Peggy Gou is an enigma. A worldwide sensation of pulsing rhythm and vibe. Her first long player is out now and it's truly amazing. I Hear You brings with a certain mood the evokes all the watercolors of the CLUB.
Example...
For the last several months, I've been listening to the debut LP by Lamplight, the musical project of one Ian Hatcher-Williams of Roanoke, Virginia. It has sunken in and taken a deep hold on me with its sheer beauty and artistry. He gets me to places where I didn't even know I had places!
Title track...
London's own Bess Atwell has a lovely new record out called Light Sleeper. The track (see below) that is really hitting me in the heart strings is "The Weeping." It's everything indie folk music should be.
Pond's latest offering is quite a trip. The Perth Peeps have really outdone themselves on Stung!, exploring a multitude of genres that range from pure pop to just plain avant garde.
Opening track...reminds me of The Style Council!!
Lake Street Dive is the kind of band I dream about. They bring me right back to AM Radio and the late 1970s, early 1980s with that amazing feeling of wonder at music. Their latest record is called Good Together and it opens with the title track...
Moby is an enigma. Truly, a gifted artist who creates soundscapes that expand the mind in the most wonderful of ways. His latest is called Always Centered At Night and its title perfectly fits its mood and style. It seeps you in slowly...
Opening track...
The smooth sounds of Jose James' 1978 is sending my nostalgia into overdrive these days. What a perfectly warm summer record. The NYC singer is sending lovers everywhere on moonlit walks...
Lenny Kravitz is an American treasure. His latest record, Blue Electric Light, demonstrates this fact with the full force of category five hurricane. The album opens with this slinky number...
Pearl Jam is back with yet another fantastic record to add to their lexicon of Americana melancholy and truth. Dark Matter isn't for the feint of heart. The lads from Seattle let us all know that life is indeed a challenge.
Opening track...
Carly Pearce is really hitting me in the right spot these days with her latest record. Hummingbird is what country music should be in 2024. All the right words, the perfect vibe, and whole lot of heartache!
Opening track...
Holy crap do I heart the new record by The Decemberists. As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again is simply gorgeous. The style variety is broad and merrily intriguing. I mean, this track, actually made me stand up and sway my hips...
Buffalo Tom are back with a whole bunch of great indie rock and alt country songs. Yea, baby! The Boston lads latest is called Jump Rope and it's their first full length record in six years. My mid-90s self is so so happy!
One of my faves...
Pokey LaFarge is the pure embodiment of Americana. His music digs deep into the manifest destiny that is the United States. It's as if a time warp opened up and LaFarge spilled out from the American Century. Of course, it all makes sense because his origin point is at the heart of the Midwest, St Louis, Missouri by way of Bloomington, Illinois!
His latest record is called Rhumba Country. The album opens with a mover and a shaker...
The chill vibe of the latest offering from Eels is suiting me just fine on this Sunday evening. Eels Time! is shining example of why this Los Angeles outfit is so cool.
Here is one of my faves...
Athens, Georgia's own Of Montreal is back with Lady On The Cusp, a ten song collection of indie rock wonder. My favorite track is "Rude Girl On Rotation" because, even as a 57 year old man, I feel that way sometimes.
I love music that is current yet makes me feel nostalgic for another time. That's how I feel when I listen to Pop and Circumstance by Lunchbox. The Oakland psych garage outfit gives me all those mid 1960's feels.
Opening track...
La Luz is back with a wonderful new record called News Of The Universe. The Seattle outfit has turned in their best record yet, a piece of work that runs the gamut of alternative, indie, psych pop and lounge.
The journey begins...