It’s been decades since I participatedin any kind of record club situation. When I was young and poor it was the easiest and cheapest way to accumulate a CD collection, and whenI was a kid, my dad allowed me to orderrecords from his subscription at Columbia House. When I became an adult, I put awayContinue reading “#692: F is for Feist”
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#691: F is for Father John Misty (18, 22, 24)
Only one year after Pure Comedy, Father John Misty releases God’s Favorite Customer. A significantly more rocking affair, albeit mid-tempo to slow; it crushes harder, it’s lyrically more personal, confessional,the melodic hooks are stronger, it’s easierand more fun to sing along to these songs,there’s more humor here, but as usual,it’s pretty dark in there: “You’reContinue reading “#691: F is for Father John Misty (18, 22, 24)”
#690: F is for Father John Misty (12, 15, 17)
This guy, Joshua Tillman, appears to havehad his big break in rock music as the drummerfor Fleet Foxes. The breakout album he playedon happens to be in my collection, the 2011Helplessness Blues. The drummer’s identity didn’t register with me at the time, nor should it have, as I wouldn’t hear a song byhis adopted monikerContinue reading “#690: F is for Father John Misty (12, 15, 17)”
#689: F is for Fagen, Donald
The Nightfly, circa 1983, was hands down one of the sonically best sounding albums I had ever heard. And of course, there were so manygreat singles from this, his debut solo album, and probably by a long shot his most successful, and I had heard them all on the radio. But it would be severalContinue reading “#689: F is for Fagen, Donald”
#688: F is for Fabulous Poodles
“Mirror Star,” the first song on this album,was the single and maybe the only songI’d heard from this British pre-new wavepower pop band in 1978. It’s a song about a young man who pretends to be famous, a kind of Walter Mitty of rock and roll. It’s a damncatchy tune. However enticed I may havebeenContinue reading “#688: F is for Fabulous Poodles”
#686: E is for Elfman, Danny
I was horrifiedby the A$AP Rocky performance on SNL. No live music. Couldn’t tellyou if he was lip syncing or really singing, and the staging ofwhatever that was, of the dancingor whatever, was nonsensical and sloppy. But what was most horrifying is that I recognized the drummer. Who is that naked torso man with allContinue reading “#686: E is for Elfman, Danny”
#685: E is for Electric Light Orchestra
As a kid, I used to hang outwith my cousins Chris and Nick. In my musical autobiography, I have my cousins to thank for introducing me to two artiststhat would be pivotal in my development as a music fan and a music maker. The first time I ever heard an Elton Johnalbum all the wayContinue reading “#685: E is for Electric Light Orchestra”
#684: E is for Elbow
I have written about this Manchesterband here somewhere in the blog at least on six different occasions, and a little better than ten yearsago, in a similar listening challenge,but with the CD collection, where I vowed not to listen to everything, butto one full album by each artist, I couldn’t help myself. I listenedat thatContinue reading “#684: E is for Elbow”
#683: E is for Elephant Gym
Bass-forward jazz fusion from Taiwan, with healthy doses of pop, hip hop, math rock. The tunes are often instrumental, but sometimes there’s a lead vocal, usually from a guest artist, and, as Elephant Gym is an internationally collaborative unit, the vocals might be sungin Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, or English. Sometimes Elephant Gym gets noisy, butContinue reading “#683: E is for Elephant Gym”
#682: E is for Eilish, Billie
I see her as both adorableand as a serious artist. Adorable, in that, like Swift, but perhaps even more-so, she seems to exude goodness. And her creative collaborationwith her brother Finneas is perhaps the most adorablesibling musical endeavor ever. They clearly love each otherand are astoundingly well-matchedin their talents and tastes. Finneas is an enormouslyContinue reading “#682: E is for Eilish, Billie”
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