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Buck Curran: WFMU ‘The Frow Show’ Live Session (Feat. Jodi Pedrali) : Listen
Buck Curran: WFMU 'The Frow Show' Live Session (Feat. Jodi Pedrali) by Obsolete Recordings Bergamo-based guitarist Buck Curran and keyboardist Jodi Pedrali created this mostly-improvisational recording for Jesse Jarnow’s “The Frow Show” on WFMU. Buck’s 2020 record No Love is Sorrow and Morning Haikus, Afternoon Ragas have both been heavily in my rotation the last few months, both albums sensitive and intimate, slightly melancholy, and always atmospheric. It’s exciting to hear him go electric and let it ride with this live record. Get it on Bandcamp here.
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Trevor Beld Jimenez – Everybody, It’s Christmas
It’s difficult for everyone this year to muster up the holiday spirit. Fortunately for us all, Trevor Beld Jimenez, who just released his solo debut last month, is back, releasing more Christmas magic to bring good cheer and tidings to all with this special Christmas song, “Everybody, It’s Christmas.” If you’re having a blue Christmas, bundle up, fix yourself some hot cocoa, and let Trevor’s latest lift your spirits. Trevor shares how he found some joy this season after all. I was having a bit of a Charlie Brown moment due to the year and the season and everything that’s…
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Chasing Rainbows – I Don’t Wanna (Go To Bed Tonight) : Listen
Chasing Rainbows is a Dutch/American band. Their album Until We’re There came out earlier this year on Drink Me. Born of decades of international friendship, their latest album is a festive reunion of the friends who worked on their first album, recorded at the same studio, a dive into nostalgia and a celebration of community. Get the album on Bandcamp. Video by Martha Colburn and Pat O’Neill
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Aaron Lee Tasjan – Computer of Love
One of my favorite modern rockers announced a new record, Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! out February 5th on New West. I love ALT’s cinematic writing and recording style, his lyrics that speak directly to experiences of my own, and his big-hearted persona. “Computer of my Love” is the third single, a comical yet poignant commentary on the dangers of existing as disconnected social media avatars. Says Tasjan, “Social media and our phones put an emotional barrier between all of us. It’s a surf anthem and I’m talking internet.” TTT is one of my most-anticipated records of the 2021. You can pre-order it…
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Mojohand – Easy Daisy
New Jersey cosmic Americana soul-rockers Mojohand have released a new song today, again featuring that celestial steel playing from Dan Horne! These guys can certainly jam but I’m loving all these slower grooves they’re busting out lately. Really shows their influence of Beachwood Sparks, a band we both love. This is also the first song they’ve released written by keyboardist Ian Darcy, who says the track is an ode to seizing the day. Snag “Easy Daisy” and the rest of Mojohand’s great catalog on Bandcamp!
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Greg Loiacono : Seed
Wow this song is a MOOD. I love this Greg – that edge, grit, and angst! This is the sound and the vibe that made so many young audiences fall head first for the Mother Hips 30 years ago. Greg relays a sentiment we can all relate to, “We don’t have a choice about being born. But we are expected to live certain ways. Parents who create us, school teachers who mold us, societies in general rely on a person to live in particular ways that jibe with cultural norms. And we just get thrown into it without a say…
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Dirt Reynolds – The Day David Duke Came to Destrehan
Dirt Reynolds is the alter-ego of Louisiana native and East Nashville resident Chris Watts. As a young man, he was stabbed in a barfight and a judge told him to join the military. So he did. Then during Hurricane Katrina, he was shot in the Superdome while serving in the National Guard, he went back to college, and began educating himself about political science and re-examining the values he was raised with. His new album, Scalawag is a reflection on southern culture, in all its beauty and its horror. On October 7, 1974, Destrehan High (now Harry M. Hurst Middle…
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Sounds from the Bardo Vol. I : Experience!
This is not a song – this is a psychedelic experience. Last time we talked to Prana Crafter, he was writing his PhD dissertation on psychic communication in music. Makes perfect sense that he’d partner with the “misfit seekers” that make up Psychedelic Sangha, an NYC-based collective that offers peer-supported psychedelic experimentation, and hosts soundbaths, guided meditation, and spiritual arts programming. “Sounds from the Bardo” is a new album-based series of immersive journeys produced by Psychedelic Sangha. Each ‘transmission’ is a unique sensory adventure featuring ~ 1 hour of guided meditation, exclusive music and accompanying video light show. Prana Crafter…
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Olivia + Harrison – The Shadow : Listen
I met Harrison Flynn in 2017 standing in line at Amoeba in LA, waiting to get our copies of Barefoot in the Head signed by Chris Robinson and Neal Casal. If I recall correctly, I think we talked a lot about Sweetheart of the Rodeo maybe, the Dead, the usual suspects. I tried to get him to start a band with me actually but luckily, he held out to work with people who shared talent of his caliber. Harrison’s playing blew me away on this track, and Olivia’s fantastic vocals are a magnificent compliment. Looking forward to a bright future…
