MP Cavalier
- My Music 🎼
- https://mpcav.bandcamp.com/album/gps
- My Hobbies
- Comics, Home Recording
- I play 🎸
- Bass and Guitar
Husband. Father. Music Addict. Co-Host of the "Let's Play Ten" podcast.
"What are you listening to today?"
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Joined Apr 2022
🎧 Belly, "King". How strange when our webs tangle. I was watching Rick and Morty during my quarantine and they used Seal My Fate at the end of the especially dark Rixty Minutes episode. I was so out of the Belly loop I didn't even know they had put out a reunion album a few years ago. I always loved King.
If you think you finally found the perfect light, I hope it's true
🎧 Earth Wind and Fire, "That's The Way of the World". In honor of drummer Fred White who we lost yesterday. Opening with what would become an iconic (and overused) funk hit, this album was the soundtrack to a film about the music business. As a stand alone record, this is pretty amazing stuff, with EWF progressing their grooves further to the center of the dance floor. Rest in peace, Mr. White.
https://songwhip.com/earth-wind-and-fire/thats-the-way-of-the-world
🎧 Liela Moss, "Who The Power". Back to work and back to music. Moss has a new album dropping in a few weeks. This is her 2020 release. I'm picking up hints of Metric, Kate Bush, and Tori Amos here - which is all good.
🎧 Hedwig and The Angry Inch, Original Soundtrack. Actually we are watching the movie. My wife and I have seen two versions of the musical, one with the original Hedwig, John Cameron Mitchell. Whether the story is your cup of vermouth or not, Steve Trask’s songs are epic and beautiful mini-rock operas, each one a stand alone story. Put them together and its one of the best rock soundtracks of all time.
🎧 Dada, “Puzzle”. These guys were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Due to the omnipresence of “heavier” LA bands and the onslaught from Seattle, Dada had a hard time cutting through with their complex song-craft and laser sharp harmonies. Michael Gurley should have been a 90s guitar hero, his chord shaping and blistering solos IMO blew almost all of his contemporaries away. Great lyrics and super tight rhythms too.
🎧 Ranier Maria, “A Better Version Of Me”. On the list of bands I stupidly ignored when they were active, Ranier Maria is near the top. And to add insult to injury they were a NYC band doing gigs while I was still living there. Oh well at least I have the albums. For me, its their balance of grace and chaos, Caithlin De Marrais‘ sincere quaver and the music’s dynamic leaps and dives. This and the follow up “Long Knives Drawn” are essential recordings.
🎧 Melt Yourself Down, "Pray For Me I Don't Fit In". Pete Wareham's afrobeat/funk/punk/jazz amalgam reaches critical mass on this release. It's a sing-along rave for your living room. Dance your pants off, Nauties.
https://songwhip.com/melt-yourself-down/pray-for-me-i-dont-fit-in
🎧 King Hannah, "Tell Me Your Mind and I'll Tell You Mine". If you can imagine a more broody and gloomy Mazzy Star, with microdoses of Americana, you've gotten pretty close to King Hannah's sound. From the claustrophobic to the cinematic, this duo covers a lot of dramatic ground, and aren't averse to the occasional guitar solo. Good stuff.
https://songwhip.com/kinghannah/tell-me-your-mind-and-ill-tell-you-mine
Morning Nauties! A new episode of my podcast "Lets Play Ten" is available for your earholes. It's our year end wrap up, featuring deep tracks from our favorite releases of '22. Plus, me and Ben from @40Ficreations wax nostalgic about mixtapes (remember them?). Great music and conversation, and you can get it at all the podcast places or at https://www.40ficreations.com/letsplayten
And if you hear something you dig, please support the artists. If you like it, buy it!
🎧 The Clash, “London Calling”. Released 43 yrs ago today, and its bringing back some big waves of memory. I was still finding my musical self in Dec 79. The Wall had just come out but I couldn’t get into it. Then, the “record store guy” handed me this album. It was like “I think you’re ready for The Clash now”. This record helped me find a lot of new friends in junior high and a lot of new music too. And after 43 years, damn does it sound good.
A few weeks back many Nauties were posting #7BandsToKnowMeBy and I just couldn't get it done. After some deep thought and quiet contemplation, I thought of this. Apologies in advance.
-Creedence Clearwater Revival
-The Eagles
-Guns n' Roses
-Van Morrison
-The White Stripes/Jack White
-George Thorogood
-KORN
If you ever want me to leave a room, here you go.
🎧 Fishbone, "The Reality Of My Surroundings". How can it be 30+ years since this record came out? Fresh off a tour and with Miles Davis alumnus John Bigham in tow, Fishbone was ready for their moment. I remember seeing them on SNL doing "Sunless Saturday" and thinking they were the future. A month later this record came out (I bought it the same day as Temple of the Dog) and went back the next day and bought their previous two records.
https://songwhip.com/fishbone/the-reality-of-my-surroundings
TFW you think NOBODY listens to the same obscure music you do and you end up finding your people on #COSO. #cosomusic
🎧 Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken, "The Death Defying Unicorn". My 10am mtg got canceled so I fired up this very-proggy 84 min opus. It's got everything the prog nerd would want, the bombast, the majesty, the solos, the forays into jazz, its all there wrapped in a Viking sailor concept. So get your horned helmets on and rock on.
🎧 The Beatles, "The Decca Tapes". In honor of John, I decided to get WAAAAY back! The first official recording of "The Beatles", made on Jan 1 1962, as they auditioned for Decca Records, who famously passed saying "guitar groups were on their way out". They ran through an unprecedented 15-song set, recorded by a hungover producer named Mike Smith. If you want to hear what a Beatles live set sounded like before the screaming started, this is a good place to start.
#cosomusic
Dec 8, 1980. As a 14YO Beatlemaniac, I was so excited to have new music from John Lennon. He sounded happy and settled and his new music was drifting from WNEW-FM multiple times a day. He said at the time "weren't the 70s a drag? Hopefully the 80s will be better". Here was a grounded 70s radical, celebrating his life, his marriage, and his son with some his most fully realized music. Later that day I cut school and found myself at the Dakota.
🎧 Wilco, "A Ghost Is Born". This was the end of the line for me and Wilco. Every album they have released since this masterpiece has fallen flat for me. I had hoped they would continue moving in this more experimental direction for at least one more record, but no dice. I get lost in this record whenever I spin it. IMO it's their most musically adventurous and complex record, but gets lost in the tall shadow of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
🎧 "Stax-Volt: The Complete Singles 1959-1968, Volume 1". Stax founder Jim Stewart passed yesterday at 92. His influence and accomplishment can not be captured in a simple post. His contributions, not just to music, but to race relations during a tenuous time in a southern city, will hopefully be celebrated into eternity. Thank you Mr. Stewart.
https://songwhip.com/various-artists/stax-volt-the-complete-singles-1959-1968
🎧 Steely Dan, "Sony Studios/Jan 28-29 2000". Recorded in early 2000 during the Two Against Nature era, the rejuvenated Dan and a crack band navigate some of the new stuff and a dream set list of older songs. I recorded this off the PBS broadcast direct to high speed VHS (audio only) and then burned to CD. HMU if you want to add this to your collection. Track list in next post.
🎧 The Dear Hunter, "The Color Spectrum". God bless Casey Crescenzo. TDH is one of the deepest, most interesting hard rock/prog projects out there, on par with Coheed. This album is a compilation of 9 thematic EPs comprising 4 songs for each of the spectrum plus black and white. These are very digestible songs (no side long epics), but at 2 1/2 hrs it's a little much in a single sitting. If you're feeling adventurous...
https://songwhip.com/the-dear-hunter/the-color-spectrum-the-complete-collection
MP Cavalier
- My Music 🎼
- https://mpcav.bandcamp.com/album/gps
- My Hobbies
- Comics, Home Recording
- I play 🎸
- Bass and Guitar
Husband. Father. Music Addict. Co-Host of the "Let's Play Ten" podcast.
"What are you listening to today?"
https://help.counter.social/en/latest/index.html
Joined Apr 2022