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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Infectious indeed!

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Feb 6, 2023
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Kevin Alexander's avatar

I don’t know what that is.

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Chris Zappa's avatar

I don't know what that is either, but I'd like to know.

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Sally Hope Woodroffe's avatar

https://youtu.be/fSlAqoVd5Ow

The new Peter Gabriel tracks from his album - he's releasing 1 track every full moon!

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jasonelambeth's avatar

Ex Pilots self titled album!

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Chris Zappa's avatar

Thanks for dropping Ex Pilots here, Jason. Thanks to you, I just found them and I'm really digging it.

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jasonelambeth's avatar

My pleasure Chris!

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Just found this last night (via Chris)! I'm really liking what I've heard so far.

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Ellen D Stone's avatar

Ever heard of Thrillcat or Huffamoose?

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

I haven't! Should I be listening to them? Which should I start with?

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Ellen D Stone's avatar

Celeste is my favorite Huffamoose song. Saw them years ago at The Jewish Mother.

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Ellen D Stone's avatar

Kevin, I found them both on Allmusic. Have you been on there before?

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

I have!

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Ellen D Stone's avatar

Can I share from the website?

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Share to here? Of course!

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Ellen D Stone's avatar

THERE ARE JUST SO MANY. This is a band from Charlottesville, Va. They did “Hooch”, but their very first album was my favorite. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/everything-mn0000127441

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Ellen D Stone's avatar

SORRY 2nd album SOLID.

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Amy McGrath's avatar

Lord Huron - Your Other Life

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Chris Zappa's avatar

I love Lord Huron, and that particular song is dreamy (as is pretty much all of their catalog.)

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

This was beautiful! A friend of mine up here takes a lot of pictures while out on the lake, XC skiing, etc. She usually adds a Lord Huron song in the background.

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Glenn Cook's avatar

I’ve been moving through the new Dylan “Bootleg Series” box that focuses on the Time Out of Mind” sessions. As always with Dylan, his throwaways are often as good (sometimes better) as what was released.

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Glenn Cook's avatar

BTW: Love the dBs track on your playlist this week. Such an underrated band

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Right on! I'm glad you caught that. :)

Sooo underrated!

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Challenge 69's avatar

The upcoming chapter of my serialised novel - challenge69.substack.com - is 'Triffids' themed, so I've been re-listening to 'Calenture' as I'm working through the edits, a great album with some killer tracks.

For anybody not familiar, I'd recommend the awesome 'Hometown Farewell Kiss' as a great starting point.

Tim

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Nikhil Rajagopalan's avatar

Samuel Kim's remix of Rex Incognito. It's so sick! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6DkTLi-e-o

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Reuben Salsa's avatar

I recently binged watched Extraordinary on Disney+. Epic series and incredibly funny. BUT the soundtrack...brilliant! A quick Spotify search reveals a playlist of 82 songs including Wet Leg, Flaming Lips and John Grant, but also loads of tunes I've never heard before. Check it out.

I also finished watching (The) Sparks (Brothers) on Netflix. So good. I had to go back and listen to Kimono My House and No.1 in Heaven!

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

I haven't heard of Extraordinary- I'm on it!

I loved the Sparks doc. I mentioned it somewhere, but I was surprised at all of the day-to-day stuff they included. I don't know why (and I know that sounds silly), but here we are.

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Norman's avatar

I have the band ON on endless replay, except for listening to On Repeat by Kevin Alexander, of course.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZXJ6s856px8iUat0Y7A7PA/featured

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

You clearly have good taste. :)

And ON is great! Just checked out their latest via Bandcamp: https://onband1.bandcamp.com/releases

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Steve Goldberg's avatar

Been listening to a bunch of new stuff. Some I like, some less so. What has stood out: The new Belle and Sebastian - Late Developers, Joe Henry - All the Eye Can See, Kimbra - A Reckoning.

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Jen Zug's avatar

Gah, I’ve been meaning to check out the new Belle and Sebastian. Thanks for the reminder.

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Steve Goldberg's avatar

It's much better than the one from last year, IMO. It's the best since Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance.

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Killer list! Like Jen, I've been meaning to check out the new Belle & Sebastian as well.

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Jeremy Shatan's avatar

I'm getting near the end of the audiobook of Dilla Time, Dan Charnas' fantastic book on the life and work of J. Dilla. Essential, even if it could have been trimmed a little, and I recommend listening as it is an enhanced experience with snippets of music and sound effects. Also, it's February so I'm doing "MWE" - the Music Writer Exercise - where I listen to an album for the first time every day and tweet about it. Yesterday's pick was King Tuff's latest - and it's really good! Beautifully produced and good songs at the intersection of Jeff Tweedy, Marc Bolan, and a few other things. BTW, I relaunched my podcast, going for a "Monthly Listening" format, as that's something I think I can stick to. Give a listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/monthly-listening-january-2023/id1588981051?i=1000597144628

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Right on! I just followed the show.

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Jeremy Shatan's avatar

Cheers - thank you!

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Stephanie Losi's avatar

This week I'm really liking "The Tide" acoustic demo from Tribe & King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSDlm0r3sRE

Also, in a different vein, "Summer Kiss" by Dan Szyller:

https://open.spotify.com/track/6WTjk3lp32r7pj8cGE4HBl

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Andrew Paul Koole's avatar

I've got Yo La Tengo's There's a Riot Going On spinning on the turntable today.

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

YES

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Chris Zappa's avatar

Check out Disaster Fantasy! I just discovered them and I think you'd like their vibe. Kinda dark, kinda new wave. I'm really digging them.

https://open.spotify.com/track/7xZmOpQyTWrA0rWtJMhSrx?si=1823dea1280e48f7

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

On the list to spin here shortly!

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Chris Zappa's avatar

Let me know what you think of them!

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Pete Riddle's avatar

All Channels Clear by Ibex Clone. They hooked me with a lead singer that reminds me of Bob Mould:

https://ibexclone.bandcamp.com/album/all-channels-clear

The rest has been all over the place. Collapse Into Now by R.E.M. (still miss them), The Muppet Movie soundtrack (on vinyl!).

I'm really looking forward to the new The Reds, Pinks & Purples album!

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

I am too. The track I included here is just making me all the more excited for it.

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