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#79 – ONDA by JAMBINAI

Back when there were still concerts, I worked on the Coachella webcast. The big perk of that job is that you end up having the opportunity to see a lot of bands in between the times when you actually have work to do, especially early in the day. These early slots will often have upContinue reading “#79 – ONDA by JAMBINAI”

#74 – Big Brother & The Holding Company by Big Brother & The Holding Company

I saw a great video on Instagram of a BB & THC performance and realized that I didn’t know anything about their catalog besides the Cheap Thrills album. They always make me think of some friends of my parents who had a nude poster of Janis Joplin hanging over their television. It’s hard to focusContinue reading “#74 – Big Brother & The Holding Company by Big Brother & The Holding Company”

#69 – Ty Segall by Ty Segall

Here we go again. The opportunities presented by the original quarantine to unite the country in our efforts to track and contain Covid-19 have been more than squandered, we’ve gone so far in the wrong direction that we are now global pariahs. The entire world would be laughing at us, but our failure poses aContinue reading “#69 – Ty Segall by Ty Segall”

#68 – The Waterfall II by My Morning Jacket

I don’t have anything that interesting to talk about today. There’s definitely no shortage of crazy things in the world to consider, but sometimes you just need to unplug from it all for a little while. This is a great album, though. I never really listened to My Morning Jacket until I saw Jim JamesContinue reading “#68 – The Waterfall II by My Morning Jacket”

#65 – Moving Waves by Focus

This is the second album that I have chosen because of the movie Trolls World Tour, with the first being by Anderson .Paak. This one, however, was because of a song in the movie, “Hocus Pocus.” The distinctive yodeling parts are a pretty serious earworm, as are most of the songs in that franchise. MyContinue reading “#65 – Moving Waves by Focus”

#64 – Paper Mâché Dream Balloon by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Anyone that knows me well has heard me talk about this band. They’re my favorite Australian act hands down and the rate at which they release new music is pretty astonishing. They’ve put out seventeen albums since 2011. In 2017 alone they released five full length albums. The depth of their catalog is matched byContinue reading “#64 – Paper Mâché Dream Balloon by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard”

#63 – Fate by Dr. Dog

Dr. Dog was the last band I saw live before the quarantine started, back on February 27th at The Novo in Los Angeles. It was a great show, as anyone who has ever seen them would expect. I was only introduced to them a few years ago, when some of my best friends, appalled thatContinue reading “#63 – Fate by Dr. Dog”

#62 – Ibn El Leil by Mashrou’ Leila

It takes a lot of courage to be an LGBTQ+ artist in a majority Muslim country. Besides being the first artists to display a pride flag on stage in Lebanon, Mashrou’ Leila has also been temporarily banned from performing in Jordan. In 2019, they were scheduled to perform at the Lebanese Byblos Festival when pressureContinue reading “#62 – Ibn El Leil by Mashrou’ Leila”

#58 – So Jealous by Tegan and Sara

I’ve actually seen Tegan and Sara live more than once but never listened to an album of theirs until today. Here we are on 4th of July Eve and our country is not so much backsliding as running full speed into the path of a speeding train. A certain percentage of our population will acceptContinue reading “#58 – So Jealous by Tegan and Sara”

#57 – Black Tie Elevator by The Cliks

This is a really great pop rock album. The Cliks, I’m told, features one of the first transgender men to be signed to a major label, Warner Music. Unfortunately, I got a bit of a late start tonight, so I’ll be keeping this short in order to publish in time. Lame, I know, but it’sContinue reading “#57 – Black Tie Elevator by The Cliks”