Five new LPs worth hearing from Marta Del Grandi, Sunday Mourners, Hazel City, and more. Plus, as always, a 15-song playlist of my favorite recent tracks.
I was hoping you'd be at the Sprints show but it was the same night as Friendship. Sprints were fantastic, so great to have a rocking punky show with a mosh pit and a crowd surfing lead singer. The band was amusing on politics. Started off by saying they opened their tour 2 nights before in Minneapolis and are quite distressed with the situation in the US. Chants of Fuck ICE erupted. They smiled and said they need to keep their Visas but they agree. But by the end of the night, they were saying Fuck Ice, Fee Palestine (obligatory for the Irish). The Irish will not shut up, gotta love ‘em
Glad to see you recommending Tyler Ballgame. I feel like he’s been popping up all over my Spotify app. Naturally, I became suspicious, thinking, “is this just another soul-less throwback act” but with your stamp of approval, I’ll certainly listen! After watching the Grammys (lol), I’ve been thinking about how indie artists breakthrough to the Best New Artist category. For some reason, I feel like Ballgame will be there next year. Great recs as always!
Thank you for plugging Life Without Buildings for the Dry Cleaning album! Their sound has been having a huge resurgence with the Dry Cleaning and Bar Italia’s of the world, and I feel like LWB is still criminally underknown.
I was hoping you'd be at the Sprints show but it was the same night as Friendship. Sprints were fantastic, so great to have a rocking punky show with a mosh pit and a crowd surfing lead singer. The band was amusing on politics. Started off by saying they opened their tour 2 nights before in Minneapolis and are quite distressed with the situation in the US. Chants of Fuck ICE erupted. They smiled and said they need to keep their Visas but they agree. But by the end of the night, they were saying Fuck Ice, Fee Palestine (obligatory for the Irish). The Irish will not shut up, gotta love ‘em
Glad to see you recommending Tyler Ballgame. I feel like he’s been popping up all over my Spotify app. Naturally, I became suspicious, thinking, “is this just another soul-less throwback act” but with your stamp of approval, I’ll certainly listen! After watching the Grammys (lol), I’ve been thinking about how indie artists breakthrough to the Best New Artist category. For some reason, I feel like Ballgame will be there next year. Great recs as always!
I've been enjoying the hell out of that Tyler Ballgame record this last week. I've read great things about his live shows so hope to catch him soon.
Thank you for plugging Life Without Buildings for the Dry Cleaning album! Their sound has been having a huge resurgence with the Dry Cleaning and Bar Italia’s of the world, and I feel like LWB is still criminally underknown.
I'd love some new Twin Peaks, but this Hazel City album is delightful. It's always great to see those dudes pop up in various projects.