Does anyone still use Last.fm? I just (re)discovered that I’ve had an account since 2007. Old profile photo to match.

Abronia - Shapes UnravelI know I’m not alone in lamenting the fact that we only got one Heron Oblivion LP (plus a killer live album). But if you’re on the hunt for some similarly styled, truly electrifying neo-britfolk, look no further than Abronia’s latest LP Shapes Unravel. The Portland, OR-based six-piece features tightly wound guitar interplay, a galloping rhythm section and the strident vocals of Keelin Mayer, not to mention the wild card addition of pedal steel-er Rick “The Far Sound” P...

The XX played their first gig together in 8 years in Mexico City this weekend. They are awesome and this is long overdue. (previously)

Best of 2001 Day 11: Ted Leo vs. Converge Cover art courtesy of Lookout! Records. Good morning! Today we’re taking a quick look at Ted Leo’s The Tyranny of Distance as it takes on Jane Doe by Converge. Note: As many of you saw, I recently wrote about a Best Record of 2001 challenge and […]

On 4 June 2023, I finally saw Depeche Mode live! I was was with Christina and Kyan (Anya couldn’t make it because of her exams) and we were in Düsseldorf in Germany with our German friends. Here are photos we took of this unique memory. On that day, Peter Gordeno had three keyboards in front […]

I’m creating some jukebox playlists. Two songs per artist (okay George Jones gets six). If possible, the actual a and b sides go on the playlist (not critical). 200 songs per playlist. I’ve been noodling on stealing this idea ever since Kurt posted it.

Bandcamp Spotify Apple Music Tidal Deezer Amazon Music YouTube Music An album of silly songs for kids (and grownups who like silly things!) I wrote these songs to make my kids laugh and dance. I hope they make you laugh and dance too :) All songs written, performed and produced by Simon Panrucker.

One of the things that makes records special are the backstories behind them. I don’t mean the songs or albums themselves (though those are often great). I mean *our* stories with them. How we found the record. What was happening in our lives when we first heard them? Maybe it soundtracked an awkward junior high […]

This week’s theme: The first recordings of Miles Davis and John Coltrane together. Featured artists are Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and [...] The post Podcast: Miles and Trane, Early Days first appeared on jazzcollector.com.

It’s taken years, more than a decade, for me to write this post. I’ve been enjoying Downy Mildew’s records for such a long time, it is time now. What made me write about them was that I’ve been reading the book “Miracles and Wonders: A Meandering, Cacophonous Concordance of The Jazz Butcher Songbook” by the […]

I don’t feel like I’m a thought-leader when it comes to capo placement but people keep asking me about it. Time to nail my colours to the mast.

Dexter Gordon’s Go was an early favorite of mine probably as much because of its striking album cover (featuring Jackson Burke’s Trade Gothic Extended) as Dexter Gordon’s compelling hard bop sax easily complemented by Sonny Clark’s piano, Butch Warren on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums.  I got to thinking about this album this week,… Read More →

Hey there! This is the March 2026 playlist, featuring a bunch of great music I’ve been enjoying recently (mostly from the last month or so). Miserable chillers, Sluice, Timeout Room, and It’s All You, Cowboy have two songs apiece on this playlist. True Green has four. We’ll be back on Thursday! Here is where youContinue reading "New Playlist: March 2026"

Emo music is full of references to car crashes. When you’ve listened to enough of this type of music or watched enough videos of emo songs, it can become apparent how recurrent this theme is in the genre, similar to the theme of ‘getting out of this small town’, ambulances, or hospitals. Examples of tracks… The post Emo’s Obsession With Car Crashes appeared first on Sam Woolfe.

Bandcamp / Spotify / Apple Music / Tidal / Deezer / Amazon Music / YouTube Music An album of silly songs for kids (and grownups who like silly things!) I wrote these songs to make my kids laugh and dance. I hope they make you laugh and dance too :)

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. ▰ Part of the fun of the new Jeff Parker ETA IVtet track, “Like […]

You’ve got to understand your limitations. It’s your limitations that make you the wonderful disaster you most probably are. – Nick Cave Remix Sunday 173 Zipped Up. (98mb zip) pw: palmsout wev – “watchyaback!” (OSSX Remix) Drake – “Nokia” (SpydaT.E.K Planet Rock Remix) Million Stylez – “Miss Fatty” (VIENCA Edit) Pixies vs. Two Shell (& […] The post Remix sunday 173 first appeared on Palms Out Sounds.

A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not. 1️⃣ “Badlands” by Mumford & Sons & Gracie Abrams 2️⃣ “Easier Gone” by Jason Aldean & Brittany Aldean 3️⃣ “Grace Kelly” by Piper.Ally 4️⃣ “Forever Start (Stripped)” by Ryan Nealon & Jillian Rossi 5️⃣ “FTS” by The Summer Set & Travie McCoy 6️⃣ “Opalite” by Taylor Swift 7️⃣ “Angels Like You” by Miley Cyrus 🔗 Take a Chance Thanks for reading 7 Things. If you enjoyed these links or...

Polka-dotted extraterrestrials with prehensile toes and monster groove have come to save humankind with virtuoso looped microtonal rock in compound time signatures.Look, based on that description, I wouldn't have given this the time of day myself either, but there's a reason these maniacs have become an absolute phenomenon.Gentle readers, Angine de Poitrine.Absolutely read the comments. As much of a treat as the band.Like a lot of things that have arrived from space, their initial point of i...

I mentioned last year about the mixtapes my brother used to make. Well, just the other week, my mom mentioned that she still had a bunch of her tapes and that my brother’s mixtapes might be in amongst them and sure enough, I found the very tape that I remember most. Named aptly, A Whole Bunch of Good Songs Vol 2. I wasn’t entirely sure when my brother put together this tape but given that no song seems to have been made after 1982, I’d say I have my answer. I would’ve listened to this tap...