#20. 23 September 2019

friends!

i hope you're all doing well. 

time is short. this feels urgent. there's music. good god there's music. here's some. actually here's a lot.

Lisel :: Angels on the Slope
there's a great series of house concerts called Home Audio that some of my pals started in brooklyn a bunch of years ago. their most recent concert featured Lisel. i wasn't around for the show but I scoped her new recording. this album is really special. crystalline vocals. trippy production and fun grooves. it’s awesome. go get it.

Mmeadows :: I'll Never Let You Go
mmeadows is just the best. husband / wife team cole and kristin produce jams that lay perfectly under literally unbelievable vocals. this i think is a single from an upcoming release. bright and shimmering and sludgy and thumping. this music is gold. GOLD. 

Steve Lehman :: The People I Love
steve lehman's alto saxophone sound is immediately recognizable to me. for better or worse. bright and edgy and direct. i've been listening to his music for a lot of years. and this new release is special in how casually he and his band rip through some incredibly challenging material seemingly without breaking a sweat. i love this record.

Steph Richards :: Take the Neon Lights
this album was released about 6 months ago and i've been SNOOZING. steph is one of my generation's most flexible and brilliant trumpet virtuosos. her melodic sensibilities are NUTS. her command of the instrument in its "true" form AND through a gamut of extended techniques is incredibly exciting and moving. steph's writing on this album is top notch and her band crushes the material. from moody scratch n sniff to driving and sometimes funny bluesy grooves. holy shit buy this and listen to it.

Derider :: You Became the Ground
grungy and gritty and loud and driving but sometimes still pretty. wtf how do they do that? these pittsburgh pals are awesome and so is their music. please listen. it's worth it.