Today on Fresh Pressed, Gabe and Andrew discuss big cat grooves and new tunes. This week's theme is panthers, in memory of Chadwick Boseman (plus our old high school mascot, also a black panther).

Featured in this episode:

The Panther - Manu Dibango

La nuit est une panthère - Les Louanges

The Sky Is Falling - Oceanator

Wake-Up - Kelly Lee Owens

Also featured:

Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango

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Today on Fresh Pressed, Gabe and Andrew discuss familial grooves and new tunes. This week's theme, submitted by listeners, is family bands from the '70s. Might sound weirdly specific, but trust us, it's a genuine category with a lot of good music in it. Enjoy!

Featured in this episode:

Sweepin' Through the City - The Stovall Sisters

Cuba - The Gibson Brothers

new sublet - runnner

Inner Game - Nubya Garcia

Also featured:

Politicians In My Eyes - Death

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Today on Fresh Pressed, Gabe and Andrew discuss deltiological grooves and new tunes. This week's theme is postcards, in support of the vital institution that is the United States Postal Service. I had to read a Wikipedia article about postcards to learn the word "deltiology," which is the study and collection of postcards. I did not do this before recording the episode, as you will immediately hear.

Featured in this episode:

Vagabond King - Matthew Wright

Postcards from Italy - Beirut

I Want To Change - Nana Adjoa

Unlucky Stars - The Goodbye Party

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Today on Fresh Pressed, we celebrate a very special holiday, and Gabe gives Andrew a gift: it's Ben Gibbard's birthday, so this episode is all about Andrew's favorite musician. Happy birthday to (our friend) Ben!

Featured in this episode:

Steadier Footing - Death Cab for Cutie

Clark Gable - The Postal Service

Last Week - Carmen Canedo

Rosas Negras - Loyal Lobos

Also featured:

Microphones in 2020 - The Microphones

Tethers - True Partridge

Both of the above are only available on Bandcamp.

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We were unable to record a new episode this week, so instead we're releasing the new music portion of our episode originally intended for June 2nd, 2020. Enjoy these great new tunes that are two months old but are still great and still relatively new! Also, Andrew gives a few shoutouts at the end to this week's new releases.

Featured in this episode:

Atheist - Christian Lee Hutson

Come Back Home - Hania Rani

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Today on Fresh Pressed, Gabe and Andrew discuss blooming grooves and new tunes. This week's theme is roses, in honor of Portland, Oregon and in support of the protesters there.

Featured in this episode:

A Sea of Roses - The Milk Carton Kids

Blue Rose - Amen Dunes

Losing You - Flyte

Palm Trees - Jess Cornelius

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Today on Fresh Pressed, Gabe and Andrew discuss new tunes and good trouble, in honor of the late John Lewis, civil rights pioneer. This week's theme is the Freedom Riders, of which John Lewis was one of the first.

Featured in this episode:

The Freedom Rider - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Parchman Farm Blues - Bukka White

Runner - Hovvdy

illuminati hotties - freequent letdown

Also featured:

Parchman Farm Blues / Preachin' Blues - Jeff Buckley

I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - illuminati hotties

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Today on Fresh Pressed, Gabe and Andrew discuss Old West grooves and new tunes. This week's theme is Ennio Morricone, famed film composer, who passed away last week at age 91.

Featured in this episode:

Theme (for Ennio Morricone) - Murder By Death

Season's Trees (feat. Norah Jones) - Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi

Kamar Dawa - Sharhabil Ahmed

Just Shy of Sure - The Beths

Also featured:

Theme of "Rome" - Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi

On the Bitterness of Growing Things, 2016 - Soraya Perry

Check out Soraya's new album at sorayaperry.bandcamp.com!

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Today on Fresh Pressed, Gabe and Andrew close out the current miniseries on important Black lives of the last fifty or so years with songs about George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. In addition to discussing these as well as some lovely new tunes, we pledge to focus the podcast on a more responsible mission for future episodes.

Featured in this episode:

breonna taylor freestyle - calvinsopetty

Chapter 319 - clipping.

Hurt a Little - Cuddle Magic

Shepherd Song - Keleketla!

Our mission with Fresh Pressed is to highlight new songs from a diverse collection of artists and genres and to bring awareness to lesser-known musicians through appreciation and humor. We also seek to introduce our audience to previously released music to explore specific, important themes.

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Today on Fresh Pressed, Gabe and Andrew discuss a couple tracks about the 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin, plus some great new tunes.

Featured in this episode:

Trayvon Martin (feat. Mona Fahad) - Alexander Kain

Hymn (For Trayvon) - Braxton Cook

Take Me To The Good Times - The Suffers

Fog Is a Funny Thing - Bad Moves

Also featured:

Flash Light - Parliament

Weird Fishes - Lianne La Havas

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