neddyoAfter a too long hiatus, I'm bringing back some new music recs, trying focus on things off radar, but will mix in some low hanging fruit. I'll bounce around genre, etc as much as possible. See how it goes. Gonna shoot for one album each weekday, but may forget every once in a while.
2024.1
Ultrasonic Grand Prix: Instafuzz
Kind of a supergroup of dudes you don't know, but probably should. Just straight up sweet fuzzed out garage rock shit. Every track pretty much scratches the itch. Start listening now and you'll have your windows-down rockers ready to go by the time the weather turns spring.
Enjoy!
Bandcamp: https://littlebarrie.bandcamp.com/album/ultrasonic-grand-prix-instafuzz
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/00Dp9xPdZw7ZA2aRQvDKQ0
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ultrasonic-grand-prix/1713351975
Ultrasonic Grand Prix - 'Instafuzz', by Ultrasonic Grand Prix
12 track album
2024.2
Joel Ross: nublues
I am a sucker for the vibraphone and there are few better playing it than Ross. He just kind of *gets* it in a very fundamental way. That's very clearly the case here, a gorgeous, compelling jazz that's simultaneously traditional and progressive. One of the best jazz records released this winter (and there have been some doozies!). Enjoy!
#jazz #newmusic #MusicDiscovery
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/25Dgs9rR8ETpGCwD0wUv0q
2024.3
Vague Plot: Crying in 9
Missed yesterday, but hopefully make up for it with this excellent debut I'm pretty sure isn't on your radar. Instrumental tape-is-rolling studio jams from this new Brooklyn quintet. Focused + exploratory both, I def think you'll dig. I have plans the night of their next gig, thinking hard about changing them! Enjoy!
#newmusic #MusicDiscovery #jams
Bandcamp: https://vagueplot.bandcamp.com/album/crying-in-9
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/44ebLMksu6h6P5jNxnhgZR
Apple:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/crying-in-9/1733761267
CRYING IN 9, by Vague Plot
6 track album
Lau Noah: A Dos
Guitarist/vocalist with an album full of duet pieces with a slew of A-list duo partners. From Chris Thile to Cecile McLorin Salvant and beyond. Lots of different nuances, all tied together with a glowing, warm energy from Lau. You know she's special if she got all those guests for her debut full-Length. Good vibes for the whole fam. Enjoy!
Bandcamp: https://launoah.bandcamp.com/album/a-dos
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1XDsaz0ieG13j47HGrLTIM
A DOS, by LAU NOAH
10 track album
2024.5
The Sorcerers: I Too Am a Stranger
Not just afrobeat, but the dankesy, darkest afrobeat you'll find. Not happy, let's-dance funky, but more like evil-lurks-within funk. Lots of baritone sax and irresistible groove. This outfit from Leeds always crushes, but this one feels a little extra. Enjoy!
#newmusic #MusicDiscovery #funk #groove #afrobeat
Bandcamp: https://sorcerers.bandcamp.com/album/i-too-am-a-stranger
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1wF6WneR7NyifTyXhhPQaP
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-too-am-a-stranger/1721329468
I Too Am A Stranger, by The Sorcerers
9 track album
2024.6
Ella Ronen: The Girl With No Skin
I discovered this one because Sam Cohen plays on one of the tracks & I kind of love everything he does. Well, he produced the whole album and brings his good stuff to the whole record. But this Swiss songwriter also brings lots of it on her own. Lovely pieces with a nice dose of lush oomph. Fun & wonder. Enjoy!
Bandcamp: https://ellaronen.bandcamp.com/album/the-girl-with-no-skin
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5FMysqFN2YE5aebhwXVfCo
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-girl-with-no-skin/1700646138
The Girl with No Skin, by Ella Ronen
10 track album
2024.7
Randal Fisher + Dexter Story: Wenge
This one is tough to categorize. I hesitate to say "jazz" - preconceived notions and whatnot, but this starts from a jazzlike place and branches out to all sorts of interesting places. Easily digestible ideas and grooves. If it catches you right, it'll definitely catch you.... Enjoy!
#newmusic #MusicDiscovery #Music
Bandcamp: https://ctatsu.bandcamp.com/album/wenge
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2uT8P4blF54vdKT2g6GnXc
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/wenge/1712386827
Wenge, by Randal Fisher & Dexter Story
12 track album
2024.8
John Craigie with TK & the Holy Know-Nothings: Pagan Church
Craigie is an excellent folk songwriter with a deep love for Beatles and a witty storyteller's worldview. TK et al are a raw country rock band. Together is about what you'd expect, with excellent + raw results. And if you ever have a chance to see JC live, his banter is A++. Enjoy!
#newmusic #MusicDiscovery #countrymusic
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0oTreVJnC1akvkKpYxj9Ak
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/pagan-church-feat-tk-the-holy-know-nothings/1710017416
2024.9
Simon Hanes: Tsons of Tsunami
Thank goodness Tzadik releases are available to stream so now everyone has access to wildly creative music like this. Hanes is a sonic polymath, at times making the heaviest shit imaginable, others thoughtfully melodic. This is a little bit of both, but with lots of great vibraphone. Something different for ya, but trust me, quite good. Enjoy!
#newmusic #MusicDiscovery #tzadik
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/04zrLvgZmjU3gXznrIy46Y
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/tsons-of-tsunami-feat-selendis-sebastian-alexander/1725718065
2024.10
Beans: Boots N Cats
Australian rock band featuring the drummer from the Murlocs. Little dose of psych, little dose of prog, little dose of groove, some of the catchiest riffs imaginable. I have a hard time believing anyone would not love this record, one of my favorites of the year so far. Enjoy!
Bandcamp: https://beansband.bandcamp.com/album/boots-n-cats
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/02ymaagc9AeuCiHm7kwERa?si=69soEypxQ1iWDhfTvMeZ8g
Apple: https://music.apple.com/au/album/boots-n-cats/1717428763
Boots N Cats, by Beans
11 track album
2024.11
Gerycz/Powers/Rolin: Activator
Instrumental trio goes fully dreamlike. Sometimes blissful, sometimes sonic nightmare, in the best ways, of course. This is one to sink deeply into. Enjoy!
Bandcamp: https://geryczpowersrolin12xu.bandcamp.com/album/activator
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1JUBUJP5Lif1h9LgRKxtMB
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/activator/1724987171
Activator, by Gerycz Powers Rolin
5 track album
2024.12
Chris Morrissey: Grey Like the Color
Chris Morrissey is typically in the backing band, playing bass for Norah Jones, Mark Guiliana, and more. But out front, he's just as compelling, on his latest brining a jazz vibe to indie rock and evoking bands like Broken Social Scene, Sea and Cake, Radiohead and more. Killer band, too, naturally. Enjoy!
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0cE9MDJfL2l2b5GSHn9tQx
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/grey-like-the-color/1720252866
2024.13
Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau, Carlos Nino: Subtle Movements
Deep spiritual ambient music of the highest order. Sounds to inspire, to free your mind, to bring the chill when it's needed most. Deep breaths, friends. Enjoy.
Bandcamp: https://suryanatecarlos.bandcamp.com/album/subtle-movements
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5vxhrKnD8Nk89UeoDxCjv5
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/subtle-movements/1720396116
Subtle Movements, by Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau, Carlos Niño
7 track album
2024.14
Kevin Coleman: Imaginary Conversations
Coleman takes 40+ minutes over just three tracks on this album of exploratory instrumental Americana. Cosmic country to the utmost, this is psychedelic and expansive, even as it stays within the confines of traditional folk guitar motifs. Pretty cool stuff! Enjoy!
#newmusic #MusicDiscovery #folk #americana
Bandcamp: https://kevincolemancf.bandcamp.com/album/imaginary-conversations
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1ZZ91wzAfLoYtEXz2UIoog
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/imaginary-conversations/1736663657
Imaginary Conversations, by Kevin Coleman
3 track album
2024.15
Amanda Whiting: The Liminality of Her
The harp is having a moment and, man!, am I here for it. The Welsh Whiting's is a heady slow groove jazz harp and her sound and her band and her compositions are deliciously digestible and head-bobbingly spiritual. This is the good stuff, dig it friends. Enjoy!
#newmusic #MusicDiscovery #jazz #harp
Bandcamp: https://amandawhiting.bandcamp.com/album/the-liminality-of-her
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3tNvEZnLV5OAnOmII0jTiU
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-liminality-of-her/1727298047
The Liminality Of Her, by Amanda Whiting
10 track album
2024.16
Frontier Ruckus: On the Northline
Detroit folksters have been around for a while, but new music few/far between so I forget how great they are til bam! they drop one on ya. This is more of the same awesome, mix of bluegrassy sounds + modern day indie. The songwriting perspective is a unique one, each tune is an adventure of lyrical imagery. Enjoy!
Bandcamp: https://frontierruckus.bandcamp.com/album/on-the-northline-2
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2aBlJgrJb1hCqCrlGY8Fg0
Apple: https://music.apple.com/au/album/on-the-northline/1716591290
On the Northline, by Frontier Ruckus
12 track album
2024.17
Eric Hilton: Sound Vagabond
More vibey-as-fuq electrojazz, and ain't it just the salve for what ails us these days? Hilton, originally from Thievery Corporation, is masterful here, ambientgroove dopamine hits for your worried mind all the way down. Enjoy!
Bandcamp: https://erichilton.bandcamp.com/album/sound-vagabond
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3LgfKbU8JB0Dae2K1mupx5
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/sound-vagabond/1720125221
Sound Vagabond, by Eric Hilton
14 track album
2024.18
Jungle By Night: Tone Melisse
This Amsterdam band used to be pure afrobeat but have slowly morphed into an electrogroove band with some smarts and depth. Their latest is a 25 minute EP that finds them fully transformed, kicking ass as always, but in a much different place than where they started. Every track has something to say, so listen up. Enjoy!
#newmusic #MusicDiscovery #groove
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3UvxxIxD9RAMfFX5qaJyn8
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/tone-melisse-ep/1733265916
2024.19
Dawn Landes: The Liberated Woman's Songbook
Landes has a soft-but-strong voice perfectly suited for this chronological album covering protest songs from the women's liberation movement, over about a century of music and fighting the good fight along the way. She makes it all feel modern and relevant, for better or worse. Enjoy!
#newmusic #MusicDiscovery #folk #protestsongs
Bandcamp: https://dawnlandesofficial.bandcamp.com/album/the-liberated-womans-songbook
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1StwDapMFvdGT8cxkOhvlG
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-liberated-womans-songbook/1723065395
The Liberated Woman's Songbook, by Dawn Landes
11 track album
2024.20
Omni: Souvenir
Sometimes feels like there's no one doing just straight kick-ass rock and roll no more. Well, this Atlanta trio kicks ass, rocks, straight fire. Dense with the riffs, intelligent, but straight-up. Omni has always been radar-worthy, but this is their best. This is rock & roll circa 2024, it's pretty damn great. Enjoy!
#newmusic #MusicDiscovery #rockandroll
Bandcamp: https://omniatl.bandcamp.com/album/souvenir
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/703bpbJhzptTx5GTGNQoS4
Souvenir, by Omni
11 track album
2024.21
Mohama Saz: Maquina de Guerra
Kaleidoscopic psychedelic rock from Madrid. A blend of around-the-world spices creates a rather deep, flavorful sonic palette that'll fill your earholes and take you there. Dig in! Enjoy
#newmusic #musicdiscovery #psychedelic
Bandcamp: https://mohamasaz.bandcamp.com/album/m-quina-de-guerra
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0H8Pir3eXe6jMXSb5Kj1Nl
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/m%C3%A1quina-de-guerra/1718295053
Máquina de Guerra, by Mohama Saz
7 track album
2024.22
Charlie Parr: Little Sun
One of the better songwriters out there today, and probably one of the more underrated/unsung. Minnesota humor and charming worldview in delightfully raggedy folk garb. He's in fine form here once again, each song a gem. Enjoy!
#MusicDiscovery #newmusic #folk
Bandcamp: https://charlieparrmusic.bandcamp.com/album/little-sun-2
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3koHuLvsXMid4exvdIHnw8
Apple:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/little-sun/1718807185
Little Sun, by Charlie Parr
8 track album
2024.23
Jane Weaver: Love in Constant Spectacle
Feel like I never hear anyone talking about Weaver, but all she does is put out bangers. Her sound has matured and evolved, but it's still a deliciously dreamy mix of romance and intrigue, deeply interesting electropop. This may be my favorite release of the year so far. Enjoy!
Bandcamp: https://janeweaverfire.bandcamp.com/album/love-in-constant-spectacle
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/7JQueQibvRMgQ6gHRpUOpd
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/love-in-constant-spectacle/1724172180
Love In Constant Spectacle, by Jane Weaver
10 track album
2024.24
EZRA: EZRA
Cool new progressive bluegrass quartet that, as these outfits do, take motifs from classical and jazz and more and combine them in extremely ear-pleasing ways. Guitar, banjo, mandolin, and bass sounding as good as ever with a band of heavy hitter string players. Enjoy!
#newmusic #MusicDiscovery #bluegrass
Bandcamp:
https://ezraquartet.bandcamp.com/album/ezra
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0Y3lpgXM5mUdA0hCQcE12g
Apple:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/ezra-feat-jesse-jones-jacob-jolliff-max-allard-craig/1726148201
EZRA, by EZRA
9 track album
2024.25
levitation room: Strange Weather
Not sure if psychedelic rock's moment has come and gone, but with albums like this, I tend to think/hope not. This is quintessential psych from Los Angeles: killer riffs, get-out-there exploration, propulsive rhythms. Out on Greenway label and fitting right in with the rest of their roster. A+ stuff. Enjoy!
#newmusic #MusicDiscovery #psychrock
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7zBLmnvUYVum6Rv0ytOD4T
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/strange-weather/1722731810
Patrick Irwin@Neddyo So Great! love Charlie
Eli@Neddyo incredible, though I might've included the informative narration from the live set, which tied it all together perfectly
steve johnson@Neddyo Thanks for sharing this new one from Kevin. Have you heard this live effort from 2018. It's worth investigating. https://kevincoleman.bandcamp.com/album/jubilee-live-at-rhizome-dc-08-08-18
Jubilee: Live at Rhizome DC 08/08/18, by Kevin Coleman
1 track album
JoshAlcorn@Neddyo Ah this is it! Thank you friend.
@Neddyo yep, quite enjoyed this one
kcǃ@Neddyo ooooh, nice recommendation! Thanks!!