🎧 Various Artists, "The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968" (Disc 4). What better way to kick off a "new music Friday" than with music older than I am? I remember getting this 9-disc box as a gift when it first came out and losing myself in it for weeks. What an amazing chronicle of R&B/Soul music. Rufus, Otis, Booker T, Sam & Dave, Carla et al. A great Friday soundtrack.

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https://songwhip.com/various-artists/stax-volt-the-complete-singles-1959-1968

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Independent artists on small labels or self-releasing rely on merch and music sales to keep themselves going. Today is a #bandcamp friday which means that BC waives its service fees for artists and 100% of sales go directly to the artist. Most digital dls are $2-$10 and most bands have merch for sale too (get some new tshirts!!).

Get yourself some new music at https://bandcamp.com/

I have some suggestions!

Hey do y’all know @ZelenaHull? Songwriter and singer. Z puts out new songs at an incredible pace. She’s on streaming and bandcamp. Check her profile and support a very hard working and dedicated young artist. #cosomusic #autismawareness

🎧 Echolyn, "Cowboy Poems Free". For those not familiar don't let the title fool you. Echolyn is/was a neo-prog band from PA. This is prog without the neck breaking histrionics, you can actually put this stuff on the house system and nobody is gonna say "what the hell...?". Great vocal harmonies over digestible art rock, baked into songs about everyday life outside of the bustle of cities. Masterfully performed and expertly produced. Dive deep.

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https://songwhip.com/echolyn/cowboy-poems-free

🎧 Clutch, "Sunrise on Slaughter Beach". One of the most durable and dependable bands in rock. Molten riffs and some of the hairiest vocals on the planet. Volume up, head down, pedal to the floor.

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https://songwhip.com/clutch/sunrise-on-slaughter-beach

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Hey all you hep cats. Tomorrow IS Bandcamp Friday - all sales go to the artists as BC waives their service fee for the day. Go gitchyerself some new music!

🎧 Dream Theater Playlist 1 (90 mins.)

I think as I get older, I am losing interest in most prog. I don't have time for a 9 minute song. DT was a go-to band for me for many many years until it all started to sound the same. Every once in a while I need to spin them back up, because, damn, those guys can play. If even just for the flash factor, there are few better bands.

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🎧 John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy, "Evenings at the Village Gate". Recorded in 1961, as JC and ED were starting to take shit from the "community" about their new music being "anti-jazz". The recording was discovered at the NY Public Library in 2017. It sounds pretty damned good too, a very much "you are there" quality. JC and ED are inventing new notes on their respective instruments, with the quartet in full boil. A valuable historic jazz document.

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https://songwhip.com/john-coltrane/evenings-at-the-village-gate-john-coltrane-with-eric-dolphy

🎧 U.S. Girls, "In A Poem Unlimited". Super smart and razor sharp progressive art pop from Toronto-based Meghan Remy. I love her arrangements, and her production is stellar.

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https://songwhip.com/us-girls/inapoemunlimited

This past week saw an explosion of amazing new music - from all over the place and in all genres. Something about the last week of July - but it was abundant. Check your streaming playlists and new release sources - there's a treasure trove waiting for you. #cosomusic

This guy has been a MAJOR influence on me. I would walk out of a RUSH concert and lament about what a shit musician I was and tell my mates "i'm going home to burn my gear now." Ged's approach to everything impacted me as a player and as a band member. I learned how manage bass and keys by studying him, he taught me the "impossible" was possible. Thanks Ged, and Happy 70th (July 29) #cosomusic

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There’s a new episode of my indie music podcast “Lets Play Ten” available for your earholes. Me and the super-smooth Ben discuss the “Mile of Music” festival (Appleton, WI Aug 3-6). As always we have ten brand new tracks from some incredible bands. Please check us out and if you hear something you dig, go support the artists with a music or merch purchase. You can listen and subscribe at any streaming svc or at https://40ficreations.com/letsplayten. Click that button, hipsters!

🎧 Elvis Presley, “From Elvis in Memphis”. Recorded at American Sound in 1969 as Elvis was still riding the wave of his comeback special. Supposedly his last great LP (one of the handful). The Memphis Boys provide some great backing music as The King rediscovers his studio mojo. Even in unfamiliar surroundings, when he was on he was really on.

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https://songwhip.com/elvis-presley/from-elvis-in-memphis

🎧 Today's listens:
Santana, "Caravanserai"
Sir Chloe, "I Am The Dog"
Midnight Oil, "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"
King Crimson, "Live In Chicago"

New singles from:
Shefu "Thumb"
The Beaches, "Me and Me"
Pacifica, "Premature Rejection"
Illuminati Hotties, "Truck"
Roger Waters, "Money"

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If this version of "Money" is an indication of what Roger Waters "redux" of Dark Side of the Moon is going to sound like, that's a hard pass from this die hard Pink Floyd fan. It sounds like he's trying to destroy the myth of one of the greatest albums ever made. This isn't a redux, it's a re-don't.

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https://open.spotify.com/album/6SbkzrYwHnwg4Agc4PFkct

Today seems like a good day to finally confess that I am not really keen on Foo Fighters.
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Finished "Daisy Jones and the Six" last night. Thank goodness that's over. It was, like the book, a phenomenally flawed love triangle story wrapped in a terribly executed take on the Fleetwood Mac/70s Rock myth. Having brought it to TV, the producers had to create songs and they failed catastrophically. The lyrics are clunky and forced, and feel like they were knocked out ten minutes before deadline. It's laughable how bad it is. #cosotv #cosomusic

FM stations used to use the "less talk more rock" tagline. So we tried it on the new episode of the Lets Play Ten podcast. We squeezed twice the music into the same 2 hour period and we are so psyched for folks to hear all this fresh indie rock and roll. Its one of our more diverse playlists so there is something for everyone. Check it out and if you hear something you dig, please support the artists with a music or merch purchase. Thanks to all!

https://40ficreations.com/letsplayten

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🎧 The Cordial Sins, "Only Human". 2017 debut from OH band. I'm not really a "shoegaze" guy, most of those bands sound the same to me. Cordial Sins have "something" that keeps me engaged. When they go full on 'gaze I have to leap for the "next" button, but most of their songs are pretty far afield from that genre. Liz Fisher has a really clear and airy voice, and there's a good amount of rock and roll going on here. New album is damned good too.

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https://songwhip.com/thecordialsins/only-human

🎧 Margaret Glaspy, "Emotions and Math." She has a new album coming out in August - but this 2016 self-produced debut is a great intro. An excellent alt-rock record from a woefully underrated and under-exposed artist. The guitars are a little dirty, enough that you can't compare this album to her earlier singer-songwriter EPs.

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https://songwhip.com/margaret-glaspy/emotions-and-math2016