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Posts by Dr. J
A perfect song. And a perfect song for this moment.
Jay Farrar - Doesn't Have to Be This Way youtu.be/26rF_qkYeb8?...
What will our last song be today?
Three songs from The Brower Sisters Band - Noise, Move to Mars and Try Try Try. You get the sense they’re not trying to impress the room. They’re just trying to make sure the song conquers it. www.youtube.com/@thebrowersi...
The Brower Sisters Band have that rare kind of chemistry you can’t manufacture in a studio with endless takes and better gear—you either grew up inside the same air or you didn’t, and this sounds like people who’ve been harmonizing long before anyone told them it was a “project.”
A great song.
Bottle Rockets - "Gravity Fails" youtu.be/lWe4-a7PD4c?...
There’s something almost reckless in the way Matt Derda and the High Watts take on “We’ve Been Had” like they’ve walked into Uncle Tupelo’s rusted-out living room, knocked over a chair, and started playing the song louder, looser, and more burned. youtu.be/nm95oyMF6CA?...
Hour 3 is deeply underway... what you want to hear?
Hour 2 of YTAA was with our fine guests Nicholas Johnson and Rich Reuter, who are playing The Woodward Theater on April 30th. Go see them and all of the amazing musicians playing that night.
Great guests! Rich Reuter and Nicholas Johnson!
Sugar - Shaky is Sweetness weaponized. This is candy that bites back when you’re not looking. youtu.be/A0YYITxIs0U?...
Finish Line – Sean Solomon with a song that doesn’t celebrate victory so much as question why you’re still running. Emotional exhaustion with a melody. Lovely. youtu.be/0tQzYlI2kBI?...
Devvy Dub - Vision. A prophecy delivered through cracked speakers in a parking garage at 3 a.m. You don’t listen to this—you get rearranged by it. youtu.be/Aj8_2ivSgD4?...
Bar Pilots - Otoliths. This is indie nautical sway for people who’ve given up on dry land emotionally. It sways like a broken compass. youtu.be/bKA0vv9Ipfw?...
Kevin Robertson has a confession disguised as a melody, or maybe the other way around. It drifts like someone talking in their sleep and accidentally telling the truth about everything. Its uncertainty made into a love song, somehow it hurts more than clarity ever could. youtu.be/igE55gzCA4s?...
Reality Cheque – TV Star
Finally, someone spells it correctly and still gets the brutality right. This is pop music holding your wallet at gunpoint while smiling for the camera. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQF6...
Solid Wall Of Light – Mythical Motors: This is what happens when shoegaze forgets to be shy and starts staring back. It’s less “wall of sound” and more “wall of judgment from something ancient and glowing.” Mythical Motors built a cathedral out of distortion and dared you to blink. You will lose.
Bookmark – Knotts: A song like a pressed flower found in a cracked copy of On the Road—pretty, a little dead, and somehow still bleeding perfume. It aches in a polite way, which is almost more unsettling than screaming. youtu.be/TyO3IDG0qEI?...
Leah Callahan’s ‘Driving’ feels like grief learning to operate a steering wheel—steady, haunted, and still moving forward anyway. #OurLadyOfTheSadAdventure
'Take It All' - from Elephants and Stars
A song that grabs you by the collar, demanding rent. It’s the sound of ambition chewing glass in a cheap motel room. If this is what the new album is promising, then hand me the whole damn riot and don’t bother wrapping it. buff.ly/kXFYLrb
Foxhall Stacks - Turntable Exiles
This song will put a smile on your face. youtu.be/QF0j0u4NMPY?...
Truth!
The Mayflies USA - "A Quick Look Ahead"
Another band that should be in your collection... just saying. This is a stellar song from an incredible band. youtu.be/n09aLZLDJU4?...
Frontier Folk Nebraska - Queen City Serenade (Live)
This band should be in everyone's collection. And this live set is a good start. youtu.be/03Gg70LMe80?...
Shopping all done?