Ethel Cain – Preacher’s Daughter: My first reaction was that this could be about the women in Grateful Dead songs. No, Jack Straw didn’t ride a Harley and rob ATMs, but roll it back 100 years and the women he and Shannon shared could be here. Mac DeMarco – Salad Days: This reminds me of Weezer, Beck, and John Lennon,… Read more »
Gloorp – Gloorp ‘Em Up: I’ve listened to Gloorp ‘Em Up three times now. If I’d heard it in 1992, I would have gone bananas over it, but I don’t have that reaction in 2025. What I like, though, is that Garrett Burke physically played pretty much everything here. Is it novel? No. Is it cool? Yes. And that leads… Read more »
Nils Frahm – Paris: I had the privilege of seeing him in a beautiful concert hall with amazing sound, and I picked up Paris at the merch table. He opened both the recorded show and the show I saw with the haunting “Prolog” and the only thing the recording doesn’t capture is the excitement of watching him create it live…. Read more »
Carlita – Fabric Presents Carlita: I’ve kept Carlita’s Fabric mix in heavy rotation this week, and every time I listen to it, I like it a little bit more. The last four tracks make my soul move. Tim Hecker – Shards: Hecker is one of my favorite artists and I have all his records, but I have absolutely nothing of… Read more »