Discologist

The preservation and fostering of the arts should be a top priority for any civilized society, but New York City may be overcompensating with a relatively recent initiative involving affordable housing.

Prog-pop masters Field Music are back with their new album Commontime. It’s as nerdy and as great as you would expect.  Unless you’re Paul.

School of Seven Bells suffered tragedy when front man Benjamin Curtis succumbed to T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma in 2013. Three years later, band mate Alejandra Deheza has picked up the pieces for one last album and we’ve got a taste.  

Show Notes

• "New York City to build affordable housing for musicians and artists" [Consequence Of Sound]
• Learn more about School Of Seven Bells
  Official Site | Facebook | Twitter | Spotify
• Check out the track "On My Heart" off of School of Seven Bells final album, SVIIB, below.

 

Commontime
Field Music

Kevin: Buy It
Paul: Pass
Eduardo: Buy It

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Bob Dylan hands over his archives  and one of our crew squeeeeeeeeeees with joy.

Thao Nguyen, her Get Down Stay Down, and Merrill Garbus have made a career defining, motherf@$%er of a record. That's pretty much it if you wanna cut to the chase.

You crave metal? We've GOT metal. From Finland. Put Oranssi Pazuzu in your putki and smoke it. 

RIP George Martin because GEORGE MARTIN. ;(

Show Notes

• "Bob Dylan hands over his archives" [Marketplace]
• Learn more about Oranssi Pazuzu
  Official Site | Facebook | Twitter | Spotify
• Check out the first single off of Oranssi Pazuzu's Värähtelijä, " Hypnotisoitu Viharukous"

 

A Man Alive
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down

Kevin: Buy It
Patrick: Buy It
Eduardo: Buy It

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Hurricane Kayne continues to batter the coast of our common sense. We set a course toward's the eye of the storm.

M. Ward is back and sounding as groovy as ever on his latest, More Rain.

Chicago's Moodymann has dropped DJ Kicks, and we've got a taste.

Uh oh...here come the SXSW emails.

Show Notes

• Google "Kanye West"
• Get to know Moodymann
  Official Site | Facebook 

 

More Rain
M. Ward

Kevin: Stream It
Patrick: Buy It

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TIDAL, the streaming service that is "for artists, by artists" may be up for sale...to Samsung. Who is not a DJ you haven't heard of. 

Lucy Dacus' subtly powerful debut, No Burden, is being hyped far and wide in the music press. For once the hype is real. Believe it.

No BS! Brass Band are a take-no-prisoners party machine carrying on a long tradition of Richmond, VA jazz musicians kicking ass and taking names. Prepare to shake it with their latest single.

Sometimes we have good ideas. Sometimes those ideas are a blaxploitation version of Little Shop of Horrors.

Show Notes

• "Samsung, Google and Spotify Have Considered Buying Tidal: Report" [Billboard]
• Get to know No BS! Brass Band
  Official Site | Facebook | Twitter | Spotify

 

No Burden
Lucy Dacus

Kevin: Buy It
Paul: Buy It
Eduardo: Buy It

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It's Kesha vs Dr. Luke in a battle for the very soul of the music industry...maybe.

Animal Collective is back with their latest consciousness expanding opus, Painting With. But is it a blissed out journey of enlightenment, or just a bad trip to bummerville.

Bill Frisell's latest, When You Wish Upon A Star, is a sonic ode to television and movie themes beloved by everyone.

Marcus Dowling is in the house. Like a BOSS. Accept. No. Substitutes. 

Show Notes

• "Kesha and Dr. Luke: Everything You Need to Know to Understand the Case" [Rolling Stone]
• "Why Kesha Lost Her Court Battle, But Not Necessarily the War" [Pitchfork]
• RAINN National Sexual Assault Online Hotline [link]
• Learn more about Bill Frisell
  Official Site | Facebook | Twitter | Spotify
• Check out "You Only Live Twice" off of Bill Frisell's latest, When You Wish Upon A Star.

 

Painting With
Animal Collective

Kevin: Stream It
Marcus: Stream It

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Everyone knows the state of concert ticketing is f#$#ed. Now there's a new study that kinda proves it. Megadeth is back with their 15th album, Dystopia. MOAR metal is good metal. Maybe. Chicago's Numero Group continues to solidify their status as the grooviest record label that ever was with their Project 12 series. We've got a taste for ya. Still kinda waiting for our damn croissant.

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According to Rolling Stone, CD’s are making a comeback. Really real, or just a really slow news week?

Two Inch Astronaut are back with their latest LP Personal Life. Dig yer loud LOUD, and your 90’s inflected Pavement jams HUGE? Tune in and turn it up.

Alt-Country newcomer Marlon Williams is making the jump across the pond to try and hit it big in America. Get acquainted with this New Zealand crooner now because…well, just because dammit.

Nobody puts baby in a corner. And by "baby," we mean To Pimp A Butterfly.

Show Notes

• "In Defense of the CD" [Rolling Stone]
• Get to know Marlon Williams
  Official Site | Facebook | Twitter | Spotify
• Check out the video for "Dark Child" off of Marlon Williams self titled LP.

 

Personal Life
Two Inch Astronaut

Kevin: Stream It
Paul: Stream It
Quinn: Buy It
Eduardo: Stream It

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Kanye West’s new album may be here, but should it be rated “M” for misogyny?

The Skiffle Players debut LP Skifflin’  is bringing together titans of “weird” Americana (Cass McCombs, Neal Casal, Dan Horne, Farmer Dave Scher, Aaron Sperske) to celebrate folk music from the past, present and future.

Night Beats are bringing some serious groove, straight from the garage. Dig it. Dig it the most, baby.

Where’s our damn croissant.

Show Notes

• "Whereas Jesus Walked, Kanye Has Stumbled Mightily In God’s Image" [Marcus Dowling/Medium]
• Get to know Night Beats
  Official Site | Facebook | Twitter | Spotify
• Check out the track "No Cops" from Night Beats Who Sold My Generation

 

Skifflin'
The Skiffle Players

Kevin: Buy It
Patrick: Stream It
Eduardo: Buy It

Bandcamp 

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Above The Prairie, the latest release from Minneapolis folk auteurs The Pines, is a sonic tapestry rich with atmosphere that transports the listener to a land that is as recognizable as it is just down the road from nowhere. David Huckfelt and brothers Benson and Alex Ramsey just kicked off their tour for Above The Prairie, and stopped by the basement before a recent DC stop to talk about the inspirations for the album, working with Native American author, poet, and activist, John Trudell, and what it’s like to create worlds from nothing but heart and imagination.

DC’s Stronger Sex is back with a new track, an expanded lineup , and approximately 4.7 times the awesome.

If you need us, we'll be selling plasma and our first born to try and snag some Bey tickets.

Show Notes

• Learn more about Native American activist John Trudell [Wikipedia]
• Learn more about DC's Stronger Sex
  Bandcamp | Facebook | Twitter
• Listen to Stronger Sex's "K In A Sunbeam" below

 

Above The Prairie
The Pines

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You should treat antique instruments with respect and care...unless you're in a Tarantino film.

Florida hip hop wizard Chester Watson put all of his "greatest hits" into a blender and  hit "crush." The result is, Past Cloaks, one of the most exciting records of 2016 to date.

Typefigher/Joy Buttons/Polyon guru Ryan McLaughlin (along with DC music vets John Scoops and Erik Sleight) is back with yet another new band  - Jauze - and suddenly everything old is new again. You looking for jams? Jauze has got jams.

We've got hot sauce in our bag...and it's gotten all over everything. Help.

Show Notes

• "Martin Responds to “Hateful Eight” Destruction of Antique Six String" [Reverb]
• Learn more about Jauze
  Bandcamp | Facebook | Twitter
• Check out Juaze's latest demo "Maybe You Did" below

<a href="http://jauze.bandcamp.com/album/two-demos">two demos by Jauze</a> 

Past Cloaks
Chester Watson

Kevin: Buy It
Paul: Buy It
Eduardo: Stream It

Bandcamp | Facebook | Twitter | Soundcloud

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