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19d •
Fav Band You Can't See live
What's a favorite band that you weren't able to see live? There has to be some rules on this one, so here we go: - You must have been able to see them at some point, but didn't, for whatever reason - There's no likely way for you to see them live in the future, for whatever reason For me, there was a chance I could have seen Concrete Blonde play in New Mexico, but I only found out about the concert the day before, and there was no way I would have been able to make it up to the show never mind getting tickets. Also for me, there's bands I thought I'd never see which I've now seen four or five times, and bands that felt like they were right there which I never caught.
0 likes • 8d
@Andrew Martin Neds Atomic Dustbin is a big fav of mine!
23d •
Opening Tracks
I've had some conversations recently with local musicians about one of my favorite topics, song sequencing on albums. I love an album with a well-thought-out sequence of tracks, and especially if it's a concept album of some sort. Seattle's Dining Dead ticks all those boxes for me on the stunning release from earlier this year, Is This a House? The opening track, Overture, is perfection. The way it leads into Against The Wall, and the whole flow of the album, is an absolute work of art. Start here, but please, please listen to the whole album, straight through. "All the angels are dreaming of me," indeed.
1 like • 19d
When I have time, I love to go through the KEXP rotation that gets put out every week. When a band sounds interesting, I'll search for it, and if they've got a bandcamp presence I'll pop open a tab to listen to the album, LP, EP, or whatever. What's interesting, and something I've debated with myself, is whether to start listening from the start of the album, or to start listening from the song the artist sets as the song to play (this is not always the same track). While I'm *all in* on listening to albums start to finish, I've found myself more likely to dig into an artist when I trust them with regards to what track to hear first. I am born and bred an album listener - but on that first listen... And then of course, there are first listens I've had where the album sequence was everything I loved about it. I have a hard time separating my personal experience hearing an album from any other way it could have been. I don't think I'd second guess what came out. Am I going to like a good band less because they put track 2 before track 4? If I like them, I like them. If they think it works, it works. I suppose that's what makes it a good topic. :)
21d •
Let's Active coming to streaming
I'm sure there has to be a few other Mitch Easter and Let's Active fans in here. The entire IRS catalog of Let's Active albums is coming to streaming finally, next Friday 11/28. I am giddy to be able to have this all on demand on Apple Music at last!
1 like • 19d
I don't think I've heard Let's Active before - looking forward to hearing more, based on this track!
Nov 9 •
New Music Friday
Friday the 7th was a strong day for new albums. The new Hatchie album bowled me over. Like a long lost Sundays album that could have been released between Blind and Static & Silence. Lovely new ones from Midlake, Stella Donnelly and Westerman. I was also pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the new White Lies album, anthemic without being bombastic.
2 likes • Nov 9
I put the Hatchie album on this morning, and yeah, it's great.
Nov 9 •
What is your week's obsession? (8 Nov '25 Edition)
What tracks (or albums!) can you not escape from - for whatever reason - this past week? What needs to be on repeat, what finds it's way in your head in the morning when you wake up? What are you obsessed with that you think might be someone else's obsession one day? This week, I've been obsessed - OBSESSED - with this track from Crumb, which I handily discovered via a live KEXP set: It's the song "Genie" by the band Crumb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDwnpqQq190
0 likes • Nov 9
@Justin Dellinger That Liquid Mike song is amazing. I don't know about the Malcolm in the Middle vibes (cos I don't have the context) but that track is very good. And I agree, the After track is very 2000's pop. Delightful. Thanks for sharing!
1 like • Nov 9
@Stephanie M Oh - I love this! Both the video and music reminds me of a track I was really into a number of years back by Autolux called "Soft Scene" - it's similar, but completely different of course. I tried to find the original video, and in the process found a recording of them playing live on the Colbert Show (?!?!) in 2016. I hadn't seen this before - It's got a fun jam at the end! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62lDG-lub2g
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