Obvious early Kinks influence is obvious. Vinyl on sale for $12 @ Amazon.

Zip City wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 22, 2022 6:51 pm

cortez the killer wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 22, 2022 11:51 am

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

How so?

beantownbubba wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 22, 2022 5:09 pm

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?

Other than TC's Kevin Morby post, the last 2 pages are in compliance. On the Bandcamp posts, you just hover over the image and the info is listed.

cortez the killer wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 23, 2022 11:05 am

Other than TC's Kevin Morby post, the last 2 pages are in compliance.

Bubba requires 100% compliance

cortez the killer wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 23, 2022 11:05 am

Other than TC's Kevin Morby post, the last 2 pages are in compliance.

Not good enough. Bubba requires 100% compliance


NP:

cortez the killer wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 23, 2022 11:01 am

Zip City wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 22, 2022 6:51 pm

cortez the killer wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 22, 2022 11:51 am

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

How so?

Just one of those songs that I can hear Farrar singing. Hard to put a finger on what that means.

Another (stronger) example:

Though I'd likely heard Sammi Smith before, it was the inclusion of "This Room for Rent" on the 2005 Oxford American Southern Music Sampler that piqued my interest in her. I've been meaning to dig deeper, then I learned of this newly released compilation on Ace Records. A further incentive to take the plunge are two previously unreleased Guy Clark covers ("Desperadoes Waiting for A Train" and "Texas 1947").

Two listens in some favorites are starting to emerge. The first was "The Driver," now, it's "Wilder Days."


"Archie, Marry Me" from this album is what first led me down the Alvvays rabbit hole sometime last fall. It was quickly followed by "Next of Kin" (also from this album). I have been binged on all of their music since then but this is only the second time I've listened to this album as a whole. I can see this soon becoming one of my all time favorites of recent years. They just announced a tour but unfortunately, the show closest to me is clear on the other side of the state.


Of all of my recent purchases, this is neck and neck for my favorite along with Welcome 2 Club XIII. I had only heard two or three songs prior to purchasing this album, all of which I loved. However, that was no indication that I would love the rest of the album just as much (if not more) than those songs. Much to my delight that is exactly what's happened. This, after only two listens.

Complied by Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux from previously released recordings, this excellent primer in live Dead comes with the June 2022 issue of Mojo magazine.

Only my second listen since I picked this up back in the beginning of May. I have no problem whatsoever with the more pop direction Lydia has headed in with her two most recent albums but I'd also be lying if I said I don't also miss the more rocking nature of Somewhere Else and Boy Crazy (EP). At this point I've seen her more solo (and in duo format) than with a full band, which I also miss. Not that I haven't enjoyed the solo and duo shows, I most certainly have but I also miss the full band treatment of her songs.


Alvvays - Antisocialites

I didn't dislike this on first listen it was just that I wasn't as into it as their debut. I'm definitely enjoying it more the second time around.

Loving this band's second wind.

Koln concert

Heartless Bastards - A Beautiful Life

cortez the killer wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:39 pm

Loving this band's second wind.

Saw them a couple of weeks ago at a festival. Unfortunately the sound guy must have had a stroke or something cause there was absolutely no vocals where I was standing. The rain was pouring down. Still a great show. Played a good deal of their new material. They are back in the US playing some shows now I believe.

RolanK wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 03, 2022 4:20 am

cortez the killer wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:39 pm

Loving this band's second wind.

Saw them a couple of weeks ago at a festival. Unfortunately the sound guy must have had a stroke or something cause there was absolutely no vocals where I was standing. The rain was pouring down. Still a great show. Played a good deal of their new material. They are back in the US playing some shows now I believe.

I saw them touring "Days of Wine & Roses" as opening act for REM on the "Reckoning" tour. That was a mighty show! There's a famous boot in circulation of the REM portion. MIchael Stipe was on crutches but that didn't slow him down much.

Zip City wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:00 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5Ad-Xm1LPU

Great show.