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A Cosmic Roundtable Pizza: Scott Hirsch, Bobby Lee & Joe-Harvey Whyte in conversation
Last week, Joe-Harvey Whyte and Bobby Lee released their phenomenal futurustic time capsule of a record, Last Ride, on Curation Records. Tomorrow, Scott Hirsch releases Lost Padre, a textural exploration of a man’s existential crisis, on his own Echo Magic Records. The lads got together to play a show in Topanga and our friend Roberto Johnson was kind enough to interview them and facilitate a conversation. The FOMO I had…
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Joe Bourdet – “Illinois”
Our good friend Joe Bourdet is releasing a Meadow Rock rendition of Dan Fogelberg’s “Illinois” today. Illinois by Joe Bourdet Joe says “I have a mischievious friend, who for years when he went digging through the LP stacks at Amoeba Music in Hollywood would collect all of the Dan Fogelberg records he came across, and, at the end of his search, would stealthily place the dozens of Fogelberg LPs all…
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Swimming Bell – Somnia
Somnia by Swimming Bell Today, Katie Schottland aka Swimming Bell releases her latest EP, Somnia on Perpetual Doom. Her lovely voice lulls the listener, as promised by the title, and the entire record feels like “Song to the Siren,” even sight and pen name unseen. Lush pedal steel understatedly adds depth to the dreamlike synth scales on the opening track, “Meet My Shadow,” Schottland’s voice stirs like the tide. The…
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Jerry David DeCicca – Cardiac Country
Cardiac Country by Jerry David DeCicca Today, living folk legend Jerry David DeCicca releases Cardiac Country, perhaps his finest and most meaningful work yet, which is saying a lot considering his large body of solo albums and work with Black Swans. Jerry tells his story much better than I ever could, included below. In the face of a health scare, 90% written before his awareness of said issue but perhaps…
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Quiet Cowboy – Ambient
AMBIENT by Quiet Cowboy Today, Boise/NYC duo Ron Raymond and Michael Chacon, known together as Quiet Cowboy, release Ambient, a four-track EP that “joins the gritty street of New York City to the pristine wilderness of the Boise Mountains in Idaho. It’s very much of the genre, it checks all the boxes – it’s achingly gorgeous, it’s acoustic guitar, it’s pedal steel, we’re never getting sick of it, we can’t…
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Will Stratton – Points of Origin
Points Of Origin by Will Stratton I received this record in early December, the record came out this Friday, and I immediately opened my editor because I was immediately floored. Some of this was written then, some now, because so much has changed. First of all, this album has everything I love – a concept, fictional characters in a real universe, California, mentions of AQI (wildfire is a main theme…
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Heat Manager – “Palm Springs”
Heat Manager, the new project from members of High Times, Tiger High, and the Echo Friendly, blends California folk with east coast wit with “Palm Springs,” the debut single from the upcoming Relaxed American LP, out 3/14 on their American Grapefruit imprint. The song about feeling disillusioned at Coachella back when indie rock still made some money is all too relatable on several levels, with unpretentious vocals and even more…
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Albums of the Year 2024
I had to, right? I can’t belive some of these were released this year, it’s been a long one. I know we’re quiet here but we still love music and we still love you. somesurprises – Perseids Perseids by somesurprises Setting – At Eulogy at Eulogy by Setting marucoporoporo – Conceive the Sea Conceive the Sea by marucoporoporo Hataałii — Waiting For A Sign Waiting For A Sign by Hataałii…
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John Calvin Abney – Shortwaving
Shortwaving by John Calvin Abney A year or so ago, I saw Lizzie No perform at Pappy and Harriet’s, and she was incredible, as expected, but her band was especially a delight – Nelson Williams on standup bass and John Calvin Abney shredding the guitar, adding so much depth and heart to Lizzie’s wonderful folk magic. I’ve since familiarized myself with many of Abney’s more ambient releases, so when he…
