hey hey. so the #SquirrellyWhirligig “nonlinear” playlist includes music which has “defined my becoming” (whatever that means… highbrow poetics for “favorite music of all time,” I suppose). anyhoo, i want to set the bar a bit lower and start a new thread of current faves. thus… I now present thee “current faves” #WhirlySquirrellygig playlist. https://mastodon.online/@iraantlers/109377724439706582
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Entry no. 1 in the #WhirlySquirrellygig playlist of current faves.
Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento (“Rebirth Group")

“…an invasion of extra-terrestrial cumbia. A shock to folklore with citric keyboard juice, nuclear guitars and cosmic electronica…”

#MeridianBrothers

https://meridianbrothers.bandcamp.com/album/meridian-brothers-el-grupo-renacimiento?from=search&search_item_id=3385196099&search_item_type=a&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=2726854015&search_page_no=0&search_rank=3&logged_in_menubar=true

Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento, by Meridian Brothers

9 track album

Meridian Brothers

Entry no. 2 in the #WhirlySquirrellygig playlist of current faves. A Dirty Projectors classic from the “Bitte Orca” era – tender, live, acoustic rendition of “Temecula Sunrise”.

#DirtyProjectors
https://song.link/de/i/393394947

Temecula Sunrise (Live At Other Music) by Dirty Projectors

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Entry no. 3 in the #WhirlySquirrellygig playlist of current faves includes two avant-garde records that pair well. Percussion on both exquisite, mwah (air kiss, yum).

No. 1: The Necks “Three”
#TheNecks

https://thenecksau.bandcamp.com/album/three

Three, by The Necks

3 track album

The Necks

No. 2: CZN “Station to Station to Station” — just out, new music feat. Valentina Magaletti.

#WhirlySquirrellygig
#ValentinaMagaletti

https://valentinamagaletti.bandcamp.com/album/station-to-station-to-station

Station to Station to Station, by CZN ( Valentina Magaletti, João Pais Filipe, Leon Marks)

5 track album

VALENTINA MAGALETTI
Entry no. 4 in the #WhirlySquirrellygig playlist of current faves. Aunty Rayzor‘s “Viral Wreckage”
#AuntyRayzor
https://hakunakulala.bandcamp.com/album/viral-wreckage
Viral Wreckage, by Aunty Rayzor

12 track album

HAKUNA KULALA
Entry no. 5 in the #WhirlySquirrellygig playlist of current faves. “Grafts” by Kara-Lis Coverdale
#KaraLisCoverdale
https://kara-liscoverdale.bandcamp.com/album/grafts
Grafts, by Kara-Lis Coverdale

2 track album

Kara-Lis Coverdale
;), by Saya Gray

from the album QWERTY EP

Saya Gray
Entry no. 7 in the #WhirlySquirrellygig playlist of current faves.
“Everything's Beautiful" by Hiatus Kaiyote. Dig the flutes. Bassline exquisite.
#HiatusKaiyote
https://hiatuskaiyote.bandcamp.com/album/everything-s-beautiful
Everything’s Beautiful, by Hiatus Kaiyote

1 track album

Hiatus Kaiyote
Entry no. 8 in the #WhirlySquirrellygig playlist of current faves. “Long Time Ago" by White Magic. Love their stuff, but had missed this track somehow.
#WhiteMagic
https://song.link/de/i/1485054071
Long Time Ago by White Magic

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Entry no. 9 in the #WhirlySquirrellygig playlist of current faves. The Smile’s Tiny Desk Concert gig. I never really listened to Radiohead but, my goodness, this newer band with two of their members is spectacular.
#TheSmile
https://youtu.be/Zm1VIGNmPxI?si=39uxvZjC6NPumMLY
The Smile: Tiny Desk Concert

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Entry no. 10 in the #WhirlySquirrellygig playlist of current faves. Susso ’s song “Susso Kunda”. I don't know anything about this band yet, but the song is set to repeat (endless loop) right now.
#Susso

https://song.link/de/i/1611816439

Susso Kunda by Susso

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Entry no. 11 in the #WhirlySquirrellygig playlist of current faves. Quasi’s latest album “Breaking the Balls of History” — used to love seeing them play in PDX mid-90s. Any other Quasi fans out there in Mastodonland? Litmus test.
#Quasi
https://album.link/de/i/1648764200
Breaking the Balls of History by Quasi

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@iraantlers Saw Quasi play the Satyricon with Crackerbash and Motor Goat.
@_slotek_ Excellent! Satyricon… my band so wanted to play there.