PrologueNot the first timelistening to music by offspring of another famousmusician, (Liam and Elroy Finn),and not the first time writing about the music made by an offspring of oneof The Beatles, (Sean Lennon), this IS the first time listening to and writing aboutthe music of both The Beatle and their offspringin the same poem-like-thing. People of Earth, I giveContinue reading “#725: H is for Harrison, George and Dhani”
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#723: G is for Grizzly Bear
Even though the first trackon the album Shields is noisy AF, noise is not most often the Grizzly Bear game. Skilled musiciansleaning into a kind of psych-prog pop, their arrangements are dense, the instrumental work is accomplishedand interesting, the drummer playsbeats that are unconventional, orchestral, and Ed Drost has the voice of an angry angel.Continue reading “#723: G is for Grizzly Bear”
#722: G is for Green and Greep, Al and Geordie
Here’s an odd pairing for you rightnext to each other in the alphabet, the iconic soul singer Al Green and the contemporary prog rock madscientist guitar player singer GeordieGreep. Like the pairing of Glaspy andGlavor, I put them together here justso I can type their names side by side: Glaspy and Glavor, Green and Greep.OutsideContinue reading “#722: G is for Green and Greep, Al and Geordie”
#720: G is for Grandaddy
Before streaming, but longafter the days of asking a record store clerk to play something on the shop systemthat one was interested in hearing, there was the new tech developmentof the in-store listeningstation, some crazy multi-discplayer with a user interfaceand a decent pair of headphones,it gave you the perusal powerof a dozen or two dozenContinue reading “#720: G is for Grandaddy”
#719: G is for Gorillaz
These “guys” have been on my radar forever but something has prevented mefrom taking the plunge. Did I listen to some stuffthat I didn’t like? Was the cartoon character motif too much for me, like if I couldn’t identify the musiciansas real people I wasn’t able to take a chance? Even after I discoveredthat thisContinue reading “#719: G is for Gorillaz”
#718: G is for Goat Girl
They call this post-punk, this all-female band from South London calling themselves Goat Girl. Not sure how I came by them, aboutfive years ago; likely, that early in my experience streaming music, I stumbledupon them, as one does, shuffling through“things you might like.” Apparently, I liked it. I liked it enough to buy thisrecord, although,Continue reading “#718: G is for Goat Girl”
#717: G is for Glaspy and Glavor, Margaret and Hannah
It sounds good to say their namestogether, for one, and for another, they’re both extraordinarily talented singer-songwriters and equally mean guitarists, and look at them there, right next to each other in the alphabet,as if it was just meant to be. The first song on Margaret Glaspy’s Echo the Diamond is a rocker called“Act Natural.”Continue reading “#717: G is for Glaspy and Glavor, Margaret and Hannah”
#711: F is for fun.
I like it when the same artist shows up morethan once in a single letter, as the singerNate Reuss does now, the front man for The Format andthis group, my first encounterwith Nate, the singer for fun. That’s right, no cap. And if it’s in themiddle of a sentencefun. is followed by a stylized period.Continue reading “#711: F is for fun.”
#709: F is for FFS (Franz Ferdinand and Sparks)
It took a collaboration with Sparksto get me interested in Franz Ferdinand,this alt rock group from Glasgow, now into their twentieth year or more as a band. This record, the only album I have of theirs,is titled simply FFS. Not officially a FranzFerdinand album, but rather a new supergroup collaboration with a new super groupname.Continue reading “#709: F is for FFS (Franz Ferdinand and Sparks)”
#705: F is for Folds, Ben
Ben Folds Five, a 90’s era rock trio, was for me the antidote to grunge. Here was a band with a pianoat the center that rocked harderthan any guitar. Ben was like a punk rock Elton John. Joined by two guys who seemed neitherpunk nor grunge, looked a littlebit like a couple of jazz nerds,Continue reading “#705: F is for Folds, Ben”
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