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Last night I went to a new venue in Ventura, CA to see The Wood Brothers, one of whom is Chris Wood of today’s selection. It was an old bowling alley that has very recently been converted into a music venue and restaurant. Though it’s probably not the best sounding place I’ve ever seen aContinue reading “#999 – Uninvisible by Medeski, Martin & Wood”

I had a phase in high school and college when I was obsessed with the virtuosity of jazz fusion artists, not the least of which being John McLaughlin and his various projects. And so, when I read an article about Sir George Martin’s experience of producing this album, it seemed like the perfect opportunity toContinue reading “#998 – Apocalypse by Mahavishnu Orchestra”

I came across this album on a hip hop subreddit in which people were complaining that this album has never been reissued. While I was not familiar with this particular project, I did spend much of my high school years listening to Pharoahe Monch, one half of this duo along with Prince Poetry. And don’tContinue reading “#997 – Stress: The Extinction Agenda by Organized Konfusion”

Not sure if your brain works this was as well, but I often am reminded of certain people when I listen to different genres of music. It’s kinda like how your sense of smell is connected to memories, I think. Maybe I’m among a small minority whose life is so music-centric that this is evenContinue reading “#996 – Autophobia by Tennis System”

Sometimes you hear a new album and just know that you’re listening to the cutting edge of whatever genre it falls into. This past year has been a great one for new music in general, but there have been quite the collection of amazing hip hop albums that are unlike anything that has come beforeContinue reading “#995 – Let’s Start Here. by Lil Yachty”

The daughter of legendary rapper, producer and co-owner of The Source magazine, Benzino, Coi Leray broke into the music scene through her SoundCloud mixtape release in 2018. She and her dad actually have a bit of a Twitter feud going on right now because of her defense of Eminem’s induction into the Rock ‘n RollContinue reading “#994 – Trendsetter by Coi Leray”

I used to hang out a lot in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, which has a large mural paying tribute to today’s artist. I know a coupe of his albums well, but not this one, for some reason. He is a legend of melancholy acoustic music and really seems to have lived –Continue reading “#993 – Either/Or by Elliot Smith”

I saw a video of this group performing at some American radio station and was very intrigued, and not just by their name. They’re very similar to another band that I am quite fond of, Khurangbin.

This band is made up of a group of childhood friend and fronted by a brother-sister duo. The brother actually just gave testimony to congress in the hearings about the fucked up monopoly that Ticketmaster/Live Nation have subjected America’s music fans to for the past 10 years or so. No company deserves to be aggressivelyContinue reading “#991 – Hotel TV by Lawrence”

This is the first of two albums by this LA based group who originally came together as a session band. Their second album, Ice Melt, is actually named after the bags of coarse rock salt that is used to keep sidewalks and stairs clear of ice in certain climates. How’s that for a fun fact?