These are the albums I listened to the most in 2021. Did any of your favorites make the list? Check out the official companion playlist on Spotify featuring all of these artists and more (link below)!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/21pBTWgadwrwuLARWfdi8u?si=273dbb0021b64fc0
Watch the full episode on YouTube @ https://youtu.be/ziKnxEkecOg
Featured artists/albums (in no particular order):
Teenage Fanclub - Endless Arcade
Caroline Kingsbury - Heaven's Just A Flight
Geese - Projector
Amyl And The Sniffers - Comfort To Me
Pale Waves - Who Am I?
Garbage - No Gods No Masters
ABBA - Voyage
Nation Of Language - A Way Forward
John Mayer - Sob Rock
Billy Bragg - The Million Things That Never Happened
Starflyer 59 - Vanity
Limp Bizkit - Still Sucks
Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World
They Might Be Giants - Book
Pixel Grip - Arena
Lyle Caine - Evanzen Ethereal Blues Continuum
Torres - Thirstier
Pom Poko - Cheater
The Killers - Pressure Machine
The Dirty Nil - Fuck Art
Kiwi Jr. - Cooler Returns
Penelope Isles - Which Way To Happy
Silk Sonic - An Evening With Silk Sonic
Quicksand - Distant Populations
Trace Mountains - House Of Confusion
Low - Hey What
Webbed Wing - What's So Fucking Funny?
Liz Cooper - Hot Sass
Failure - Wild Type Droid
The War On Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
Pearl Charles - Magic Mirror
An in-depth conversation with Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter/guitar virtuoso Lyle Caine! Watch the video @ https://youtu.be/qNn-3G460H4
Check out some of the cool stuff Lyle's up to these days:
Original music on Bandcamp // https://lylecaine.bandcamp.com/
Official albums trailer // https://youtu.be/GoFYimbz18Q
Nick Goovnia Music (record label) // https://nickgoovniamusic.com/
Howard Caine Major Hochstetter Page on Facebook // https://facebook.com/groups/2600074953564376/
Interview with Rick Nineg (on the subject of Howard Caine) // https://youtu.be/Lh7qHJ4LBzU
An in-depth conversation with Louis DeMarco - a Chicago-based outsider artist and musician living with autism. Watch the video @ https://youtu.be/q1DtXU9mSV4
Check out some of the cool stuff Louis did:
Visual art @ Project Onward // https://www.projectonward.org/louis-demarco
Home demo recordings of original music // https://soundcloud.com/cdwallet/sets/louisdemarco
"The Loudemar Song" animated music video // https://www.facebook.com/ProjectOnward/videos/1266414186948
"Artists At Home" interview for Project Onward // https://youtu.be/pFPtIjgh9hc
"Toasters" ep. 01 animation and ep. 02 table read // https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHWyqtsJs8VgPNbx_VEuSfeVFI8QXvaZX
Rockin' out live w/ DHF Express // https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHWyqtsJs8VhALTkErhiiGNTO_P94dfj0
An in-depth conversation with one of my oldest, dearest friends, and the mastermind behind multiple great bands... PDX by way of SoCal artist Chris Koza! Watch the video @ https://youtu.be/nQX3u6i5YfI
Check out some of the cool stuff Chris did: