Author Archives: eddiespageti

I picked this album because of the Daniel Johnston cover that leads off, one of my favorites of his. Now I come to notice that it has “of Love” in the album title, just like yesterday’s Jimi Hendrix album. I feel compelled now to find more albums that are similarly titled. Let’s see how longContinue reading “#1185 – The Silence of Love by Headless Heroes”

I’ve listened to a lot of Jimi Hendrix’s material over the years. The roots of my music fandom lie in the classic rock garden and it’s fun to revisit the soundtrack of my youth to see how my listening habits and opinions have changed. My esteem for his musicianship and songwriting is as high asContinue reading “#1184 – The Cry of Love by Jimi Hendrix”

I was at a concert at LA’s Greek Theater a couple weeks ago and was reviewing their calendar for the rest of their season and this was one of the only acts that I was not familiar with. Now I think I’m going to have to check that show out.

This is the debut album by Joan Shelley a singer/songwriter whose country/folk roots are evident from the moment the first notes are played. From this start, through several albums of great, mostly acoustic music, it’s no wonder she later recorded with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy as producer. I’d love to hear a tune with the twoContinue reading “#1182 – Ginko by Joan Shelley”

There are so many talented musicians and producers out there who mostly help the already-famous create their next big thing, but who also have a lot of their own material. Very often, the results of their solo output are not the most commercially viable albums to be found, but since their bread and butter isContinue reading “#1181 – Belladonna by Daniel Lanois”

I keep on seeing this band in Spotify suggestions and on festival lineups and finally gave them a shot after reading about the premise of this album. It’s basically a take on reincarnation and the idea that people live more than one lifetime, but what happens in the time between your death and rebirth? EnterContinue reading “#1180 – Holy Smokes Future Jokes by Blitzen Trapper”

One of my musical heroes who I’ve been obsessed with for a long time is Nick Drake. However, it had never occurred to me that he would fall into a similar category or genre as Elliot Smith. Now that I have made that connection – with the help of the Spotify algorithm- it feels sillyContinue reading “#1179 – XO by Elliot Smith”

After three nights working at the Taylor Swift shows at Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles I had to listen to the one album from the Eras tour that you hadn’t listened to yet. I don’t think I can overstate how impressive that show is. I’ve been sort of casually listening to her music for years,Continue reading “#1178 – Lover by Taylor Swift”

Albums come to me, now. I’ve been doing this for a while so it may be just that I’m more tuned in to music at all times now, but I really do organically come across selections on a regular basis with very little effort. I’m this case, I was reading a Reddit thread about theContinue reading “#1177 – Five of Cups by Holy Wave”

This artist was one of the opening acts for last night’s installment of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour. I always enjoy hearing an artist for the first time in a live setting. It’s a lot harder to conceal your shortcomings during a performance than it is on a studio recording. Obviously, anyone who is opening forContinue reading “#1176 – Good Riddance by Gracie Abrams”