Yesterday was too much of a growler punch for anything and as my brain returns from being fried I thought it time to look back at those tunes that have been making me either shake my money maker or offer a knowing nod of approval toward the radio in the car this last week and some.
October Drift – Airborne Panic Attack
Maybe it’s because I don’t want to be that guy of a certain age surrounded by post-rock albums and denouncing the music of today or maybe it’s desperation to break out of Spotify’s ever decreasing circles of recommended ‘new’ music… but I love hearing genuinely new music on the radio that ticks all my boxes and try very hard not to think of how the performer is probably half my age.
This has lots of things I like and nothing I don’t.
The Black Crowes – Thorn In My Side
That little yellow dude over at 1357 gave me all the nudge I need to slip The Crowes’ Southern Harmony and Musical Companion into the cd slot in the car last week and it hasn’t left. The guitar tone on this keeps making me go back for more. Whether I need an intermittently correct calendar for the next 50 years remains to be confirmed.
Yasmin Williams – Swift Breeze
We’re into that time of year that means avoiding Mariah Carey and Chris Rea by listening to those Best of 2021 picks (mine will undoubtedly find me sitting surrounded by and picking out post-rock albums as it’s been a good year for the genre) and I keep seeing Yasmin Williams’ Urban Driftwood pop up, phenomenal player and a great album.
Sonny Landreth – Native of the Motherland
Speaking of great players… this one popped as a recommendation and while I prefer his instrumentals like this one, I was glad to discover Sonny’s work.
Coach Party – FLAG (Feel Like A Girl)
Another one from a promising new talent that falls into the ‘making me move my head in a way that rivals Elaine’s little kicks on the drive home’ category that’s been getting a whole lotta spins.
Bruce Springsteen – Prove It All Night (The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts)
Jim over at Music Enthusiast gave me the heads up this one was coming as I was asleep at the switch on this Springsteen drop. It’s every bit as good as the idea of a power-drive run through Springsteen and the E Street Band’s set circa ’79 should be.
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That Springsteen live version is pretty awesome – looks like a great setlist.
I hadn’t heard of Yasmin Williams, but that song was lovely.
Definitely – I’ve got a few of the boots from the Darkness tour and they were really hitting their peak,this condensed set works really well too as it seems so laser-focused
I was expecting some soft sensitive music from Coach Party (Some CB prejudgment going on) but I knew something was up from the first lyrics “You got some pictures of me naked”. They sound really good. Like their vibe. Will explore some more. Yeah the yellow guy does nudge one to certain music. I seen Bruce for the first time a year or two before this show. One of the best things Ive ever caught. It was right after he released ‘Darkness’. Him and the band exploded that night. I could probably find the set list but Im so lazy. Good set Tony.
Soft and sensitive is my byline
I’ve yet to catch the Boss and am gutted that I’ll never get to see the full (the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, hard-rocking, booty-shaking, love-making, earth-quaking, Viagra-taking, justifying, death-defying, legendary) E Street Band rocking a stage having passed the one opportunity I had to do so many moons ago (though that was post Danny Federici’s passing)
Him and the band are good whenever you catch him. You know that and quit being so sensitive. CB is a sensitive pig.
Sorry I never followed you before, I’m clearly a very rude man!