Category: music
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Waxahatchee, St. Cloud, 2020 on Merge
Waxahatchee, St. Cloud, 2020 on Merge Katie Crutchfield’s most recent LP and one of my favorites in a year full of great new music
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New Music Seminar Sampler, 1982 on Columbia.
New Music Seminar Sampler, 1982 on Columbia. Great collection connected to an annual NYC event (1980-1995, relaunched in 2009). Dave Edmunds, Men At Work, Nina Hagen, Translator, Romeo Void – solid early eighties stuff. (Looks like newmusicseminar.com is now a dead url though)
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H.E.R., Self-Titled, 2017 on MBK / RCA
H.E.R., Self-Titled, 2017 on MBK / RCA Collects her two EPs (Vol 1 and Vol 2) on 2xLP vinyl issue. Absolute must have collection. Also check out H.E.R.’s “I Can’t Breathe”:
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Jesus and Mary Chain, Psychocandy, 1985 on Reprise / Blanco y Negro
Jesus and Mary Chain, Psychocandy, 1985 on Reprise / Blanco y Negro William Reid and Jim Reid What a profoundly impactful and cool album this was – sweet music with heavy distortion – loved it all then and still do
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The National, Sleep Well Beast, 2017 on 4AD.
The National, Sleep Well Beast, 2017 on 4AD. (2xLP white vinyl). Cover photo of the Hudson Valley NY barn that Aaron Dessner rebuilt and they recorded the album in. Wonderful record lyrically and musically. Via Academy Records Brooklyn annex
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Robbie Robertson, Self-titled, 1987 on Geffen.
Robbie Robertson, Self-titled, 1987 on Geffen. Great solo debut from Robbie Robertson of The Band, with appearances by The BoDeans, U2, and Peter Gabriel Co-produced by Robertson and Daniel Lanois You may remember “Somewhere Down The Crazy River”
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Eels, Royal Albert Hall, 2015 on E Works Records.
Eels, Royal Albert Hall, 2015 on E Works Records. Mine’s missing the DVD but the vinyl is pristine. Great live set Back when last.fm and scribbling were a thing, Eels was my most listened artist, and the shirt I got from seeing them (at the Somerville Theatre in 2008) is still one of my favorites.
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Editors, In Dream, 2015 on Play It Again Sam.
Editors, In Dream, 2015 (Gold Vinyl) on Play It Again Sam. Love Tom Smith’s voice and this direction for the band Also a beautiful pressing & package. Via Record Exhange, Salem MA
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Lauryn Hill. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 1998 on Ruffhouse / Columbia
Lauryn Hill. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 1998 on Ruffhouse / Columbia. One of my desert island disks / top 10 albums ever. I just wish there was more. Every note is perfect My copy is the 2014 reissue, because I only had it digitally when it came out. Via In Your Ear in Allston/Brighton…
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Midnight Oil, Armistice Day: Live At the Domain, Sydney, 2018 on Music on Vinyl / Sony Music
Midnight Oil, Armistice Day: Live At the Domain, Sydney, 2018 on Music on Vinyl / Sony Music 3 LP collection of an excellent live set – I’ve yet to see Midnight Oil live but this release shows I must. Peter Garrett still rocking at the intersection of politics and ecology
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Everything But the Girl, Love Not Money, 1986 on Sire
Everything But the Girl, Love Not Money, 1986 on Sire (in the US, Blanco y Negro in the UK) Huge fan of Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt – love everything on this album. US version has 2 further tracks, “Heaven Help Me” and “Kid” which were not on the UK release
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Antibalas, Fu Chronicles, 2020 on Daptone Records .
Antibalas, Fu Chronicles, 2020 on Daptone Records . Antibalas return to Brooklyn, recording at Daptone’s House of Soul in Bushwick One of the tours I was excited for in 2020 – they were due to play The Sinclair in Sept. Someday
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The Alarm, Strength, 1985 on I.R.S. Records.
The Alarm, Strength, 1985 on I.R.S. Records. Did 15 year-old me even understand the difference between being Welsh (The Alarm), Irish (U2), and Scottish (Big Country)? Probably not, but they were all pretty darnn cool.
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JJ Doom, Bookhead EP, 2014 on Lex Records
JJ Doom, Bookhead EP, 2014 on Lex Records Includes the Thom Yorke / Jonny Greenwood remix of “Retarded Fren” and the Beck remix of “Banished” plus Del the Funky Homosapien on “Viberian Son”
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The Replacements, Pleased To Meet Me, 1987 on Sire.
The Replacements, Pleased To Meet Me, 1987 on Sire. This copy is a Rhino 2020 reissue on translucent blue vinyl. Recorded in between the departure of Bob Stinson and the arrival of Slim Dunlop in late 1986 early 1987. Love the mix of styles on this record, with Skyway and Nightclub Jitters alongside Shooting Dirty…
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The UFO Club, Self-Titled, 2012 on The Reverberation Appreciation Society
The UFO Club, Self-Titled, 2012 on The Reverberation Appreciation Society (in white vinyl with charcoal splatter). Debut from Christian Bland of The Black Angels and Lee Blackwell of The Night Beats Need to find the right 3D glasses for that cover image Via VNYL curation, maybe because I like 13th Floor Elevators? Pink Floyd? I…
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U.K. Squeeze, self-titled debut, 1978, A&M.
U.K. Squeeze, self-titled debut, 1978, A&M. U.K. Squeeze were known in the UK as Squeeze. My copy is on red translucent vinyl with promo labels. Yes, they made colored vinyl back in the 70s as well, it is not just a new hipster thing. Take Me I’m Yours and Strong In Reason are my favorites…
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Brandi Carlile, The Firewatcher’s Daughter, 2015 on ATO
Brandi Carlile, The Firewatcher’s Daughter, 2015 on ATO (label founded by Dave Matthews and Coran Capshaw). Another solid 2xLP release from Carlile and the Hanseroth Twins, including Wherever Is Your Heart, Mainstream Kid, and The Eye Via Magnolia Record Club