Been bumpin back & froth between Neko Case playing ”Full On“ live for KEXP & Lydia Loveless playing the Millennium Park summer concert series. The draw to alt Americana has been atypically strong here for a minute. The live sets bring the personality of the artist forward in ways the ‘shuffle artist’ just doesn’t 🤩
Apr 12, 2024
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Love & Rockets, cuz I’m old and they jam in some weird unforgettable jams. jungle law, teardrop collector. The album is a must.
“I don't know what color your eyes are, baby
But your hair is long and brown 🎤”
Lydia Loveless, savior of cowpunk. the lingerie cowboy. They are an indestructible machine. “can’t change me”, it just is.
“🎼 Because if people knew, they would call me a fool
I wish they knew it was true: Jesus was a wino, too”
Alejandro Escovedo. If he’s in town, we go. He reminds me off an old story Kiss tell about getting started. At 73 Alejandro will still tear the roof off an empty room. And the full ones are abuzz in adrenaline that keeps the 20-something to 80-something crowd he draws on their feet. He’s the old school punk rock rolled in smart Americana Rock ‘n Roll. He’s an embodiment of Austin City Limits magic ❤️
“I was drunk, I was down, I was wandering around my bed… I calLEd out your name… 🎶”
Metric. The art of doubt. “I’m so rich, everything is free.” 🎵 I love Canadian rockers - they know how to skewer bullshite and this is one of many in their now lengthy catalog that plays electric rock as loud as your punk-kid-soul needs it to go. When I blow the speakers on the family van my wife is gunna be pissed but, what can I say. I can’t put the good speakers in the house 🤣 When the generally more subtle, and way more analog, Cowboy Junkies & Neko Case need a shake-up this is one of the Metric Albums that gets a spin.
Aug 9, 2024
I’ve been so obsessed recently. Here are my top song recs, in no particular order, with my favorite lyrical line:
-Born to Hum (“I tickled your ear and I laughed in your face”)
-The Taste of You (“Just a kiss in the morning, don’t want no guarantees”)
-Beautiful - I Guess (“we’re such a lovely mess, hearts lave left a wreck”)
-Proof (“love survives, hearts defy, we are proof”)
-Sugar in a Pie (“caught in the worst of weather is a lovely pleasure with you”)
-Summer School (“and the whole world stopped on that july night, and i prayed for the first time outloud in 17 years of life”)
theres much more to discover on your own time. And also worth noting QUEER and also FEMINIST and also SUPER POLITICALLY ACTIVE and also like super cool? They’ve performed with my other fave artists like Anais Mitchell, Ani DiFranco, Andrew Bird, Ben Sollee, Joan Baez, Lake Street Dive and The Mountain Goats?!?
Basically Erin is fucking awesome.
3d ago
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angel olsen - big time
she’s coming to portland soon so i must prepare my mind
blondshell - docket (feat. bully)
blondshell and bully on the same song are you kidding me? what the heck?
june henry - anthems for a seventeen year-old girl
i didnt even know broken social scene was a thing
petey - i tried to draw a straight line
everything is fake
everything is fake
everything is fake
kimya dawson - viva la persistence
a simple dissertation on a complex situation
Aug 30, 2024
Top Recs from @whim8y
Love & Rockets, cuz I’m old and they jam in some weird unforgettable jams. jungle law, teardrop collector. The album is a must.
“I don't know what color your eyes are, baby
But your hair is long and brown 🎤”
Lydia Loveless, savior of cowpunk. the lingerie cowboy. They are an indestructible machine. “can’t change me”, it just is.
“🎼 Because if people knew, they would call me a fool
I wish they knew it was true: Jesus was a wino, too”
Alejandro Escovedo. If he’s in town, we go. He reminds me off an old story Kiss tell about getting started. At 73 Alejandro will still tear the roof off an empty room. And the full ones are abuzz in adrenaline that keeps the 20-something to 80-something crowd he draws on their feet. He’s the old school punk rock rolled in smart Americana Rock ‘n Roll. He’s an embodiment of Austin City Limits magic ❤️
“I was drunk, I was down, I was wandering around my bed… I calLEd out your name… 🎶”
Metric. The art of doubt. “I’m so rich, everything is free.” 🎵 I love Canadian rockers - they know how to skewer bullshite and this is one of many in their now lengthy catalog that plays electric rock as loud as your punk-kid-soul needs it to go. When I blow the speakers on the family van my wife is gunna be pissed but, what can I say. I can’t put the good speakers in the house 🤣 When the generally more subtle, and way more analog, Cowboy Junkies & Neko Case need a shake-up this is one of the Metric Albums that gets a spin.
Aug 9, 2024