Look At My Records!

Episode 82 features New Jersey singer-songwriter, Mark Bucci of Brewster! Brewster just released their debut album, Forever Better Kissers, on the Austin, Texas based label Good Relation Records. Tune in to hear all about the inspirations behind the album and the writing process behind it. You’ll hear four infectious tracks from Forever Better Kissers, including two of Tom’s favorites, “Being Clever” and “T-Shirt From A Tour.” Plus, lots of music talk and records from Bruce Springsteen, Julia Jacklin, Sharon Van Etten, Teenage Fanclub, and more!

Like and follow Brewster on Facebook, as they’ll be announcing some June gigs in the near future.

You can purchase Forever Better Kissers on cassette via Bandcamp. Do that right now, as it’s an incredible record. The album is also available on all streaming services, including Spotify.

On Episode 81, Tom welcomed Andy Waldron of Jersey City dance-punk group Sailor Boyfriend to the Look At My Records! studio! The duo of Andy Waldron and Alex Mercuri recently released a brand new, incredible record entitled “Shapes and Colors.” Tune in to hear all about “Shapes and Colors,” including the making of the record and its themes. You'll also hear several great tracks from the album, including "Tracy," and "The Battle Of Sugar Hill." Andy even performed two tracks LIVE!!! Plus, wax from De La Soul, Savages, Ought, and more!

You can purchase “Shapes and Colors” on limited edition cassette via Bandcamp. There’s also a “Shapes and Colors” zine with illustrations of each song by Kat Schneider (www.katschneider.com) and Laura Marciniak (lauramarciniak.com): https://sailorboyfriend.bandcamp.com/album/shapes-colors

You can catch Sailor Boyfriend live at following gigs:

April 20th, 2019: WPIR Spring Fling at Pratt: WPIR Spring Fling Music Festival

June 4th, 2019: Pale Moon Tuesday at Muchmore’s: Dahl Haus « High Fashion Normalize « Urges « Sailor Boyfriend

Episode 80 features New Jersey’s Whiner! You’ve waited almost three years for new tunes from this band, but don’t worry, you won’t have to wait any longer. Tune in to hear all four songs from their upcoming EP, You Never Have To Feel This Way Ever Again.

To celebrate, the band is throwing two release shows. The first is on April 20th at The Meatlocker in Montclair with EU1LOGY, Tiers, and Johnny Dynamite. Then, the band is performing at Sunnyvale in Brooklyn on April 27th with Dead Leaf Echo, Weeknight, and Tiers. Whiner is also heading to Baltimore this weekend to perform at Future Fest. IT DOESN’T STOP THERE, as they’ll be performing alongside the legendary Martin Rev on June 7th at Sunnyvale! Oh, we played some great records, had a mini-goth rave, and discussed the band’s plans for the rest of 2019.

Big thanks to Whiner for stopping by! You Never Have To Feel This Way Ever Again is dropping on April 20th!

My travels out West brought me to Austin, Texas, where I caught up with the wonderful Jackie Venson! The two of us were supposed to chat back in March during the inaugural New Colossus Festival, but illness got the best of me. Luckily, we reschedule our chat while I was in Texas.

Jackie currently has a whole lot going on. She’s about to drop a brand new record, Joy, and announced a massive tour in support of it. Tune in to hear all about it, plus four spankin’ new fantastic tracks from Joy!

Jackie is hosting a Joy listening party on Thursday, April 4th at Native Hostel. She’ll be raffling off a prize pack that includes tickets to her album release show at the Paramount Theatre on April 12th and a signed guitar! All proceeds go to benefit Kids In A New Groove!

You can preorder Joy via Bandcamp. It’s available via digital download and limited multi-colored vinyl! The record drops on Friday, April 5th!

You can find a full list of tour dates here.

Is this meme still relevant? Episode 78 of Look At My Records! features nine of Tom’s favorite songs from a decade ago and nine of his favorite songs from the first three months of 2019. Take a trip down memory lane as we revisit some classic tunes by Real Estate, Times New Viking, Yo La Tengo, Girls, Vivian Girls, and more. Plus, Tom shares some brand new tunes from Tallies, THICK, The Stoppies, Julia Jacklin, and more!