Music I’ve bought in April. I haven’t really bought a lot of stuff… Black and Blue is the only Stones album I really like, so I wondered whether the one that came right after it is any good… And it’s OK, I guess? But far too many pointless blues workouts. You can have hours of fun with the sleeve, though. I got an old Oren Ambarchi album that’s been re-released… And I guess that’s it, really… Slow April after a busy March.
Rich Mullins on where his songs come from:My songs are not particularly inspired. The Scriptures were inspired; my songs are provoked.I love this idea of songs, or any art, being provoked from us. When I encounter the reality of God's grandeur, what is provoked out of me? Songs, poetry... love? I hope for more of all of the above.
One of the best on the label. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Acquired this today and another one when a store in the city had a jazz drop. Arrived 10 minutes before they opened and was first there. Another guy came and it was just the two of us waiting. I told him I was after this Henry Franklin first and foremost and he was eyeing another title. While chatting we realized…
In my previous post I challenged you to come up with ten albums that you think would see you out. Ten CDs (or vinyl) that you have either always listened to, or you think will stay with you for the rest of your days. A collection you would own instead of renting forever. It is only fair that I try the same exercise myself. The trouble is, I already have the CDs because I've been re-acquiring them for the past couple of years. Instead, I've been thinking about dipping my toes into vinyl…
Words: Chris Arnsby Jakki Brambles: “Hello, good evening, and welcome along to Top of the Pops on BBC1 and of course we are live in stereo on Radio 1FM. We’ve got a right good rollocking show for you tonight, it’s a pleasure to be here. Will you welcome our first band of the night, with Sit Down, live on stage on Top of the Pops, it’s James.” [2] JAMES: SIT DOWN. If you haven’t watched it, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWZHPUGPxfo and have a look at the behind the scenes report from the…
Over 200 people Tuesday evening attended a virtual ceremony over Zoom for the third annual Stillwater Awards. I was able to tune in with my dad, thanks to my prison’s video-visit technology. (Pops pulled up the ceremony on a second device and aimed me in its direction.) As the screen filled up with faces of … Continue reading "Bless the shovels and brushes that bring light to buried voices"
The obligatory weekly Forkalyst band Polaroid.
Best Record of 2001: Day 29 Good morning! Today we’re taking a look at Fugazi’s The Argument and it faces off against Word of Mouf by Ludacris. Note: As many of you saw, I recently wrote about a Best Record of 2001 challenge and noted that I’d be writing some of these up. The plan is to do quick hits on each first-round matchup and post them directly to the page. Some will be longer, some won’t, and some might just be a handful of sentences. There’ll probably be a few typos. We’ll also have a…
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - Fox Theater, Oakland, California, April 18, 2026Gillian Welch and David Rawlings took their Dead set on the road over the past several weeks — and by my reckoning, it was amazing. Even better than I expected, and my expectations were high! These shows were a perfect synthesis of the Welch / Rawlings sound and the Dead repertoire, performances that felt joyous and celebratory without just being total nostalgia trips. Gillian and David (with bassist Paul Kowert in…
i can't ever cut my nails right: countless accidental scratches if only i could keep my knives half as sharp sharper than my mind sharper than my tongue i ain't no yoga master: every year, toes get further they tell you to breathe pompous know-it-alls! i will eat breakfast for supper and sleep on the couch if i wanna. eng // nunca me corto bien las uñas: rasguños accidentales sin fin si tan solo pudiera mantener mis cuchillos igual de afilados más afilados que mi mente más afilados que mi…
What actually went on during Tim Buckley's long-lost and surprisingly numerous BBC television and radio appearances?
Thursday Pressing Concerns! New albums from Above Me, Cape Crush, and Golden Tiles! A new EP from No Peeling! Check out the Monday post (TV Star, Urq, Dipper Grande, and Lupo Citta) if you missed it! Also check out the Tuesday post (Big Bluestem, Softjaw, Loto, and Shapes Like People) if you missed it! If you’re looking for more new music, you can visit the site directory to see what else we’ve written about lately. If you’d like to support Rosy Overdrive, you can share this (or another) post,…
Ollie Pierre Quintet - Rockin' Boogie March (Anjac 102)Label out of Albuquerque (New Mexico)Year unknownNo further info
Hollie used to sing with the New Slits; she was part of Ari's musical collective, and lived the surreal onstage fun of that band with a hundred percent commitment. It was wonderful to hear her own music being played by Riley and Coe on their BBC6 show, and I bought her vinyl album straight away.Alas, her next gig was in the deep south of London- buses and unreliable train services from the cold north meant that it looked like a dodgy journey and I didn't go. How wonderful to see her at the Jazz…
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…
Ke$ha – “We R Who We R” Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, "Round and Round" Rangers – “Golden Triangles”Rangers - “Deerfield Village” Die Antwoord, "Jou Ma Se Poes In 'n Fishpaste Jar" Far East Family, "Like A G6" Ariel Pink, “Menopause Man” Vampire Weekend, "Diplomat's Son" Oneohtrix Point Never, "Preyouandi" Ariel Pink, “Can’t See My Eyes” Metronomy “The Look” Lil Wayne featuring Nicki Minaj, "Knockout" Dev, “In the Dark” Vampire Weekend – “Giving up the Gun” Maria Minerva, “A Little Lonely”…
It's unlike me to dedicate a whole piece about someone else, but I think I had to. Papa has always loved music. Since I was a little boy, I've always seen Papa in the night, opening either B4U Music or Hungama Music and just whistling along to the songs endlessly. Hindi, Kannada, Illayaraja, you name it. He loves Rajkumar's Ninna Kangala and Amar Prem's whole playlist. As though in a trance, he loses himself. The routine is always the same. He returns home, mom admonishes him for coming late.…
Yesterday I read a Bandcamp article about 'the best field recordings on Bandcamp, April 2026'. I didn't know what would hit me. This album is attributed to No Artist because Laurent Güdel didn’t record it, he only discovered it. The Swiss sound artist ordered four digital recorders from Shenzhen, China and found that one of them already held 18 hours of recordings. Someone, it seems, had pressed “record” before shipping the machine, leaving it to run until the batteries died. The result is an…
[1964]Another rockin' pop tune with an unhinged quality. It threatens to go full mayhem but somehow its reigned in. Joe Meek does all sorts of tricks to make this insane and electrifying.Number One baby!
I’m a non-stop twiddler. Weaving through traffic, speeding down the ramps, cruising through the city, I’ve got one hand on the wheel and the other tapping through the radio dials. Sure, I swing by for traffic and weather, but then I’m off — checking if the host is back on my main station, cruising by the backups to see what’s playing, or even stopping in for a couple innings of the ball game. Once in a while I end up on a station I don’t visit very often just as the opening notes are kicking in…
Paraphrasing the Soul Sonic Force and sorting through today`s releases for tunes that could have graced Alfie & Leo’s Amnesia dance-floor… Trevor Dale / Summer 88 / Mono Horizon Amsterdam imprint Mono Horizon have put together a 4 track EP, rescued from the archives of London-based producer Trevor Dale. Everything dates back to the early / mid 1990s. Two of the tunes were released under the alias Torrington Foe, and these are harder, more techno, but Smiling and, in particular, Summer 88 are…
Adventure lies in the eye of the beholder. Named for obvious reasons, ‘The Flea’ is our tiny trailer camper. With a multitude of excuses she has been hibernating undercover for a long time now. Today she was reanimated.Cleaned up, aired up, and spruced up, ready for adventure.Because a) it has been way too long, and b) who knows how much longer I will be able to perform the required getting dressed inside yoga poses and the middle of the night gymnastic flip-and-pivot out the tiny flea door to…
The graffiti/tag-style Post-it additions to hip-hop albums at Amoeba Records here in San Francisco do not disappoint
Back before streaming when torrents were all the rage, there were so many bands I found through the odd song that popped up on Limewire during other searches, or were mentioned on MySpace or that I heard on a mix tape that I would have been a big fan of had I been able to explore them further. I had a limited amount of money for buying CDs and so I couldn’t afford to drop money on an album from every one of the bands that I came across this way that piqued my interest. Don’t get me wrong, I…
I’ve put together a slightly-but-not-really eclectic edition of The List today. It features some Vehlinggo stalwarts, along with a wild collab, some horror bliss, a song that isn’t exactly new but about which I haven’t yet written, and some chest-thumping on my part. In other words, a pretty typical The List. To be fair, the chest-thumping is because my wife and I just saw a fantastic The Midnight set at Brooklyn Paramount and it reminded me that I’ve been covering some of these marquee artists…
AUTHOR RICH CROSS is the guest on the latest edition of the always unmissable Punk Rock Creatives podcast. Host Marie Repulsive discusses with Rich the history of Poison Girls, the new PM Press book on the band, and the new seven-CD retrospective boxset Persons Unknown: The Complete Recorded History. Their conversation ranges wide – taking in the challenges of being a writer and historian; pitching a book to a publisher like PM Press; teenage punk rock life in Exeter; the ebb and flow of…
Listening to a 1970 Love bootleg at the Fillmore West, that Paul of Albums That Should Exist cleaned up. It’s the seventies, so Arthur Lee is heavier, more Hendrix influenced than the insurmountable “Forever Changes”. The show is pretty great. 🎵
I was talking to my mom, and she wanted some examples of the kind of music that I am trying to make. To do this, I wanted to pull together three example albums for her to listen to. It's worth noting that the ambient and experimental genres are huge. Just check out The Best Experimental Music on Bandcamp, April 2026 or The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, March 2026. Each of the albums are pretty different. Some commonalities, but in general very unique. All of this to say, I picked three things…
And the hits just keep coming, but not the good kind of hits – more the body blow sort. Proving that shoegazers disbanding isn’t a phenomenon restricted to Japan, one of the bright new lights of the shoegaze scene – London’s Whitelands – abruptly announced their dissolution yesterday, effective immediately. Beyond the band’s statement, there’s […] The post Whitelands – “Setting Sun” appeared first on Space Echo.
