@hotdogsladies another one for you - in the pantheon of all timer KEXP for me - if you’ve never seen the brothers Cory & Casey Hanson shredding at each other in 3rds - I’d say give the first 92 seconds your full attention and if you like the three songs they play in the opening 60 seconds, you can be sure you’re onto a winner.
(This is in support of Cory’s performative meat & cheeze rock record “Western Cum”).
((Meats and cheeses, always pleases.))
@hotdogsladies have you heard this with Stu breaking down how they made some of the songs for the KG / LW records? It’s excellent, and a really inspiring bit from him at the end about why you just have to keep making stuff:
In this episode, John catches up with King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard frontman and producer Stu Mackenzie to talk about how the band wrote, recorded and produced the albums, ‘K.G.’ and ‘L.W.’ Armed with various living room demos, phone recordings and plenty of stems, Stu delves into the successes and difficulties that came with each band member having to write and record from home, sharing how the completely unfamiliar process shaped their two lockdown records. Firing on all sonic cylinders, we’re given an insight into recording and mixing tracks with two drum kits, linear songwriting with constantly evolving time signatures, as well as the effects of microtonal retuning. Listen to find out how the band switch from being ‘gentle fellas’ to ‘heavy monsters’, what they did when they didn’t have a bass that could play low enough and why the flute has ended up on so many of their tracks. Tracks discussed: Automation, If Not Now, Then When?, K.G.L.W. & K.G.L.W. LINKS TO EVERYTHING TAPE NOTES…
"A Great First Layer"
Observations on things I've learned about life from 3D printing.
@hotdogsladies Merlin I gotta know - since I recommended a year ago, has the 2025 media hype around Geese & Cameron Winter pushed them onto your plate yet? I feel like they are so up your street, I don’t want you & your kid to be deprived of them.
(I went to see Cameron play to a packed church in Manchester on Sunday and hold the room in rapt attention just playing his funny, sad songs on piano. 23 years old, I couldn’t stop welling up with pride & optimism for “the kids”)
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