breakthrough, but it seemed worth mentioning. I haven’t listened to a Nas album since 2001’s Stillmatic, so when a coworker mentioned his new album having come out today, itContinue reading “#108 – King’s Disease by Nas”

#107 – Falling Asleep At The Wheel by Holly Humberstone

Amid months and months of truly awful news almost all of every day, there are moments of hope sprinkled around. The arrest of Steve Bannon provides a mild amount of hope that our legal justice system still exists and can be applied to rich white men. Who knows if it will lead to anything –Continue reading “#107 – Falling Asleep At The Wheel by Holly Humberstone”

#106 – Mermaid Avenue, Volume III by Billy Bragg & Wilco

Our Kevin Bacon game, so far: The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney produced – and is the husband of – Michelle Branch, who was featured on Santana’s “The Game of Love.” On a later album, Santana collaborated with Metallica, who backed up Lou Reed, who was in The Velvet Underground with John Cale, who wrote anContinue reading “#106 – Mermaid Avenue, Volume III by Billy Bragg & Wilco”