Quality and quantity this month. Some new (to me) artists and some faves who have stepped up big time. Let’s start with some truly joyful noise:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B35DH-79lk4
BTW, yes, that’s Brittany Howard of the Alabama Shakes kicking ass and taking names.
Please listen to this one all the way through. It’s worth it. Trust me:
This one gives me chills:
Mm-mm-mm. That’s all I got. I ain’t got no more. ‘Til next month.
Guesthouse David Wax Museum makes me pine for the days before garage band. Damn you Steve Jobs!!
Thunderbitch asks the musical question, what if Leather Tuscadaro was a real person and not a guest character on Happy Days? The answer… “Sad Days”
JR JR – Didn’t Didn’t Hate Hate It it
How are “The Oh hellos” like a Little Debbie nuttybar? Both look like they should be good, both suck.
A: Craig Finn Q: What do you get when you cross the charisma of Mitch Crane and the vocal tone of your mail man and the earnestness of a field of beets?
The Whistles and the Bells, so bad they make the Oh Hellos sound good.
Ought. Cripes. Should be called Ought not.
Phil Cook – least terrible of the lot.
I’ve missed you, O Crusty Curmudgeon.
This is just a list of simple objective facts.
It’s a good thing that we’re all entitled to our own lists of objective facts…