🎧 Billy Cobham, "Spectrum". If Billy Cobham was standing in an empty room with his hands in his pockets just silently "thinking" about music, he would have my full attention. With Jan Hammer, Tommy Bolin, and Lee Sklar on board, this 1973 release was one of the best records in the first wave of fusion. #cosomusic #MPNP

🎧 Casper Skulls, "Knows No Kindness". 2021 release from Toronto-based indie-rock quartet. Great night-time road trip listening. They just put out a new single which has some major Neko Case vibes.

https://casperskulls.bandcamp.com/album/knows-no-kindness

#cosomusic #MPNP

Ornaments complete. #christmas

Is this the gen z official song of christmas?

Ready for ornamenting. #christmas

My dearest Meredith,
It is eerily quiet here in Walmartown. The kind of quiet a man grows to fear, as it feels like a foreboding, not like a peace. As we made our way through, we came to the source of all that is evil….your Grandma’s candy dish.

Yes, we too have rituals. “The Last Waltz” #cosomusic

🎧 Mourn, "Self Worth". Just enough time to squeeze this one in before an afternoon meeting. High energy indie rock/punk from Barcelona. Air-tight songs and blistering lyrics. Put that in your mug and drink it. #cosomusic #MPNP

Okay #coffeewar people...lets see those mugs!

🎧 Sleater-Kinney, "Dig Me Out". First album with Janet Weiss on drums. It goes by so fast like one of those hot sweaty gigs in a low-ceiling basement club. Just want the band to keep playing. #cosomusic #MPNP

🎧 The Beastie Boys, "Paul's Boutique". This was the BB album that made music snobs like myself take notice of what these guys were doing. People I greatly respected back then were talking about this album a LOT. Aside from being a control room rat's dream, this is just a damned fun listen. It also pays tribute to a shit-ton of music that came before it. God bless The Beasties. #cosomusic #MPNP

🎧 The Beatles, "The Beatles". It's the 54th anny for The White Album. I'm a Beatles fanatic, and this is probably my least favorite proper album. It's too disjointed, they were too distracted, and there's too much filler. So I'm starting the day with my version, "The Whyter Album". Track listing in next post. #cosomusic #MPNP #Beatles

🎧 PJ Harvey, "Dry". With just an overdriven bass and her majestic voice, Polly Jean Harvey's debut album saunters into your speakers and establishes her as a force even before the guitars and drums swoop in. For all of her latter day re-inventions, those first few PJH albums stand together as her raw punk manifesto. #cosomusic #MPNP

🎧 SG Goodman, "Teeth Marks". This is one of those artists that seems to be on the cusp of mainstream success - just needs the right hipster doofus radio station to play that one song. But, like Danielle Ponder and a handful of others, I am both looking forward to and dreading the day this artist breaks through. This is top notch alt-country/americana. Get it. #cosomusic #MPNP

🎧 Pilotdrift, "Water Sphere". Sole release (2005) from this Texas band probably better known for the who signed them (Tim DeLaughter) than for this very ambitious album. It's experimental, space rock, pomp-rock, psychedelic, folk and jazz. Somehow they pulled it together into a cohesive record that recalls early Floyd, Queen, and Flaming Lips. #cosomusic #MPNP

🎧 Doris Duke, "I'm A Loser". Released in 1971 on the Canyon label, this masterwork of soul/r&b songs never found its rightful place in the genre's canon because it was lost to obscurity for decades. It was re-mastered some years ago and sounds amazing. With songs written by Gary "US" Bonds and performed by the Capricorn Studios house band, this is as good as any iconic release from the era in any genre. #cosomusic #MPNP

My favorite hotel in Cincy. Yes. It’s Bootsy Collins wallpaper.

🎧 First Aid Kit, "Palomino". With their mastery of alt-Americana, it's easy to forget that this band is from Sweden. The new album sees the Söderberg sisters layering a bit of the pop sheen their homeland is so known for over their signature sound. Not so much shades of ABBA, but certainly light strokes. The acoustic guitars still reign supreme, but the harmonies seem bigger and brighter. #cosomusic #MPNP

🎧 Echolyn, "As The World". Building on their early Genesis/Gentle Giant prog model, this was the album that was supposed to make them a neo-prog household name. But their new label offered no support and dropped them. Needless say, as with most prog, the musicianship here is top form, complex (but short) songs, highly conceptual lyrics, YES-like harmonies, neck-breaking time changes. It's all there. There isn't a bad Echolyn record. For the unfamiliar, this is a good start. #cosomusic #MPNP

5 bananas for Gippy!! Happy Birthday COSO and thanks to J for…well….everything. #happybirthdaycoso