Author Archives: eddiespageti

I’ve really been phoning in these posts this week. It’s partially because I’m on a mini family vacation and partially because I’ve been utterly uninspired lately. It seems I’m finally coming to the peak of my “COVID fatigue” that has been festering for over a year. Time to get myself back on track and figureContinue reading “#356 – Superdream by Big Wild”

I picked this album partially because Spotify compared this artist to Tycho, but also because my kids go to a daycare called Little People. It’s not much of a reason, but it doesn’t really have to be, does it?

Today I got my second shot of the Pfizer vaccine. I had to drive to a random CVS in a weird little town called Santa Paula. Not too bad of a day overall.

This album was recommended by a friend, who sold it to me with his description of Daler Mehndi as the Indian David Byrne. I can definitely hear why he would think that, as well as why I should be exploring Indian music more. Yet another culture with a long and distinctive musical tradition that IContinue reading “#351 – Tunak Tunak Tun by Daler Mehndi”

Janet Jackson’s song “Rhythm Nation” came on at work the other day. Her album of the same name was one of the first cassette tapes I ever bought, along with MC Hammer. It brought back a lot of memories and made me want to check out some of her other albums. This one was theContinue reading “#350 – Janet by Janet Jackson”

I’m always grateful when someone recommends a country album, as I don’t know much about that works, and really don’t have the inclination to learn about it. Albums and artists like this one make want to reconsider that, though. I describe Paul Cauthen’s sound being like if Johnny Cash was in an indie rock band.Continue reading “#349 – Room 41 by Paul Cauthen”

This selection broke new ground for this blog, both by being the album that I listened to earlier in the day than any other, but also that I was able to listen to it while sitting through an HR meeting at work. Getting shit done.

I realize that pop music is more about releasing singles than albums at this point, but it still feels a little weird to me to discover an artist that I really like that doesn’t really have an LP. This is really an EP, as it’s only seven songs and nineteen minutes, but it certainly makesContinue reading “#347 – Thrill Seeker by Sub Urban”