Photo of Matthew Brue and David Butler by Rob Martinez One of my favorite music acts is MISSIO, a hyper-talented and insanely creative duo from Austin, Texas comprised of singer-songwriter, musician and producer Matthew Brue and songwriter/producer and musician David Butler, who record music with the help of their silent partner, producer and frequent collaborator Dwight Baker and drummer Jaydon Bean. I’ve written about them numerous times and have reviewed three of their albums (my review of…
80 years old and killing it.
Trying a new note format inspired by Azan’s Playlists. Here is a playlist of songs that I find really hard to get out of my head once listened to: Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl — Broken Social Scene A Teenager In Love — Dion & The Belmonts Angel Of The Morning — Juice Newton I Only Want To Be With You — Dusty Springfield Such Great Heights — Streetlight Manifesto Just A Girl — No Doubt All Star — Smash Mouth What’s Up? — 4 Non Blondes Listen: On Spotify • On YouTube Music If you have…
My brother, Corey, sent me this video he came across on Facebook. It’s a song with video and images about small town Lena Illinois, the people rallying together, and those who came from other towns to help in the aftermath of the April 17 tornado. Lena is my hometown. I graduated high-school here. I was in Lena that day but headed to Freeport about an hour before the tornado hit (which I shared in Storm Chasing in Reverse?!). I’ve watched the video and listened closely to the words of the song…
Sundry Sunday is our weekly feature of fun gaming culture finds and videos, from across the years and even decades. A comment says, Fludd was their favorite They Might Be Giants album, but that doesn’t quite work; Fludd’s from Super Mario Sunshine, the 3D Mario game after Super Mario 64. Even so, Seanathan S has made quite the recreation. (3 minutes) No vocals, but if you know the song you can recognize the track that’s duplicating the syllables of the singing and sing along with the.…
I love how this song is filled with pantun (Melayu poetic form). Berbolak balik berdolak dalik, lidah bercabangAlways twisting your words, making excuses, speaking with a forked tongue. … Kau memang suka jaga tepi kain orangYou really love to meddle in other people’s business. The post “Temberang” — Mimi Fly appeared first on coriander in pho.
[1961]We all love Del Shannon's debut 1961 seven inch single, the international smash hit Runaway but what about his nasty unhinged third single So Long Baby! It is insane, relentlessly bitter, noisy, bizarre, gleefully spiteful and just brilliant.
The myth that memory is a video recording playing in a private theater in your brain is one of the biggest lies about hypnosis. – Penn & Teller It was very difficult to pick a song with which to send off Moya Brennan, so I finally decided on a live video of one of their early, more traditional songs rather than their more pop-influenced work of the ’80s and ’90s. The links above the video were provided by Anarres Ansible, Shiv Ramdas, Jesse Walker, Radley Balko (x2), and Popehat, in that order.…
I will resume my series on Adam Smith in my next post; in the meantime, check out this wistful track by the Anglo-Australian electronic trio “Mel Blue” from their album Sanctuary Point. Bonus link: here is a review of their song.
We all remember the Blues song, "Too Many Blurzles", from the 1930s. I'll pause while you put your scratchy 78 rpm disc (with an RCA "Bluebird" label) on your Victrola to give it another listen. Be sure to use a fresh stylus!There, now you're ready to view some Blurzles, of which I have (no surprise) too many. But the Blues is all about dealing with life's misfortunes. Let's begin with this scan of a photo looking northward from Town Square; the Wurlitzer store is to our right, I like to go…
Three weeks at number one from 23rd May 1987“If this was video, we could forward all the crap”.When people talk about the indie charts in the eighties, they often think in terms of the press headlines, the dominant idea of alternative music; groups with guitars, to borrow a phrase from a long retired Decca A&R man. While they were often wrapped in a bright mesh of electric guitar based sounds, the listings also weren’t immune from the effects of ever-cheaper technology or club culture, and the…
Aphex Twin – “Korg Funk 5” Kassie Krut – “Racing Man” Kelela – “idea 1” The post Visual Velcro 51 first appeared on Palms Out Sounds.
Had a good Buckdancer’s Choice gig tonight. That’s the band I play bass in. It’s mainly Grateful Dead music, some Southern rock, but as a friend says, we’re a “palatable” version of the Grateful Dead band thing for people who say they like the Grateful Dead but don’t like them too much if you know what I mean. We’ve got mandolin and fiddle, and it’s a great mix. There were ups and downs at first, but I knew this was a band to stick with, and it’s just so worth it, because now it’s just fun.…
In the early 1960s a plethora of great "motion picture theme" albums were released and honestly, it is hard to choose one over the other when comparing them. Ray Ellis and His Orchestra was not as popular as Ray Conniff or Ferrante and Teicher, but he had a large output and recorded equally stellar music. This album, La Dolce Vita and Other Great Motion Picture Themes, dating from 1961, was recorded in Living Stereo (LSP-2410) and features some sensational stereophonic sounds, especially on…
Hell Yeah Recordings’ Marco Gallerani has started a new compilation series where he’ll focus on the output of his favourite artists and in particular their remix work. The first release spotlights Calm, the Japanese DJ / producer that Gallerani commonly refers to as his “senpai” or teacher. Calm is largely associated with “chilled out” sounds, and the bulk of the selections on this volume of “The Art Of Remix” fall into that category. His rework of saxophonist Yuichiro Kato’s soulful Kiss Of…
Album of the Week, April 25, 2026 Peter Gabriel has always been an arty performer. From his earliest days in Genesis he leveraged visual presentation to make a bigger impact (think the fox head on Foxtrot, or the flower costume). And we’ve seen how visuals continued to be important with his solo work all the way up through Peter Gabriel 4 and “Shock the Monkey.” So it comes as no surprise that he was attracted to the art of making movie soundtracks. (He’s said on his on website, “I’ve always…
The Louvin Brothers, “Dying from Home, and Lost.” The harmony on this one really reminds me of my childhood church, which I wrote about here. That album, by the way, is one banger after another.
My current jam is drop dead by Olivia Rodrigo.
It had been a month since my last visit to the National Concert Hall in Dublin, as I have had many distractions recently, so I was pleased to find the time yesterday evening to go again. The walk through Dublin was very pleasant in the fine weather, with lots of people outside the bars and pubs having a drink and enjoying the sunshine. National Symphony Orchestra Ireland was conducted for the occasion by Peter Whelan for a concert of two pieces by Johannes Brahms either side of the Clarinet…
Earlier today, I was reading Robert's response to Olly regarding physical media and the desire to support independent record stores. I've been working on a blog post of my own tackling this exact subject. I have this desire to support local book stores, yet, rarely do I read a physical book. I like the idea of owning the book, but at the end of the day, I usually read before bed, in the dark, and my tablet is a better choice for me. The same goes with physical video games and movies. Sure, they…
Röyksopp Melody A.M. Japan Special EditionGet It At DiscogsChilled-out or downbeat acts swept through the electronic scene during 2001 and 2002, prompting dozens of identikit compilations, all conjuring up images of exhausted clubbers returning home early in the morning and enjoying a cup of tea or a smoke after a hectic night out. And although downtempo electronica had always been largely album-based, most of these trackmasters didn't do much on the full-length front. The Norwegian duo…
Who knew that Tempe Rolling Hills hosted a golf tournament! A Par 3 Tourney with golfers from all over the country, Florida with their actual Gater mascot, we talked with folks from Vegas playing in the tournament! AND, AND, freaking massive stage with an amazing soundsystem of deep bass featuring Phantogram, and a couple of DJs too. We strode around and watched some golfing, had some awesome Asian teriyaki noodles, and enjoyed Phantogram standing 20 people back from the stage. I had so much…
Bette Midler may be 80, but she can still belt out a good number. There are few better (or timelier) than Woody Guthrie’s All You Fascists (Bound to Lose). The lyrics have been updated a little (with permission from Guthrie’s family) and is an exhortation to voters to get to the polls and vote. It’s definitely a toe-tapper and Midler delivers it with her usual gusto. Not only that, it has a stellar supporting cast of backing singers, too. You may be able to spot one or more of the following……
During the intense phase of the pandemic, when Corona was omnipresent, and we crept through supermarkets with masks and counted, previously disinfected shopping carts, hoping to still get pasta or canned tomatoes or even toilet paper – some music was released during that time.Many of these albums, EPs, and singles had something special about them. They were more intense. Often, a sense of despair resonated in the music. Back then, I was particularly moved by "12" by AnnenMayKantereit. The album…
Chances are, you've not heard about PMMP. That's fine - they're a Finnish act operating solely within their domestic borders. In their home country PMMP were one of the defining acts of the first decade of the 2000s, and their reunion concerts the other year were one of the biggest pop culture events of the country. Outside Finland, they may as well be obscure nobodies. One of the many, many reasons why I love writing about music is the chance to tell the world about these acts from my corner…
"Who'll Stop the Rain" by Creedence Clearwater Revival Post one of your favorite songs about rain. - Who'll Stop the Rain by CCR Enjoy this video, where John, playing with his children, tells the story of writing this song. It's based on a true story - performing at Woodstock, in the rain. Silencing John Fogerty for years was one of the worst things the modern music business has ever done.CCR wrote and recorded so many great songs in such a short amount of time and then... nothing. I just feel…
Most weeks, a given Disquiet Junto music community project essentially runs itself. Nearly 15 years into the process, the scenario is set: I post the prompt shortly after midnight, Pacific time, on Thursday, and folks who see it online or receive it via email have until the following Monday at 11:59pm to post a track in response to the prompt. As of this week’s project, we’ve done it 747 times in a row, week after week. The one time a year I have to keep a close watch on things is when we do…
"Doctor My Eyes" by Jackson Browne Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. I found this song in a mastodon post. View Mandaris's Crucial Tracks profile Listen to my Apple Music playlist
Zach from sales – Party next door After a long day at the office synergizing and level-setting, I need to leverage some low-hanging fruit: house music. Per my last post about him, Zach from sales and I are always on the same page. He’s motivated; he always gets the ball rolling, never forgets to circle back, and his music always moves the needle. I don’t have the bandwidth for a bigger brain dump on this, so I’ll put a pin in it there. You can grab this on bandcamp or find it for streaming. You…
