Love & Rockets, cuz I’m old and they jam in some weird unforgettable jams. jungle law, teardrop collector. The album is a must.
“I don't know what color your eyes are, baby
But your hair is long and brown 🎤”
Lydia Loveless, savior of cowpunk. the lingerie cowboy. They are an indestructible machine. “can’t change me”, it just is.
“🎼 Because if people knew, they would call me a fool
I wish they knew it was true: Jesus was a wino, too”
Alejandro Escovedo. If he’s in town, we go. He reminds me off an old story Kiss tell about getting started. At 73 Alejandro will still tear the roof off an empty room. And the full ones are abuzz in adrenaline that keeps the 20-something to 80-something crowd he draws on their feet. He’s the old school punk rock rolled in smart Americana Rock ‘n Roll. He’s an embodiment of Austin City Limits magic ❤️
“I was drunk, I was down, I was wandering around my bed… I calLEd out your name… 🎶”
Metric. The art of doubt. “I’m so rich, everything is free.” 🎵 I love Canadian rockers - they know how to skewer bullshite and this is one of many in their now lengthy catalog that plays electric rock as loud as your punk-kid-soul needs it to go. When I blow the speakers on the family van my wife is gunna be pissed but, what can I say. I can’t put the good speakers in the house 🤣 When the generally more subtle, and way more analog, Cowboy Junkies & Neko Case need a shake-up this is one of the Metric Albums that gets a spin.
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銀杏BOYZ - DOOR
(squealing earsplitting japanese punk)
Edward Skeletrix - Skeletrix Language
(my AOTY 2023, psychosis collapse rap)
BAD MESSIAH - 愛撫
(japanese hair metal band goes pop in big and experimental ways)
New Radicals - Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too
(one hit wonder by choice, gregg alexander is the greatest living songwriter of our time and he’s been living in the shadows since this writing hits for others)
The Tragically Hip - Day For Night
(canadian legends but almost exclusively in canada, this needed to crossover decades ago. some of the best alt rock ever.)
Feb 28, 2024
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WHEN THE PAWN : fiona apple.
just lovley. just insane. every track is a banger but one. you know the one. i listen to it anyway. my faves are on the bound, to your love, a mistake, and i know.
AMNESIAC : radiohead
truly the better more beautiful sister of Kid A. more experimental, more weird and freaky, more of thom yorke just being a funny guy. i listen to this album front to back at least once a month. my record is 6 times in one day. i was in colorado on the most beautiful hike and i listened to the album during and after, so now i see the mountains when i hear it.
TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY : kendrick lamar
i don’t listen to kendrick regularly, but this album is LOVELYYYYY it’s so so good and the narrative builds throughout the album so you really gotta sit through the whole thing sometime. For Free? is the best track idc. these walls is a close second.
I GOT HEAVEN : mannequin pussy
YUM YUM YUMMYYYYYYY. the punk and pop mix is so good it makes me feel like i am so hot and sexy kiss kiss mannequin pussy i love you
GIRL WITH FISH : feeble little horse
favorite album as of late. it’s so fun and poetic and shoegazy and folky all at once. Steamroller is a banger.
HOMEBODY : homebody
weird project started by a local ABQ band. show them some love! weird stuff, but it’s really fun.
PUSSY WHIPPED : bikini kill
probably my all time fav punk album. it was released before Joan Jett reproduced all their stuff so you really get that diy off beat feel. the constant anger throughout and the switch into For Tammy Rae is so fun. i personally love alien she and tammy rae.
Feb 20, 2025
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Been bumpin back & froth between Neko Case playing ”Full On“ live for KEXP & Lydia Loveless playing the Millennium Park summer concert series. The draw to alt Americana has been atypically strong here for a minute. The live sets bring the personality of the artist forward in ways the ‘shuffle artist’ just doesn’t 🤩
Apr 12, 2024
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Been bumpin back & froth between Neko Case playing ”Full On“ live for KEXP & Lydia Loveless playing the Millennium Park summer concert series. The draw to alt Americana has been atypically strong here for a minute. The live sets bring the personality of the artist forward in ways the ‘shuffle artist’ just doesn’t 🤩
Apr 12, 2024