NewJeans:

Bad Bunny & Bomba Estéreo:

Sasami:

Sofi Tukker:

Horsegirl:

I blimmin love a bit of Shazam to follow up on music from films and TV that I’d otherwise never hear in full. From the Robert Downey Jr Netflix documentary (Sn.):

Always good when YouTube turns up old favorites.

Don’t get it

Loads of minimal bass stuff like …

Space 92 – Phobos is good.
Joyhouser
Alex Stein
Reiner Zonneveld – Black Sun is good.
Hell Driver
Adorius FR
Amelie Lens
Deniz Bul
Javiis
Konfusia
Charlotte de Witte
Tim Taste
etc

I now have 4 sets of ear buds … LOL! Latest acquisition is JLAB Go Air (£19 down from £29) which is surprisingly good.

From the Basement sessions on YouTube. Here for example is Sonic Youth

I saw a new band showcase last night, I only saw three bands (Ajimal, Dog Unit) both good in their own way, and then this lot Scrounge.

Can’t find much on video to link, apart from this which isn’t lyrically the most complex work, but for two people and one voice they made a terrific noise

and this

@eddiebaby that takes me back, saw SY 3-5 times around/on the Daydream tour(s) The Sprawl definitely one my favourite tracks of that era (I was heavily in to the Whitey Album too).

You should check out the Horsegirl video I linked, they state that EVOL is probably the most important album for them as a band…

She makes war and her new persona, penfriend back catalogue

Japan, Gentlemen take polaroids on Lauren this week

Vox Rea – Julia

Chairlift – bruises

OMD – red frame/white light

I’m in love with a german film star – The passions

Motorhead / Girlschool / Headgirl

@swavis

Ghosts of Men – A two piece that I caught at the wee Jägermeister stage at Bloodstock earlier this year. Just brilliant! Great guys too.

really enjoying listening to Exhale, cheers!

Go Romy!

Winter vibes

^^^ Hybrid ‘Disappear Here’ is my favourite album of all time. Definitely worth a listen if anyone hasn’t heard it.

Starting the day with a little bit of 70s
Doobie Brothers

Heres a selection of what I was listening to while having an unusually restful Sunday morning. YTMV

Unknown Mortal Orchestra – So Good At Being in Trouble
LEISURE – Got It bad
The California Honeydrops – Tumblin
The Wonderfool, Super Sport – Long Way from Home
The Pitter Pats – It Do Me Good
The Skatalites – Garden Of Love
The Marshall Tucker Band – Can’t you see
Black Pumas – Know You Better
Cass McCombs – Brighter!
Sam Cooke – Bring It On Home To Me
Paul Simon – Hearts and bones

Hybrid ‘Disappear Here’ is my favourite album of all time. Definitely worth a listen if anyone hasn’t heard it.

Both Hybrid and Distinctive Records have pedigree. There was loads of ahead of it’s time stuff!

Wide Angle is a great album, Dreaming Your Dreams my favourite track.

Last year the two YouTube clips I watched most was Olivia Rodrigo’s cover of Taylor Swift’s Cruel Summer (as I loved the stripped down simplicity of delivery; her at her keyboard in her living room) and Moraíto Chico doing a live Bulerías at some 80’s flamenco festival (amazing the power of one guitar and palmas).

This year the clip that has moved me in a similar way is from the Japanese movie Linda Linda Linda featuring Bae Doona (just finished watching Stranger season 1) so here is ‘Paranmaum’ doing their cover of the Bluehearts Linda Linda:

Also: retrying give the 5 (five) Sault albums that dropped recently a decent listen (but you know there’s five of them 🤪)

Yes enjoy a bit of Sault in my life especially Angel

Featuring a young paid by the hour session singer

Thanks Cheesy, forgotten how good that was. He did some great stuff early on. Always difficult to divorce from his later stuff and his personality.

Spotify delivered some Joan Armatrading including Down to Zero, as part of an algorithm starting with early Tom Waits. Not forgotten, but certainly under appreciated .

I’m a big fan of The Black Crowes and I reckon they would’ve done a fantastic job of covering that in their peak.

Currently listening to,

Jinjer

Whiskey myers

Queen kona

Larkin poe

Electric callboy

Tech n9ne

Jinjer are first on the list for a very good reason. For those that have never heard of them give Pisces a listen.

https://hudsonmohawke.bandcamp.com/album/l-ecstasy

https://lusine.bandcamp.com/album/long-light

Don’t know anything aabout the guy Apashe and must admit it was the artwork that made me listen to the album “Antagonist”, but love the orchestral production on it.

Seemed to have drifted back to this years “holiday” road trip soundtrack – Charlie Crocket, Colter Wall, Sierra Ferrell, Kassi Valazza