tape of Barcelona. wish they could lose Anthony but that will never happen

Some great post-punk from Minneapolis that sounds straight outta 1981.

Initial turntable spin. DBT cuts thick, heavy slabs of vinyl. Sounds glorious.

Numero Group: Wayfaring Strangers - Cosmic American Music

Kudzu Guillotine wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 16, 2022 3:44 pm

I remember a while back I popped in to post a clip of Sierra Farrell. You welcomed me back with a warm greeting. However, since I've started posting more regularly again it appears you still have some sort of issue with me. What's up with that?

Just a joke KG

In the running for album of the year, to this point.

Chillin

cortez the killer wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 15, 2022 12:13 pm

beantownbubba wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:59 am

Sounds like a heavy metal album, clams. The title, I mean, not the actual sound.

cortez the killer wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 17, 2022 5:20 pm

Please make it stop, haha

chuckrh wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 17, 2022 10:05 pm

cortez the killer wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 17, 2022 5:20 pm

Please make it stop, haha

It's another good one, Chuck. Pony up!

Heartless Bastards - A Beautiful Life

I’ve been aware of Heartless Bastards for years but didn’t check them out for the first time until a few years ago when they came to Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC. After the show, my friend that had encouraged me to attend the show gave me a copy of their Arrow album, which I love. My next purchase was lead singer Erika Wennestrom’s debut solo album, Sweet Unknown from 2018 which resonated deeply with me largely because I was dealing with some of the same issues Erika addressed on the album. A Beautiful Life is her return to working with Heartless Bastards. I’m only one listen in but it immediately strikes me as a strong effort, one I can’t wait to return to. It’s also a reminder that I still have some catching up to as far as the rest of their catalog.

Alvvays - Antisocialites

On first listen I'm not loving this as much as Alvvays' debut. Understandable as they set the bar high with that one.



A blurb from Uncut piqued my interest in Margo late last year. Based on the 2 or 3 songs I heard beforehand I'm loving this as much if not more than I was expecting to.

Kudzu Guillotine wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 19, 2022 5:37 pm

A blurb from Uncut piqued my interest in Margo late last year. Based on the 2 or 3 songs I heard beforehand I'm loving this as much if not more than I was expecting to.

Been listening to this one for about 6 months. Excellent.

Not sure where to post this, but apparently the upcoming Paranoid Style record has a duet between frontwoman/writer/rock critic Elizabeth Nelson and Patterson Hood. You can hear a sneak preview via the above tweet. You have to click the wfmu link, then navigate about 20 songs down the playlist to the song I'd Bet My Land and Titles.

After listening to this I’d have to say I’d put James McMurtry in the same category as Guy Clark and John Prine when it comes to the level of consistency of their entire recorded output.


I’ve been a fan of this band for quite some time and had high hopes for this new double album. Unfortunately, every song is slow to mid-tempo. The songs themselves aren’t bad by any stretch but with the pace hardly changing from song to song it doesn’t make for very dynamic listening.


This one was recommended to me over 20 years ago so I’m glad to finally be able to listen to it all these years later.

Besides XIII this has been in heavy rotation lately



Nothing fancy - just occasionally brilliant and always catchy heartland rock with a little country to it.

Roger is still pretty spry!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyWxQF2JLvM

154 Wire

Just a quick note to say that some of you are backsliding on the identifying the artist/group when it's not obvious from the cover pics part of the process. Please?

cortez the killer wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 22, 2022 11:51 am

“A Lifetime to Find” gives me some Jay Farrar vibes