"A Day In the Life" by The Beatles Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What song makes you feel like you're floating? A Day in the Life by The Beatles It always makes me happy to hear a song by The Fab Four, especially when it's unexpected. This tune used to win a lot of polls as the best rock sone ever. I don't know about that, but it's pretty damn good. View Lou Plummer's Crucial Tracks profile
Release date: July 10thRecord label: Ernest Jenning Record Co.Genre: Noise pop, noise rock, space rock, art rockFormats: Vinyl, CD, digital My first thought when I saw that Parts & Labor had reunited after an eleven-year hiatus was, of course, joy–they are, after all, one of the best bands of the 2000s, and more than likely responsible for the best “rock music” to emerge out of Brooklyn during the George W. Bush administration. My second thought was: well, who’s going to be the drummer? Was it…
Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 15th May 2006 Norwegian death metallers Zyklon were a disappointingly short lived project but they managed to kick out three albums of exceptional quality. Being made up of former Emperor members as well as fellow black metallers Myrkskog will probably do that to you though. We’ve covered ‘Aeon’ on this series before, but we now get to the one where I discovered them, 2006’s ‘Disintegrate’. This record got its claws into me pretty early on, and to this day…
Banyan Ether Having appeared on BlackPlastic with their 2023 song, More to Say, Banyan are back with a new slice of blissed-out electronic music in the form of new single Ether. Whilst both Ether and More to Say channel the same rounded, soft synth sound, this new release has a driven feel to the percussion. The result is a song perfectly suited to the moment where the sun touches the Mediterranean horizon. It is reflective, dramatic, and beautiful. Lyrically, Ether deals with the experience of…
Each Thursday in the Disquiet Junto music community, a new compositional challenge is set before the group’s members, who then have five days to record and upload a track in response to the project instructions. Membership in the Junto is open: just join and participate. (A SoundCloud account is helpful but not required.) There’s no pressure to do every project. The Junto is weekly so that you know it’s there, every Thursday through Monday, when your time and interest align. Tracks are added to…
Introduce yourself with five albums that have shaped you: Pink Floyd – The Wall (1979) Metallica – Master of Puppets (1986) Iron Maiden – Powerslave (1984) Rhapsody of Fire – Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998) Angra – Angels Cry (1993) I read this on Cafélog from Thomas, who read it from Martin and I immediately started thinking about which albums I would choose. It was tough to narrow it down to five, but I went with my first instinct. These are all albums I listened to countless times, from…
Back in 2022, Ban Ban Ton Ton raved about George T’s then digital-only release, “Roll On, Kings Cross”. We described it as a “dynamite dose of poetry and digidub.” Likening the prose – which describes a train journey from the coast to the city – to Michael Smith and Joe Duggan, while comparing the production to Dennis Bovell’s remixes of Jarvis Cocker’s “Swanky Modes”, and The Sabres Of Paradise’s “Wilmot”. Melodica-led with a hefty post-punk flavour, its dub, which focuses on manipulating and…
5/5 golden merles Songwriting triumvirate Nathan Baumgartner, Boone Howard and Tyler Keene have returned with an album (Well Once There Was A King) of playful profundity, earnest strife, and drive-thru funerals. While melodically devoted, it is also again an anomaly among a landscape of folk and rock dominated with fashion, franchise, and anti-poetics. “It feels too easy to forget/the lie I settle on”Conceptually the album starts from a bizarre notion of songwriting: what if melody wasn’t a…
Under the gun once again, doing the work of two people at the day job (blame summer vacas), so hardly a moment to spare to crank out this weekly “impending Boston-area shows I’m interested in or ones that you might be” post, which also includes recently-announced local rock shows & other events. A bunch of […]
Light honey, cream and crusty French bread swirl between the cheeks. Plus a slightly minty hop. This is only $2.85 CND a can at the LCBO and grocery stores around our fair province. That’s a great cheap beer for a hot afternoon in the garden. There’s not much else to say about it. Pairs well with watching robins strip your Juneberry bush of all its fruit. I mean, I could complain but it’s not like there’s a regulatory board that administers this sort of thing. That head sure died fast. And it’s…
First performed in La Jolla Playhouse (San Diego) on 28 May 2024, and later that year at the Citadel Theatre (Edmonton) on 9 December, The Ballad of Johnny and June is currently on an extensive tour of the UK. This Johnny Cash musical details his personal and professional entanglement with June Carter; written by Des McAnuff (who also directs) & Robert Cary, it’s based on a concept by the couple’s only child John Carter Cash. I would begin with a summary of the plot, however as time seems to be…
We’re headed to the beach for sand, sun, and tons of chill summertime VGM. We’ll cover tropical beach vibes and underwater tracks with a guest mix in-between. This episode features returning guest Matt Storm, who hosts a summer VGM mix block. Matt Storm ➡️ https://linktr.ee/dj_stormagedddon 〰️〰️〰️ 🔊 Transistor.fm lets you host unlimited podcasts, automatically distribute your shows to all major podcatchers, and way more. CLICK HERE to try it out! 00:00 Intro/ Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania -…
Hey people! I remember that, back in 2019 or thereabouts, I was listening to Nina Nesbitt a good deal, and a lot of other similar British artists; even shared some of her songs on the blog but have deleted those posts since. I particularly liked her song “The Sun Will Come Up, The Seasons Will Change”, especially as I was going through a bit of a rough time back then so I did need that message. I still really like that song, actually; that has not changed. And recently I’ve been reminded of…
[1994]More slacker anthems. Catchy singalong indie rock for wasting your days away.
I went to the Montreal Jazz Festival and wrote up reviews of some of my favorite concerts! Check it out!!
Stereolab - October 1993At this rate, we could probably just turn Doom & Gloom into an Aadam Jacobs Collection appreciation blog. The goods just keep on coming (and coming). To wit! The volunteers behind this heroic tape preservation project just rolled out a bunch of early Stereolab tapes, allowing us to follow the Groop across the Midwest in the fall of 1993. What a gift! From the Reptile House in Grand Rapids to a blazing in-store at Reckless Records in Chicago, from the 7th Street Entry in…
This week’s theme: Jazz versions of songs from West Side Story. Featured artists include Buddy Rich, Andre Previn, Shelly Manne, Red Mitchell, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Joe Morello, Eugene Wright, Rosemary Clooney, Sarah Vaughan, Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Annie Ross, Cannonball Adderley, Richie Cole, Vic Juris, Lou Forestieri, Ed Howard, Tommy Campbell, Ray MantillaThe post Podcast: West Side Story in Jazz first appeared on jazzcollector.com.
This week’s theme: Jazz versions of Rodgers and Hart compositions. Featured artists include Miles Davis, Paul Desmond, Jim Hall, Art Tatum, Ben Webster, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, Sheila Jordan, Chet Baker, Sonny Stitt, Anita O’Day, Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman, Lee Wiley.The post Podcast: Rodgers and Hart Jazz Songbook first appeared on jazzcollector.com.
"Growin' Up" by Bruce Springsteen Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What's your favorite song about growing up? - Growing Up by Bruce Springsteen "I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd, but when they said, "Sit down," I stood up" - Man, that describes my Rebel Without a Clue teenage years. I was the embodiment of Brando's famous line in The Wild Ones - "What are you rebelling against, Johnny?" Brando: "What have you got?". View Lou Plummer's Crucial Tracks…
Ben Folds spends a non-stop hour swinging wildly between virtuosic on, and literally violent, with a capital V, to, the piano, while he and his bandmates tear through 15 absolutely unskippable 90s bangers as if they share one brain, twelve limbs, and three perfectly synchronized hearts. Top it all off with a bunch of dancing dudes showing up about halfway through the set in the back of every shot of Ben Folds, looking EXACTLY like every bully I ever had, singing every single word of every…
I had an acoustic live set epiphany this morning. Obviously it’s going to be me and an acoustic guitar, because it’s being billed as an acoustic set by me. I have the Fender Highway dreadnought, and I love it. The battery-powered preamp is good. In a pinch, I can plug straight into a mixer. I can also plug straight into something like the MPC to record. For the gig, I’ll use a DI, because it’s always better to plug into the floor. For reasons I don’t fully understand, DI even with a preamp is…
Crucial Track for July 7, 2026: “Rebellion (Lies)” by Arcade Fire Share a song that makes time feel like it’s standing still. The repetitions in the music and lyrics give me that feeling like time isn’t passing. ∞ via Crucial Tracks
“Morning Star” is Jura Soundsystem’s follow up to 2022’s “Return To The Island”. While that record was founder Kev Griffith`s COVID lockdown tribute to his rural South Australian home, influenced by the native fauna, ambient, classic Balearic and `90s street soul, this new set has much more of a skank in its step. The title track, for example, is a cool and breezy, tropical groove that seems to take its cues from the music that scored KU’s `80s “Look de Ibiza” video – firm White Isle favourites…
“My Song” isn’t my favorite song from English poet and musician Labi Siffre, but it is the one that makes me the most intensely nostalgic for the 1970s. The instrumentation, the vaguely Burt Bacharach-ian quality of the melody, and the earnestness of the whole thing immediately reminds me of the generally pleasant if unremarkable music that seemed to surround my childhood. But it becomes especially powerful when we can hear Siffre performing it now that he’s in his 80s. The hint of defiance in…
Across this Autumn ’99 sampler, ECM offers a varied excavation. The label’s familiar spaciousness becomes an instrument of light caught under glass. These tracks are drawn from different points in time and space. Some are lit by candles, some by exit signs, and some by their own bioluminescence. What unites them is a kind of human candor that refuses to be costumed even when it dreams. “Blame It On My Youth / Meditation,” from The Melody At Night, With You, opens from within. Few entries in the…
NEW RELEASE – LINUS EPPINGER / SAM BRAYSHER QUARTET This year’s crop of kisses is for me. [row-start] [half] [/half] [half] Personnel Linus Eppinger (guitar), Sam Braysher (alto saxophone), Daryll Hall (bass), Eric Ineke (drums) Recorded in 2024 Released as Fresh Sound Records 5147 in 2026 Track listing A Smooth One / I Told You So / Put On A Happy Face / Spooky / Roundabout / Never Let Me Go / Room 608 / That Sunday That Summer / A Sinner Kissed An Angel / Relaxin’ At Camarillo / [/half]…
Hey people! Such a long time without a “Bibiel Hears Things” post! It’s been quite a rollercoaster over here in Bibielland. So I thought I’d feature a song I’ve been listening to a lot over this past rollercoaster-y month, from an artist who’s relatively new to me. Swedish musician Esther (Esther Lennstrand) is based in Stockholm, and has been making music for quite a few years now, but it’s only last month that she released her debut LP, “Fragmentality”. It’s the kind of album that Bibiel…
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Hanif Abdurraqib, Andrew Sean Greer, Roxane Gay, and many others. Kathleen Rooney’s novel Man Overboard! is insightful, moving, and funny. Booklist wrote of the book: “Each of Rooney’s enthralling novels are shaped by her astute insights, poetic…
Jack Scott : Baby She's Gone Double CD issued by Castle Music (UK) in 2003.Sessionography For original release and date see Rockin' Country Style or new linkAfter so many years of hard work serving rockabilly fans, Terry Gordon has just passed the RCS torch to Luz Buri. Let's wish Terry a well-deserved rest and a warm welcome to Luz.
