Lemon Twigs - Look For Your Mind!
Origin: Brooklyn
#TastingNotes: Brian Wilson, the Beatles, Roy Orbison

The last Lemon Twigs record, A Dream Is All We Know, was my 2024 album of the year and if I scored things it would score a perfect 10. Look For Your Mind falls short of this and is merely a very very excellent record. If Dream is Revolver, this is only Rubber Soul. Look, I really, really like it I'm saying.

Stylistically we're treading familiar territory, with the Brothers D'Addario sitting comfortably in the pocket of 60s guitar pop with layers of Beach Boys harmonies and Phil Spector production. On the first couple of listens it feels maybe a little less intricately composed than ADIAWK, with fewer surprising modulations and more straightforward melodies. The standout exceptions are the beautiful Joy, with its luxurious arrangement of strings, brass, and winds, and My Heart is In Your Hands Tonight, which approaches Strawberries-level complexity in its chord progressions.

Sonically I am hearing some development and experimentation; there's more studio hijinks afoot here than on the last record, especially on album closer Your True Enemy with its flangers and tape loops and distortion clearly drawing inspiration from Revolution 9; Fire and Gold's last half is drenched in guitar effects; the title track has a massive fuzz guitar outro and raspy Helter Skelter territory vocal inflections.

Overall the record is fun, confident and clever, hugely singable, with nary a bum note to be found. Start with the Bill Haley revival Bring You Down and see if you can avoid singing INSIDE OUTSIDE USA during the chorus. You can't.

https://thelemontwigs.bandcamp.com/track/bring-you-down

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Sensational Dry White German Rieslings Starring Dönnhoff, Gunderloch, And Heymann-Löwenstein

This time around with German rieslings, no distant ramblings down memory lane, no exploits of idiotic friends, and no attempts at alpine as…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2610376/sensational-dry-white-german-rieslings-starring-donnhoff-gunderloch-and-heymann-lowenstein/

Fcukers - Ö
Origin: NYC
#TastingNotes: fred again.., LCD Soundsystem, Everything But the Girl

The full length debut out this week on Ninja Tune from our indie sleaze heroes picks up where the Baggy$$ EP left off: reductive, addictive beats, meaningless lyrics built for texture and phonetics, and a lazy DIY punk aesthetic, and it's a banger from start to finish.

I was initially curious about what kind of influence acclaimed producer Kenny Beats might have and whether the don't-overthink-it magic would be preserved. It's clear he understood the assignment, though: while perhaps a bit more diverse in beat selection than the EP, with the occasional half-time breakdown or midtempo headbobber (see Shake It Up), Ö is still the high energy bullshit I expected. I Like it Like That, if you want to party come over to my house, L.U.C.K.Y., beatback: these are the hypnotic bass-heavy booty shakers I'm here for.

Lonely and Getaway feel like a bit of an evolution in their approach, and I wonder if it portents things to come: Shanny has an actual verse's worth of lyrics on Lonely, and the song structures have recognizable A and B sections. This is not clever songwriting, let's be clear. But it proves there could be more here than short shelf life club bangers. Getaway in particular kind of reminds me of 90s-era Lamb, with it's jungle-adjacent breaks and acoustic bass. It's the most accomplished track the duo has released to date, building layers of bleeps and bloops over a breakbeat groove that we have maybe heard a million times before, but there's a reason we still love it.

The brief 30min album closes with Feel the Real, a Stereo MCs throwback with strings, a bit of sitar, and synth whooses. It's groovy and chill and just kind of stops, like cutting the engine after arriving home from the show.

I dig this record. It gives the band more of a unique sonic identity while remaining firmly entrenched in their influences, and hints at possibilities to come. Put it on, turn it up, and if you own a couch push it out of the way.

https://fcukers.bandcamp.com/album/-

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Happy Friday, Fediverse. the Fcukers album is out and it is stupid and stupid good. Expect a #TastingNotes in the near future but for now:

https://fcukers.bandcamp.com/album/-

Intelligentsia Ethiopia Bishan Fugu Natural

https://islandinthenet.com/intelligentsia-ethiopia-bishan-fugu-natural/

Select Highlights from the Wines of Portugal Tasting : Vinography

I must admit, I was nervous. It was the very first trade and media tasting opportunity since San Francisco emerged from the Orange Tier of COVID-19 status. But the organizers wer…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2553020/select-highlights-from-the-wines-of-portugal-tasting-vinography/

Select Highlights from the Wines of Portugal Tasting : Vinography

I must admit, I was nervous. It was the very first trade and media tasting opportunity since San Francisco emerged from the Orange Tier of COVID-19 status.…
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Schioppettino di Prepotto 2021 – Vigna Petrussa. Prepotto come origine e ritorno: un vitigno che ha rischiato di sparire e che oggi mostra un’identità netta. Nel calice: pepe e mora, humus e una traccia balsamica; sorso ampio e profondo, ma soprattutto equilibrato. Una versione sorprendentemente “amichevole” dello #Schioppettino, senza perdere carattere.

https://www.enonauta.it/2026/02/18/schioppettino-di-prepotto-2021-vigna-petrussa/

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Ein fruchtig-schönes Bourbonfass mit klaren Aromen und leicht torfigen und kräuterartigen Komponenten, die dem jungen Ben Nevis schon eine gewisse Komplexität verleihen.

Review: https://notesofmalt.de/Highlands/Ben-Nevis/

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