Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth PJ - No Code Shovels & Rope - By Blood Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Weathervanes IDLES - Crawler Ben Harper - Diamonds on the Inside My Morning Jacket - Okonokos Heartless Bastards - The Mountain Glen Hansard/Marketa Irglova - Once Soundtrack Liam Finn - FOMO
Neil Young -- Silver & Gold Neil Young -- Dreamin' Man Live '92 Tyler Childers -- Rustin' in the Rain Tedeschi Trucks Band -- Layla Revisited (Live at LOCKN') Grateful Dead -- Wake of the Flood Billy Strings -- Renewal Ray LaMontagne -- Ouroboros Beastie Boys -- Hello Nasty Public Enemy -- Yo! Bum Rush the Show Digable Planets -- Reachin' (ANROTAS)
Jon Allen - A Heightened Sense Of Everything Queens of the Stone Age - In Times New Roman Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Live Royal Blood - Back To The Water Below The Band - Music From Big Pink Brad - In The Moment That You’re Born Boygenius - The Record dEUS - How To Replace It Blur - The Ballad Of Darren Faith No More - King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime
No matter how cold the winter, there's a springtime ahead...
The Coral - Sea of Mirrors Pearl Jam - Gigaton Deep Sea Diver - Impossible Weight Pearl Jam - Chicago bootleg 18/08/2018 QotSA - In Times New Roman Brad - United We Stand Brad - In the Moment You’re Born Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Live Pearl Jam - Chicago I bootleg 2023
John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat -- Hooker 'N Heat Led Zeppelin -- Houses of the Holy Krasno/Moore Project -- Book of Queens Wet Leg -- S/T Soundgarden -- Badmotorfinger Soundgarden -- Superunknown Black Sabbath -- Paranoid Stevie Ray Vaughn -- Texas Flood Alexi Murdoch -- Towards the Sun Bruce Springsteen -- Nebraska
I'm rather stoked to find myself comfortably shifting gears lately. I often have a tendency to focus on one type of music for a while and then move on to another, or even mostly just one artist.
That said, here's what's floating my boat recently:
The Baseball Project: Grand Salami Time Blake Babies: Earwig Demos Miles Davis: Milestones The Dream Syndicate: How Did I Find Myself Here? Dexter Gordon: Gotham City Nils Lofgren: (first, self-titled) Thelonious Monk: Monk's Music The Replacements: All Shook Down Paul Westerberg: Suicane Gratifaction Neil Young: Ragged Glory
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
Wilco - Cousin Deep Sea Diver - Impossible Weight War on Drugs - Live Drugs Band of Horses - Acoustic at the Ryman QOTSA - Like Clockwork EV - Into the Wild Brad - In the Moment that You're Born The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love Neil Young - Mirrorball The National - Laugh Track
Noah Gundersen- If This Is The End Wilco-Cousin Hiss Golden Messenger-Jump for Joy The National—Laugh Track Del Water Gap-I Miss You Already Typhoon-Offerings City and Colour-The Love Still Held Me Near
Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan Zach Bryan - Boys of Faith Noah Karan - Stick Season gaslight Anthem - History Books Olivia Rodrigo - Guts Morgan Wade - Psychopath Jason Isbell - Weathervanes Boygenius - The Record Foo Fighters - But Here We Are Morgan Wade - Reckless
The Verve - A Storm in Heaven Radiohead - Kid A Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie Jerry Reed - Alabama Wild Man Blind Melon - Soup The Verve - This Is Music Bad Company - Straight Shooter Jimi Hendrix - Live From the LA Forum 1969 The Verve - EP The Melvins - Houdini
Miles Davis -- Milestones Grateful Dead -- RFK 6/10/73 MMJ -- It Still Moves Mazzy Star -- So Tonight That I Might See The National -- Laugh Track Tom Petty -- Wildflowers Meat Puppets -- II Bon Iver -- S/T Wilco -- Cousin Tool -- Aenima
Stone Temple Pilots -- Tiny Music... Travis Scott -- Utopia Zach Bryan -- S/T Jason Isbell -- Southeastern Nick Drake -- Pink Moon The Wood Brothers -- Heart is the Hero Master of Reality -- Sunrise on the Sufferbus Junior Kimbrough -- First Recordings Radiohead -- In Rainbows Ann Peebles -- 99 Lbs
Cat Power -- Sings Dylan Bob Dylan -- Live 1966, Bootlegs Vol.4 Kevin Morby -- City Music Bukka White -- Parchman Farm Soundgarden -- Down on the Upside Stephen Stills -- Just Roll Tape boygenius -- the record Otis Redding -- Dock of the Bay EPMD -- Strictly Business The Wood Brothers -- Loaded
Black Pumas -- Chronicles of a Diamond The Black Crowes -- Amorica Blaze Foley -- Sittin' by the Road Andre 3000 -- New Blue Sun N.W.A. -- Straight Outta Compton Back to Moon Beach -- Kurt Vile Grateful Dead -- Grayfolded - Transitive Axis Danny Brown -- Quaranta Grant Green -- Live at Club Mozambique The Rolling Stones -- Exile
I need to circle back to this. Do you think it's better than their first album?
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13; WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
I need to circle back to this. Do you think it's better than their first album?
Hey Johnny A! After several listens I'd say, yep, it's better than their first album. In that way it reminds me of the AL Shakes' evolution from album #1 to album #2. Chronicles has a bigger, fuller, more experimental sound than their self-titled debut. It channels everything from Wu Tang to Prince, and is a plug-in-and-play album from front to back. Definitely give it a listen!
I need to circle back to this. Do you think it's better than their first album?
Hey Johnny A! After several listens I'd say, yep, it's better than their first album. In that way it reminds me of the AL Shakes' evolution from album #1 to album #2. Chronicles has a bigger, fuller, more experimental sound than their self-titled debut. It channels everything from Wu Tang to Prince, and is a plug-in-and-play album from front to back. Definitely give it a listen!
I played it yesterday - yeah pretty damn good. That Rock & Roll song at the end is really something.
I really need to sit down with the Alabama Shakes albums.
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13; WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Radiohead -- Kid A Tedeschi Trucks Band -- Live from the Fox Oakland Billy Strings -- MMAT Creek>PC>MB Seven>MMAT Creek Fugazi -- 13 Songs My Morning Jacket -- S/T Nirvana -- Unplugged The Black Crowes -- Lions Cotton Jones -- Paranoid Cocoon The Pogues -- If I Should Fall from Grace w/ God The Rolling Stones -- Hackney Diamonds
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation. I recently finished Thurston Moore's memoir and a book about Daydream Nation. A difficult record that rewards hugely when better understood.
Lee Renaldo: Between the Times and Tides Lee Renaldo and The Dust: Last Day on Earth. Delving into Sonic Youth led me to these two amazing albums.
Richard Barone: Cool Blue Halo The Bongos: Number With Wings: Barone and Bongos are long time favorites I've been immersing in once again.
R.E.M.: Reckoning
R.E.M.: Life's Rich Pageant: Two of my favorites listened to after a long break.
Juliana Hatfield: Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO: Jules best covers LP so far!
Neil Young: Chrome Dreams. Amazing mostly acoustic Neil.
The Bangles/ The Three O'Clock/ The Dream Syndicate' The Rain Parade: 3X4. Four "paisley underground" bands each cover three songs by the other bands. Cool concept and great covers!
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
The Beatles -- Revolver Marvin Gaye -- What's Going On The Black Keys --- Magic Potion De La Soul -- Stakes Is High Arthur Verocai -- S/T El Michels Affair & Black Thought -- Glorious Game Grateful Dead -- Workingman's Dead Dr. Dog -- Abandoned Mansion TOOL -- Fear Inoculum Run The Jewels -- RTJ4
Neil Young -- Barn Neil Young -- Before and After The Red Clay Strays -- Moment of Truth Nick Drake -- Pink Moon Gregory Alan Isakov -- The Weatherman Mt. Joy -- S/T Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers -- Live at the Fillmore The Teskey Brothers -- The Circle Sessions Bobby Byrd -- The Best Of 21 Savage -- american dream
My Morning Jacket -- The Waterfall II Joel Ross -- nublues Julian Lage -- Speak To Me IDLES -- TANGK Charles Lloyd -- The Key Will Still Be There Tomorrow Kacey Musgraves -- Deeper Well Zach Bryan -- American Heartbreak Grateful Dead -- Dick's Picks Vol. 24 3/23/74 Steve Miller Band -- Book of Dreams David Byrne Radio -- Khruangbin Walk-In Mix
Charles Lloyd -- Trios: Sacred Thread Bob Marley -- Natty Dread The Black Crowes -- Happiness Bastards King Gizz -- The Silver Cord Shabazz Palaces -- Robed in Rareness Neil Young -- Weld Waxahatchee -- Tigers Blood John Leventhal -- Rumble Strip Helmet -- Meantime Alice Coltrane -- The Carnegie Hall Concert
Wye Oak- Civilian chelsea Wolfe- She Reaches Out… Newdad- Madra King Hannah- I’m not sorry… Darkher- The Buried Storm Early Day Miners- Outside Lies Magic Deftones- Diamond Eyes Noir Desir- Des Viages des figures Billy Mahonie- The Big Dig Soundgarden- Superunknown
Pearl Jam -- Dark Matter Charles Lloyd Quartet -- The Flowering Charles Lloyd -- The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow Public Enemy -- Fear of a Black Planet Grateful Dead -- From the Mars Hotel Baby Driver -- OST Future & Metro Boomin -- We Still Don't Trust You Nas -- Illmatic Joe Henderson -- Power to the People John Martyn -- One World
Kamasi Washington -- Fearless Movement Junior Kimbrough -- You Better Run: Best Of Greg Foat & Sokratis Votskos -- Live at Villa Maximus, Myknonos De La Soul -- Live at Tramps, NYC Neil Young & Crazy Horse -- Fuckin' Up The Black Crowes -- Happiness Bastards Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young -- Deja Vu Toadies -- Rubberneck The Taj Mahal Sextet -- Swingin' Live Tulsa Tedeschi Truck Bank -- I Am The Moon
Elliott Smith - Roman Candle Elliott Smith - S/T Tool - AEnima Radiohead - Kid A Sonic Youth - Washing Machine Wilco - YHF Elliott Smith - Either/Or Elliott Smith - XO Twenty One Pilots - Vessel
I don't believe nothin', even if it's true. "That's a vibe" - Ryan Miller
9/11/2022 - Madison Square Garden, New York Other bands Guster - 8/12/2023 Guster - 3/30/2024 Guster - 8/11/2024 Built to Spill - 9/1/2024
Elliott Smith - Roman Candle Elliott Smith - S/T Tool - AEnima Radiohead - Kid A Sonic Youth - Washing Machine Wilco - YHF Elliott Smith - Either/Or Elliott Smith - XO Twenty One Pilots - Vessel
Good stuff....and an Elliott Smith binge! YHF has lately been in my rotation as well
Girls Against Boys - The Ghost List Jason Loewenstein - Spooky Action Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight Sweet Apple - Sing The Night In Sorrow Tom McRae - From The Lowlands Foy Vance - The Wild Swan Black Phoebe - Black Phoebe Dark Mark Vs Skeleton Joe - Dark Mark Vs Skeleton Joe Folk Implosion - One Part Lullaby UNKLE - Ronin I
“Do not postpone happiness”
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
Oliver Wood -- Fat Cat Silhouette Neil Young -- Harvest Grateful Dead -- Ladies and Gentlemen.... Grateful Dead -- Dick's Picks Vol.14 The Smile -- Wall of Eyes IDLES -- TANGK Tom Petty -- Finding Wildflowers... Wilco -- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Delaney & Bonnie -- On Tour w/ Clapton Israel Vibration -- Strength of My Life
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PJ - No Code
Shovels & Rope - By Blood
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Weathervanes
IDLES - Crawler
Ben Harper - Diamonds on the Inside
My Morning Jacket - Okonokos
Heartless Bastards - The Mountain
Glen Hansard/Marketa Irglova - Once Soundtrack
Liam Finn - FOMO
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Neil Young -- Dreamin' Man Live '92
Tyler Childers -- Rustin' in the Rain
Tedeschi Trucks Band -- Layla Revisited (Live at LOCKN')
Grateful Dead -- Wake of the Flood
Billy Strings -- Renewal
Ray LaMontagne -- Ouroboros
Beastie Boys -- Hello Nasty
Public Enemy -- Yo! Bum Rush the Show
Digable Planets -- Reachin' (ANROTAS)
Queens of the Stone Age - In Times New Roman
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Live
Royal Blood - Back To The Water Below
The Band - Music From Big Pink
Brad - In The Moment That You’re Born
Boygenius - The Record
dEUS - How To Replace It
Blur - The Ballad Of Darren
Faith No More - King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime
Pearl Jam - Gigaton
Deep Sea Diver - Impossible Weight
Pearl Jam - Chicago bootleg 18/08/2018
QotSA - In Times New Roman
Brad - United We Stand
Brad - In the Moment You’re Born
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Live
Pearl Jam - Chicago I bootleg 2023
Melbourne #2 '03
Melbourne #3 '03
Melbourne #1 '06
Melbourne #3 '06
Melbourne '09
Melbourne '14
Led Zeppelin -- Houses of the Holy
Krasno/Moore Project -- Book of Queens
Wet Leg -- S/T
Soundgarden -- Badmotorfinger
Soundgarden -- Superunknown
Black Sabbath -- Paranoid
Stevie Ray Vaughn -- Texas Flood
Alexi Murdoch -- Towards the Sun
Bruce Springsteen -- Nebraska
Blake Babies: Earwig Demos
Miles Davis: Milestones
The Dream Syndicate: How Did I Find Myself Here?
Dexter Gordon: Gotham City
Nils Lofgren: (first, self-titled)
Thelonious Monk: Monk's Music
The Replacements: All Shook Down
Paul Westerberg: Suicane Gratifaction
Neil Young: Ragged Glory
Deep Sea Diver - Impossible Weight
War on Drugs - Live Drugs
Band of Horses - Acoustic at the Ryman
QOTSA - Like Clockwork
EV - Into the Wild
Brad - In the Moment that You're Born
The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
Neil Young - Mirrorball
The National - Laugh Track
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Wilco-Cousin
Hiss Golden Messenger-Jump for Joy
The National—Laugh Track
Del Water Gap-I Miss You Already
Typhoon-Offerings
City and Colour-The Love Still Held Me Near
Zach Bryan - Boys of Faith
Noah Karan - Stick Season
gaslight Anthem - History Books
Olivia Rodrigo - Guts
Morgan Wade - Psychopath
Jason Isbell - Weathervanes
Boygenius - The Record
Foo Fighters - But Here We Are
Morgan Wade - Reckless
Radiohead - Kid A
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie
Jerry Reed - Alabama Wild Man
Blind Melon - Soup
The Verve - This Is Music
Bad Company - Straight Shooter
Jimi Hendrix - Live From the LA Forum 1969
The Verve - EP
The Melvins - Houdini
Grateful Dead -- RFK 6/10/73
MMJ -- It Still Moves
Mazzy Star -- So Tonight That I Might See
The National -- Laugh Track
Tom Petty -- Wildflowers
Meat Puppets -- II
Bon Iver -- S/T
Wilco -- Cousin
Tool -- Aenima
Travis Scott -- Utopia
Zach Bryan -- S/T
Jason Isbell -- Southeastern
Nick Drake -- Pink Moon
The Wood Brothers -- Heart is the Hero
Master of Reality -- Sunrise on the Sufferbus
Junior Kimbrough -- First Recordings
Radiohead -- In Rainbows
Ann Peebles -- 99 Lbs
Bob Dylan -- Live 1966, Bootlegs Vol.4
Kevin Morby -- City Music
Bukka White -- Parchman Farm
Soundgarden -- Down on the Upside
Stephen Stills -- Just Roll Tape
boygenius -- the record
Otis Redding -- Dock of the Bay
EPMD -- Strictly Business
The Wood Brothers -- Loaded
The Black Crowes -- Amorica
Blaze Foley -- Sittin' by the Road
Andre 3000 -- New Blue Sun
N.W.A. -- Straight Outta Compton
Back to Moon Beach -- Kurt Vile
Grateful Dead -- Grayfolded - Transitive Axis
Danny Brown -- Quaranta
Grant Green -- Live at Club Mozambique
The Rolling Stones -- Exile
I need to circle back to this. Do you think it's better than their first album?
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
I really need to sit down with the Alabama Shakes albums.
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Tedeschi Trucks Band -- Live from the Fox Oakland
Billy Strings -- MMAT Creek>PC>MB Seven>MMAT Creek
Fugazi -- 13 Songs
My Morning Jacket -- S/T
Nirvana -- Unplugged
The Black Crowes -- Lions
Cotton Jones -- Paranoid Cocoon
The Pogues -- If I Should Fall from Grace w/ God
The Rolling Stones -- Hackney Diamonds
Lee Renaldo and The Dust: Last Day on Earth. Delving into Sonic Youth led me to these two amazing albums.
The Bongos: Number With Wings: Barone and Bongos are long time favorites I've been immersing in once again.
Marvin Gaye -- What's Going On
The Black Keys --- Magic Potion
De La Soul -- Stakes Is High
Arthur Verocai -- S/T
El Michels Affair & Black Thought -- Glorious Game
Grateful Dead -- Workingman's Dead
Dr. Dog -- Abandoned Mansion
TOOL -- Fear Inoculum
Run The Jewels -- RTJ4
Neil Young -- Before and After
The Red Clay Strays -- Moment of Truth
Nick Drake -- Pink Moon
Gregory Alan Isakov -- The Weatherman
Mt. Joy -- S/T
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers -- Live at the Fillmore
The Teskey Brothers -- The Circle Sessions
Bobby Byrd -- The Best Of
21 Savage -- american dream
Joel Ross -- nublues
Julian Lage -- Speak To Me
IDLES -- TANGK
Charles Lloyd -- The Key Will Still Be There Tomorrow
Kacey Musgraves -- Deeper Well
Zach Bryan -- American Heartbreak
Grateful Dead -- Dick's Picks Vol. 24 3/23/74
Steve Miller Band -- Book of Dreams
David Byrne Radio -- Khruangbin Walk-In Mix
Bob Marley -- Natty Dread
The Black Crowes -- Happiness Bastards
King Gizz -- The Silver Cord
Shabazz Palaces -- Robed in Rareness
Neil Young -- Weld
Waxahatchee -- Tigers Blood
John Leventhal -- Rumble Strip
Helmet -- Meantime
Alice Coltrane -- The Carnegie Hall Concert
chelsea Wolfe- She Reaches Out…
Newdad- Madra
King Hannah- I’m not sorry…
Darkher- The Buried Storm
Early Day Miners- Outside Lies Magic
Deftones- Diamond Eyes
Noir Desir- Des Viages des figures
Billy Mahonie- The Big Dig
Soundgarden- Superunknown
Charles Lloyd Quartet -- The Flowering
Charles Lloyd -- The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow
Public Enemy -- Fear of a Black Planet
Grateful Dead -- From the Mars Hotel
Baby Driver -- OST
Future & Metro Boomin -- We Still Don't Trust You
Nas -- Illmatic
Joe Henderson -- Power to the People
John Martyn -- One World
Junior Kimbrough -- You Better Run: Best Of
Greg Foat & Sokratis Votskos -- Live at Villa Maximus, Myknonos
De La Soul -- Live at Tramps, NYC
Neil Young & Crazy Horse -- Fuckin' Up
The Black Crowes -- Happiness Bastards
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young -- Deja Vu
Toadies -- Rubberneck
The Taj Mahal Sextet -- Swingin' Live Tulsa
Tedeschi Truck Bank -- I Am The Moon
Elliott Smith - S/T
Tool - AEnima
Radiohead - Kid A
Sonic Youth - Washing Machine
Wilco - YHF
Elliott Smith - Either/Or
Elliott Smith - XO
Twenty One Pilots - Vessel
"That's a vibe" - Ryan Miller
9/11/2022 - Madison Square Garden, New York
Other bands
Guster - 8/12/2023
Guster - 3/30/2024
Guster - 8/11/2024
Built to Spill - 9/1/2024
Jason Loewenstein - Spooky Action
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
Sweet Apple - Sing The Night In Sorrow
Tom McRae - From The Lowlands
Foy Vance - The Wild Swan
Black Phoebe - Black Phoebe
Dark Mark Vs Skeleton Joe - Dark Mark Vs Skeleton Joe
Folk Implosion - One Part Lullaby
UNKLE - Ronin I
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
“Put yer good money on the sunrise”
(Tim Rogers)
Neil Young -- Harvest
Grateful Dead -- Ladies and Gentlemen....
Grateful Dead -- Dick's Picks Vol.14
The Smile -- Wall of Eyes
IDLES -- TANGK
Tom Petty -- Finding Wildflowers...
Wilco -- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Delaney & Bonnie -- On Tour w/ Clapton
Israel Vibration -- Strength of My Life