🎧 King Crimson, "Three of a Perfect Pair". Meetings are over for the day and now back to the music. Just an absolute monster of a record and what was supposed to be Robert Fripp's second final word on KC. This is the work of a group that already knew the end was nigh and played with such controlled recklessness you had to wonder if they were putting you on. The entire second side is a seminar on post-rock experimentalism. I love it. #Cosomusic #MPNP

🎧 The Tubes, "Young and Rich". Top five bands I wish I'd been old enough to see live when they were a thing. Wrapped inside the kooky stage show and the cultural references were some serious musical chops. Fee Waybill had zero vocal range, but the instrumentalists were all major players. Long live The Tubes! #Cosomusic #MPNP

🎧 Maggie Gently, "Peppermint". Another example of a band recommending another band. I got this via the singer of the band Biitchseat. Maggie is based in SanFran. Her songs toggle between emo, pop, and power pop. There are some big, sweeping emotions on this one. Always thrilled to discover another "new-to-me" artist. #Cosomusic #MPNP

🎧 Metric, "Fantasies". I was talking with the band J Graves the other day (they are amazing btw) and they mentioned Metric as an influence. I remember where I was when I first heard the song "Gimme Sympathy" ("Who would you rather be/The Beatles or The Rolling Stones" is a great hook). So I dialed up this 2009 album to start the day. #cosomusic

Good friends of mine run a streaming radio station that serves the Indiana music community. I finally talked them into doing a “non-local” show and they asked me to sit in. We may play a lot of very cool indie music or we may get drunk and eat burgers. It will be entertaining either way. Links and info in the photo. #cosomusic

🎧 Danielle Ponder, "The Only Way Out". This gets 5 "Holy Cows". 🐄 🐄 🐄 🐄 🐄 What a voice! #Cosomusic #MPNP

🎧 The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968 (Vol. 7). You can start anywhere randomly in this massive 9 volume 200+ song set and feel your soul being enlightened (and your other parts, too). #Cosomusic #MPNP

🎧 Summerbruise, "The View Never Changes". Indy had a pretty good music scene for a while. It's completely de-evolved now. But a couple of really good bands remain. Summerbruise is one. I don't like to "genre-fy" music. There are two genres IMHO, "good" and "shit". Summerbruise is a good band. And they've been doing what they do for a long time - fun, thoughtful, smart rock songs, maybe "emo" but don't let that deter you. This new release is well worth 24 of your minutes. #Cosomusic #MPNP

🎧 New singles from CUSP and Pinkshift. CUSP (Chicago) lay out a sweet blueprint for indie rock, it's smart and a little witty. Big churning guitars and good melodies. Pinkshift (Baltimore) is basically the gold standard for punk-pop right now. Lead singer Ashrita Kumar is the quintessential angry Gen-Z front person. As the kids say, the songs are bangers. #Cosomusic #cosopunk #MPNP

🎧 S.G. Goodman, “Teeth Marks”. Music this good defies hyperbole but I’ll give it the old college try. Rockified Alt-Country (or vice versa) with a social and cultural conscience. An album that seems inhabited by ghosts This may be the next step in the evolution of whatever genre this is. Hickman, KY should just go ahead and put up her statue now. And that voice is just….damn…. #cosomusic #MPNP

🎧 Horsegirl, “Versions of Modern Performance”. Man I needed new music today. Three TEENAGERS from Chicago, blending a little shoegaze and a little 90s PNW alt-rock into this simmering goulash of a debut album. If “Option 8” doesn’t get your head bobbing, turn in your badge. Long awaited and well worth it. #cosomusic #MPNP

🎧 MC5, “Kick Out The Jams”. One of a handful of critically acclaimed albums that I just don’t get at all. I get WHY it appeals to critics, its primal garage rock. But its too…immature for my ears. The drums are sloppy, the guitars are out of tune, it sounds like they’re playing together for the first time, pre-soaked in beer and skunk weed. Again, I get why they were the darlings of critics. And I appreciate the many bands that formed in their wake. Godfathers of punk, indeed. #cosomusic #MPNP

🎧 Current listen: Miles Davis, "Live-Evil". I've spent many hours trying to figure this record out. Loose live jam sessions cut together and interpolated with studio recordings by a completely different band. It's early 70's Miles at his....Miles-est. Stellar players and nothing is left on the table. #Cosomusic #Cosojazz @MPNP

🎧 Current listen: Stars, “From Capelton Hill”. 🇨🇦 A little bit more introspective, but no less energetic and the melodies are flying. “Build a Fire” would fit neatly on any dance floor. “Palmistry” and “Pretenders” open the record in full motion. Give it a spin. #Cosomusic #MPNP

🎧 Current Listen: Danielle Ponder, "The Only Way Out". New single from former Rochester public defender. We have enough lawyers. We don't have enough Danielle Ponders. What a voice. Counting the weeks to her album drop in September. #cosomusic #MPNP

🎧 Current listen: HAAi, "Baby We're Ascending". It's Friday night (for a lot of people), let's wash off this horrific week, head into the woods, maybe ingest a little "alteration", and rave. I'll bring the glo-stix. #cosomusic #MPNP

🎧 Current listen: Biitchseat, "Float". New album from Cleveland indie rock mainstays. A little "poppier" and polished than previous releases, but still heads down charging guitars and great melodies. #Cosomusic #MPNP #Cosoindie

Thursdays after 11pm. This is when I start to get nerd level excited because the Friday new music is about to drop. I have a routine where I go through all of my online sources at midnight and get my friday new album playlist together. Does anybody else do this with music, books, shoes, anything? Cant be just me. Right? #Cosomusic

🎧 Current listen: Yes, “Going For The One”. IMHO this is Alan White’s finest hour with Yes. From the straight ahead rock rhythms of the title track, to the power drumming of “Parallels” to the complex 11/8 time of “Awaken”, he carried this record on his back. Rest in peace, Alan. And thank you. #Cosomusic #MPNP

🎧 Current Listen: Sweet Pill, "Where The Heart Is". From the exploding Philly emo/punk/pop scene, so many vibes on this record. This might be my new favorite album (today). #Cosomusic #MPNP #Cosoindie