If you have ever wondered what popular music sounds like in Kyrgyzstan, then look no further. This track is called КЫРГЫЗСТАН, which is written in Kyrgyz and means – yes, you’ve guessed it – Kyrgyzstan. It is sung by Amirchik, the stage name of Amirkhan Batabayev, a singer from the country who became immensely popular through TikTok and later with his hit song "Эта любовь" ("This Love"). He was born near Bishkek in 2003 and has gained fans across Central Asia and parts of Southeast Asia.…

You may or may not know I have a weekly program Sunday nights 5-7p Eastern on Inhailer.com. Below are my playlists for this past month. Its Her Factory Radio August 2 2026 Boy Harsher – Hard Beat NIN – Shadow...

The first week of classes is always a hectic time and doesn’t always afford much time for good listening. That said, I did make some time to enjoy Duke Ellington’s concert from 1940 in Fargo’s Crystal ballroom. This is famously the first recording of Ben Webster with Ellington’s band and his breathy, smooth tenor saxophone appears in abundance. While I find some pre-war recordings more interesting as an archival documents than exciting listens (which may say more about my appreciation for jazz…

Hey, folks. You may have noticed that, due to the blog being on hiatus, Rosy Overdrive didn’t get a July 2026 playlist up. I didn’t forget about that month, though! In fact, this month’s playlist is actually a two-for-one, covering both July and August. Because of that, it’s a longer-than-normal one, and because of that, some of these blurbs are quite short. But we’re still getting back on track here! Artists with multiple songs on here: Cheekface (3), Little Gold (3), Upper Wilds (2), William…

The Dolly Parton song that means the most to you. When I was 16 I joined the local Hospital Radio team (Hospital Radio Lennox). We broadcast every evening, and at the weekends. It was an eye opener in terms of exposure to the hospital environment —I will not hear a bad word about nurses from anyone!— and in my growing enthusiasm for music. We had a variety of shows and whilst the bulk of my first year or so was spent on the request shows —where we’d wander the wards and gather requests and…

On Sundays I try to at least quickly note some of my favorite listening from the week prior — things I would later regret having not written about in more depth, so better to share here briefly than not at all. ▰ Apparently the Fire and Water Quintet, led by jazz pianist Myra Melford, originated as a project inspired by Cy Twombly, and the late artist remains the group’s source of orientation. Their new album, Sure Grand Out, is their third outing, and this track is my (current) favorite on it.…

I’ve seen so many tributes and beautiful things said about Dolly Parton this week. If we stop and think about it, the best way we can honor her memory is by embodying her beautiful presence in the way we treat others. It’s simple, we honor the humanity is all.

Issued in Germany in 1992, The Outflung Net is a rare six-LP box whose very lack of a conventional catalog number suits its elusive character. The title comes from Norman Maclean’s A River Runs Through It, where a fly cast spreads so widely that it seems to have “a center wherever you look.” That image is an ideal emblem for this gathering of ECM New Series recordings. Arvo Pärt may supply its spiritual center, but every disc becomes a center in turn, each extending a line toward Bach,…

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 24th July 2026 Progressive death metallers Sallow Moth have created a fascinating science fiction world for their twisted and dissonant death metal over the past few years, with last year’s ‘Mossbane Lantern’ being particularly effective at creating something very evocative. Enter ‘Hydrophilous Brood’, set in an alternate dimension where new hybrid organisms are born after passing through the mossbane lantern of the last record, retaining a thematic conduit…

Attempting to recreate the golden yesterdays of Jose Padilla’s White Isle sunsets with the tunes of today… John Beltran / Soft Rain / Music For Dreams The second teaser from John Beltran’s forthcoming album, “Sunrise And The life We Live”, is titled “Soft Rain”. Beginning with beats that tumble in complex patterns, appearing to pay tribute to Rhythim Is Rhythim’s epic “Icon”, keys then send in string-like stabs, that gradually shape a romantic melody. The track’s focus, though, is a…

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 3rd July 1996 1996 would be a bit of a final swansong for death metal’s most successive early period, but it did not go out with a whimper and instead would provide many of the genre’s enduring classics, even if we did not realise it at the time. Top of that pile, arguably, was the second record from Montreal’s most ferocious death metal entity, Cryptopsy. ‘None So Vile’ is a record that has more than stood the test of time, and is regularly mentioned in…

Many of you know how much I love the Walter Martin Radio Hour. I’ve been listening (and subscribing) to it almost since the beginning, and it’s been a constant source of pleasure and indeed joy for me. His enthusiasm is certainly contagious, but the real value here is the depth of his musical knowledge and the sheer number of tracks that he has exposed me to that I would not have known about otherwise. (Here I think especially of his recent three-hour playlist of Jamaican pop music from the…

Blue Note’s most consistent organist since Jimmy Smith pairs with guitar and vibe greats. [row-start] [half] [/half] [half] Personnel Big John Patton (organ), Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone), Grant Green (guitar), Otis Finch (drums) Recorded on December 11, 1965 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Released as BST 84239 in 1965 Track listing Side A: Let ‘Em Roll / Lacona / The Shadow Of Your Smile / Side B: The Turnaround / Jakey / One Step Ahead [/half] [row-end] Lif is a string of…

Photo of Lyia and Cha Cha Girl taken from her Facefook account “Raging Halls” by Malaysian singer-songwriter extraordinaire Lyia Meta remains atop my chart for a second week, while American singer-songwriter Noah Kahan moves into second place with “Doors”. Entering the top 10 is “no more regrets” by San Diego, California-based indie pop band almost monday. There are three new additions to my chart this week, starting with “Loser” by Australian act Tame Impala, the music project of…

Queen of All Ears

What song makes you feel like you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be? I am, right now, sitting on the sofa. My best friend, the person who sees me, who gets me, is on the chair. Our son is playing on the floor. When I’m away from them, as I was on Thursday night, I miss them terribly. I am supposed to be here. “Such Great Heights” by The Postal Service Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Listen to Gordon McLean's Apple Music playlist View original post on…

One week at number one on 14th May 1988Bill Drummond once argued that anybody could have a number one in 1988, and it felt as if he had a point. There have been few moments in music business history where non-musicians could grab the top spot without the benefit of a major label strategy or a team of stylists behind them, but 1988 was an exception. Perhaps the punk rock dream had finally been realised. Except that none of the freakiest of these freak number ones, often released on indie labels,…

I was listening to Katharsis again recently and passed by their short split release with Antaeus, released in 2009 and right before the end of the band’s glorious journey in black metal. It was out in February that year, a few months prior to the amazing final EP, Fourth Reich, when the curtains dropped for one of the genre’s most hard-hitting entities at the time. A lot has already been

I haven't written about a record in a while. It hasn't been for a lack of listening but more likely a lack of enthusiasm for the albums I've heard so far (here's looking at you Wolf Alice; the new Phoebe Bridgers is slowly growing on me, though...stay tuned).Anyway, I'm finally motivated - this 2026 full length debut (they have a couple of EPs under their belts) by Manchester, UK foursome Westside Cowboy did the trick. If you've ever wondered what the genre indie rock truly sounds like and how…

"Fell In Love With a Boy" by Joss Stone Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Share a song you discovered via another artist's song (cover, sample, featured artist, etc) For me, I think Jose Stone is one of those artists that should have more success. She has a wonderful voice that I don’t hear enough of on the radio. View Mandaris's Crucial Tracks profile Listen to my Apple Music playlist

Released in Germany as a promotional anthology, ECM New Series Collection 1995 gathers 26 passages from a fertile landscape. Eleni Karaindrou’s Ulysses’ Gaze (ECM New Series 1570) lays out a path of travel before us with two themes whose cinematic origin loosens into a larger psychic terrain. Kim Kashkashian’s viola draws the personal through the political until both seem filaments of one buried nerve. Mourning gathers speed and reveals dance inside its dark clothing, while instrumental…

August is the deadest month.And somehow, even though you've been here so many times before, you're never prepared for the way that each week feels deader than the one before. Until finally it's the last week of August and it's like Time's clock has stopped. . . .Hang on a minuteI have a powerful sensation of deja vu. A sicky suspicion that I wrote exactly these

A new shrine page dedicated to one of my favorite groups!

Like Many of you I´ve heard of the passing of three icons, Dolly Parto, Tim Crry and Peter Cullen. Here´s To Them.

Andy & The Gigolos (Vocal Vic Holveck) - Bop Diddle Widdle (direct link)Holveck-Andy Ercole, Vince Rago Publishing BMI) Dandy RecordsD-10011959Address (from the label of Dandy A-10)isBox 2571 Wilmington, Delaware Record listed at Rockin' Country StyleLed by Andrew "Andy" Ercole, Jr, The Gigolos were Victor Holveck, Joseph F. IrelandJohn Cirillo, Ronald Burcham and Ronald Dickerson.I've never heard their previous record issued in 1958 on Universal, another Vince Rago-owned label also from…

Cast Magic HourGet It At DiscogsMagic Hour's songwriting rises way above 1997's Mother Nature Calls, especially on tracks such as "Alien" and "Chasing the Day." But it's "Beat Mama's effusive pop flow and well-suited guitar and vocal partnership that gave Cast a Top Ten hit in the U.K., brandishing a firm, streamlined sound in the same vein as Paul Weller, but only to a certain extent. John Power, the La's former bass player, is extremely sharp throughout, giving "Dreamer" and "Company Man"…

Hey people! When I was thinking about a “Bibiel Hears Things” piece to feature today, I was hit by a realisation that I really want to feature something by Mary Lattimore. So – that’s what I’m doing! And I decided on a piece from her aptly titled album “Collected Pieces”, from which I’ve already shared one piece before – “Wawa by the Ocean”, which at this point is one of my favourite compositions of hers as it’s grown on me even further since featuring it. Can’t even tell you why exactly, but…

The American indie-pop band half•alive ( h•a to their friends) are not a band that you just simply listen to. You really must watch them as well. The video for their new EP (people still make them? Yay!) is a point in case. The songs are Billions, The Wolf and The Wonder. I was afraid that the sound on my device was malfunctioning to begin with, because the visuals of four office workers didn’t quite match up with the “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” intro, but we segue elegantly into the…