Being a team player and going to farm-aid this w/e, only because it means I get to spend a whole day with my SO. But, dag gum….that line-up is my kryptonite. I’ve taken to calling this particular threesome “the barbiturate”, “the paralytic”, and “the potassium chloride”. #cosomusic #notafan

🎧 Cleo Sol, "Heaven". No wordy assessment necessary. The album title speaks for itself. This may be one of the most perfect Saturday night records I have ever heard, but you should listen to it....now.

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https://songwhip.com/cleo-sol/heaven2023

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Starting out a #newmusicfriday with new albums from The Beaches and Cleo Sol.

🎧 Catatonia, "International Velvet". In 1997, conditions were perfect for Catatonia to make a great album. WB was ready to drop them, they arrived at Glasto to find they'd been cancelled, Cerys Matthews and Mark Roberts broke up, and her drinking was out of control. Say what you will about Rumours and Shoot Out the Lights, but this is one of the best break up/fuck you albums ever made. It's angry, spiteful, beautiful, and unapologetically Welsh.

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https://songwhip.com/catatonia/international-velvet

🎧 Nemegata, "Hycha Wy". Combining cumbia, bullerengue, gaita music, with traditional Columbian songs and psych-rock, this trio creates a cinematic and hallucinogenic sound. Bass and percussion create polyrhythmic floors for the guitars and synths to dance on. David Fricke said the band fuses "shamanistic pulse, cumbia-via-New Order, garage blues minimalism, and Bay Area- ‘60s psychedelia as if the were all native tongues.”

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https://songwhip.com/nemegata/hycha-wy

It's now time for my favorite weekly activity. Poring thru the weekly releases, hundreds of them, looking for some new bands and music. I fucking love this. #cosomusic

🎧 Fleetwood Mac, “Rumours (Live)”. Archival release from Mac’s magic summer of 77, flying high on the success of Rumours and Peru’s finest, the 70s cocainiest band sounds like they are jamming in Tony Montana’s home office. Stevie is so high its premature self-parody. I dont know what the fuck is happening in Gold Dust Woman but I’ve heard it better at karaoke. Christine’s songs are the highlight. But what do I know? I spent that entire summer listening to KISS’ Love Gun.

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The Friday morning playlist is set:
-Olivia Rodrigo, "GUTS"
-Black Market Brass, "Hox"
-Coach Party, "Killjoy"
-DAIISTAR, "Good Time"

🎧 YES, "Relayer". Is it their most confounding record? Probably. Does it showcase everything that punk hated about prog? Check. It seems so directionless at times, yet it is their most challenging record. Patrick Moraz' only album with the band puts their jazz-rock chops to the test. It's delicate and violent all at once. By the time you suss out one meter, another one takes its place. "The pen won't stay the demon's wings".

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https://songwhip.com/yes/relayer1974

Pearla, "Oh Glistening Onion, The Nighttime Is Coming". I am far from an expert on or even a big fan of alt-country, but I remember when I first heard Jenny Lewis' "Rabbit Fur Coat" album and thinking that I wanted more of that. This album mines a very similar territory. Musically, it's a bit more laid back .Nicole Rodriguez' infuses her countrified music with lyrics drawn from her Brooklyn NY experiences. It's a beautiful merge of life and music.

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https://songwhip.com/pearla/oh-glistening-onion-the-nighttime-is-coming

#podcasting #cosomusic
EP21 of the LETS PLAY TEN podcast has dropped! 10 killer new indie rock tracks for your dining and dancing pleasure, and a discussion about how a lot of new bands are abandoning conventional promotional tools and just getting on with the business of making music and playing shows. You can check out LPT on any streaming service or at https://40ficreations.com/letsplayten. Thanks in advance for listening!

🎧 Broken Record, "Noting Moves Me". What can I say, I'm a sucker for power-pop/pop-punk. Denver's Broken Record, a band I discovered about 30 minutes ago, satisfies my emo jones. Lauren Beecher infuses just the right amount of angst to make the songs earnest. Almost every song is a bounce-inducing sing-along. I MIGHT be getting too old for this music! Picked it up for Bandcamp friday - you can too. Pay what you want.

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https://brokenrecord.bandcamp.com/album/nothing-moves-me

🎧 The Future Kings of England, "The Viewing Point". Highly. recommended if you like 1968-1972 Pink Floyd, very early Genesis, and the general "space-rock" of the era. 'Nuff said.

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🎧 Girl In A Coma, "Both Before I'm Gone". First album (2007) from the San Antonio trio. Incorporating punk, riot grrrl, indie rock, bits of tejano, and the Smiths, GIAC never shied away from their influences. Nina Diaz' lyrics and vocals define the word "beguiling". The punk influenced rhythm section of Jenn Alva and Phanie Diaz gave the songs a punch you want to feel repeatedly. They later formed the band FEA (equally great). This album never gets too loud for me.

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Let me join the chorus and say that today is indeed a "Bandcamp Friday". Bandcamp is basically a gigantic open tent record store. Artists can upload their albums and sell them or give them away. And there is an editorial staff that makes suggestions, offers reviews, and creates guides by genre. You can listen to anything you want as many times as you want. On Bandcamp Fridays, BC waives its fees and all sales go to the artists. Lots of good stuff there. https://bandcamp.com/

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🎧 Etta James, "Rocks the House". Incendiary 1963 set, recorded at Nashville's New Era Club (demolished some years later). Backed by a pounding 5 piece band, James is in command - her raw vocals and vamping stirring up a very amped up audience. From powerful blues to feral r&b, EJ OWNS the crowd and makes every song (all but one a cover) her own. The "two-mics in the center of the room" recording technique puts you right there. Don't spill your drink.

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https://songwhip.com/etta-james/rocksthehouse

🎧 Oingo Boingo, "BOI-NGO". It's Labor Day w/e '87. I am staying up all night, high AF, watching the Jerry Lewis MDA telethon. As I start to drift off, this amazing song starts coming out the TV. I could only open my eyes and ears long enough to hear "YOU'RE MINE/BUT YOU'RE NOT MY SLAVE". I slept for 10 hours. Woke up, went to my favorite record store, told them my story, and they handed me this album. God bless The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo!

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https://songwhip.com/oingo-boingo/boi-ngo

🎧 Adia Victoria, "Silences". When I heard AV's "A Southern Gothic" LP, it felt like opening a door to a very dark, swampy new musical world. I was hypnotized by that record. This is her previous release, recorded with The National's Aaron Dressner. AV had shifted her approach to lean into a more layered sound, with electronics and strings moving in on the guitars and bass. Nobody could have seen "A Southern Gothic" coming unless they had spent a few nights with this album.
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🎧 Gram Parsons, "Grevious Angel". Mike Nesmith aside, I am not the biggest fan of this genre (Country Rock or "Cosmic American Music"). It's impossible not to appreciate what GP brought to the table. When he was lucid enough to actually create something it was almost always good. The seeds he planted with Flying Burrito Bros and The Byrds sprouted in full on this record. Emmylou Harris' harmonies are superb and the song selection was near perfect.

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🎧 Hum, "You'd Prefer An Astronaut". 1990's alt-rock's "lost masterpiece". The guitars are crunchy as hell, and the Cadillac-shilling "Stars" notwithstanding this is just a fantastic indie-rock record. The going gets great in the second half, with Matt Talbot's subdued vocals doing everything I wish Billy Corgan would have done. Volume up, heads down.

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