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Way back in February, Richmond, VA's Lucy Dacus released her debut album, No Burden.

No Burden happens to be one of the best albums of 2016 to date.

This is what happened when we talked to Lucy and her band the day after her album came out.*

*we included a sweet track from one of Lucy's fellow Richmonders Clair Morgan too because AWESOME, that's why.

Show Notes

Get to know RVA's Clair Morgan
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Check out Clair Morgan's track "How To Set Your Bed On Fire" from their upcoming album New Lions and the Not Good Night (Out 5/6 on Egghunt Records)

 

Lucy Dacus

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The historic Howard Theatre in Washington, DC is in trouble. Again. How did we get here and what the hell can anyone do about it?

Sturgill Simpson has followed up his breakout album Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, with the ambitious, genre hopping, expectation defying love letter to his son, A Sailor’s Guide To Earth. Is it another masterpiece or has the country “outlaw” bit off more than he can chew this time out? We aim to find out.

Merle Haggard is gone and that that f%&ing sucks. We listen to some country and shed a tear of the loss of this legendary songwriter.

Show Notes

• "Money problems and no-name acts: The Howard Theatre is struggling. Again." [Washington Post]
• "Here’s How To And Why We Must “Save” The Howard Theatre & Bohemian Caverns" [One Love Massive]
• Dammit. RIP Merle

 

A Sailor's Guide To Earth
Sturgill Simpson

Kevin: Stream It
Eduardo: Stream It
Marcus Dowling: Stream It

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Music has always been the lifeblood running through multi-instrumentalist Phil Cook's veins for as long as he can remember. In 2015 he fully dialed in to that guiding presence for the first time in his life, and the result was the magnificent Southland Mission. Mission mined a deep history of American gospel and blues to deliver songs of beauty, hope and rejuvenation, that didn't just honor what came before them, but weaved themselves into the very fabric of the rich tapestry of the culture that's at the root of our modern experience.

We (finally) caught up with Phil before his recent show here in Washington, DC to talk about his past, the music he loves, and how a goofy kid from Wisconsin found enlightenment at at an early age in the most unlikely of places.

This podcast can be the instrument to mend a broken heart or to straighten out your life through the sincere testimony of one righteous dude. A must!

Show Notes

• Get to know The Dead Tongues
  Official Site | Facebook | Twitter
  Bandcamp | Spotify
• Check out the track "Graveyard Fields" off of The Dead Tongues 2016 release, Montana.

 

Phil Cook

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Independently, Sam McCormally and William McKindley-Ward are longtime staples of the DC music scene. Together they are FELLOW CREATURES!

Following the demise of their previous band - the beloved Ugly Purple Sweater - both were looking for a different direction for their music. They found it in electronic experimentation coupled with masterful songwriting and the result is a mind-blowing, self-titled LP that defies categorization.

In advance of the release, Sam and Will stopped by the basement to chat with Kevin and special guest Paul Vodra (Hometown Sounds) about the making of Fellow Creatures, life in the DC music scene, and much, much more.

Show Notes

• Don't miss Fellow Creatures album release show at Tropicalia FRIDAY 4/15!

 

Fellow Creatures
Fellow Creatures

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The roller coaster that is TIDAL keeps on keeping on as new reports claim that the troubled, Jay Z owned streaming service is making plans to sue original owners Aspiro for misreporting their subscriber numbers.

On his latest, self titled album, indie rock legend Eric Bachmann (Archers Of Loaf, Crooked Fingers) is shedding his past and delivering his most personal collection of songs to date.

Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil are lifelong friends and legends of Brazilian music. We’ve got a taste of their recently released live set, the joyous Dois Amigos, Um Século de Música.

Show Note

• "Tidal is igniting a legal battle with it's former owners" [Musically]
• "David Lowery talks lawsuits, licensing, and free streaming" [Musically]
• Listen to the track "As Camélias do Quilombo do Leblon (Ao Vivo)" from Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil's Dois Amigos, Um Século de Música.

 

Eric Bachmann
Eric Bachmann

Kevin: Stream It
Carrie: Stream It
Eduardo: Buy It

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For 30 years now, SXSW has brought the best and the brightest of the music industry to the music capital of the world for for a week of controlled chaos and musical overload. Music journalist Marcus J. Moore attended this summer camp for music nerds for the first time this year, and he’s hanging out with us to report back on what went down.

Laura Gibson has made a career of making sublimely beautiful folk music, but on Empire Builder she beat back adversity and ended up with her best album to date.

Oddisee is back with a free album Alwasta, and we’ve got a politically charged track off of it to rock your freaking dome.

(Editors Note: The 2012 Oddisee album that Kevin butchered the title of in the intro is actually named People Hear What They See. And it is excellent.) 

Show Notes

• Read Marcus J. Moore's review of Laura Gibson's Empire Builder [Pitchfork]
• Get to know Oddisee
  Official Site | Facebook | Twitter |
• Check out track "Lifting Shadows" from Oddisee's Alwasta below.

 

Empire Builder
Laura Gibson

Kevin: Buy It
Paul: Buy It
Marcus J. Moore: Buy It

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Vinyl sales are UP over streaming revenue, but does it really matter?

Iggy Pop returns with the help of a few friends for one last hurrah. We dig into Post Pop Depression, his legacy and more.

You don't know country. Royal Forest know s country though so it's cool. they've got you covered with their totally free album Rural Forest.

Show Notes

• "Vinyl Sales Made More Than YouTube, Spotify and Soundcloud Ads Combined: Report" [Billboard]
• Get to know Royal Forest
  Official Site | Facebook | Twitter | Spotify
• Check out the track "Drivin' Nails In My Coffin" from Royal Forest's Rural Forest.

<a href="http://royalforest.bandcamp.com/album/rural-forest">Rural Forest by Royal Forest</a> 

Post Pop Depression
Iggy Pop

Kevin: Stream It
Paul: Buy It

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The Kesha vs Dr. Luke case takes a couple of strange new twists on its way to (hopefully) resolution. Or does it?

If you don’t know Brotherman, than you don’t know much, mannnn. We’re turning our ears towards one of Numero Group’s finest reissues and unearthing a bit of musical history in the process.

Speaking of Numero Group…the Chicago based label has consistently slayed over the years and we’ve got a taste of catalog No. 37, otherwise known as Father’s Children’s Who’s Gonna Save The World, for you to feast on.

CAN. YOU. DIG IT? Yea…we think you can. 

Show Notes

• "Sony Will Reportedly Drop Dr. Luke Amid Kesha Lawsuit Controversy" [Slate]
• "Kesha Appeals Injunction Denial, Likens Ruling to Slavery" [Rolling Stone]
• Learn more about Father's Children [Numero Group]
• Check out the track "Everybody's Got A Problem" off of Father's Children's Who's Gonna Save the World, below.

 

Brotherman OST
The Final Solution

Kevin: Buy It
Carrie: Pass
Eduardo: Buy It

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We’re dipping our toes into a conversation about what it means to be a music journalist in 2016. What do we do? What is our place is in the “music industry”? How can we all, musicians and critics alike, do better. Everything is fair game as Marcus Dowling and Marcus J. Moore return to help us dig in and ask some serious questions about ourselves and the work we do.  

Anderson .Paak is on a hot streak that culminated at this year’s SXSW. His latest album Malibu is the spark that lit that fire and we’re here to talk about it.

KING’s debut album We Are King is a stellar exploration of R&B sounds both old and new. We’ve got a taste of their genius to make sure you know that.

If Pablo pops up and the album still isn’t finished, did it really happen?

Show Notes

• Read Marcus J. Moore's review of Anderson .paak's Malibu [Pitchfork]
• Read Marcus J. Moore's review of King's We Are King [Pitchfork]
• Get to know KING
  Official Site | Facebook | Twitter | Spotify
• Check out the video for King's track "The Greatest" off of their debut album, We Are King, below. 

 

Malibu
Anderson .Paak

Kevin: Buy It
Marcus (Dowling): Buy It
Marcus (J. Moore): Buy it

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Last week it was 311 day. If you don't know what that is you're lying. To yourself.*

Damien Jurado is back with an expansive, mind-bending, psycho-trip of a  new album, Visions of Us on the Land. We buy the ticket and take the ride.

Skylar Gudasz's exceptional debut album Oleander is out NOW. We've got a track to help convince you of said exceptionality.

*Now would be a good time to reiterate that we are not a facts based podcast.

Show Notes

• "311 Day at the Smoothie King Center [Offbeat Magazine]
• Listen to our conversation with Damien Jurado from 2014 [link]
• Get to know Skylar Gudasz
  Official Site | Facebook | Twitter | Spotify
• Check out the track "Kick Out The Chair" off of Skylar Gudasz's Oleander below.

 

Visions of Us on the Land
Damien Jurado

Kevin: Buy It
Carrie: Stream It
Eduardo: Stream It

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