Enjoy!
Selections from some of this year's live releases.
The first half of the year is over, as always, plenty of amazing music
already. Would love to get some of your recommendations. Here are some
of my favorites:
{my running favorites of 2012 playlist (updated monthly) on Spotify:
http://open.spotify.com/user/
{my running weekly album picks playlist on Spotify:
http://open.spotify.com/user/
Favorite albums of 2012 thus far (alphabetical, did my best to limit
it to 25, but plenty more I can recommend):
Air -- Le Voyage Dans La Lune
Andrew Bird -- Break It Yourself
Chicha Libre -- Canibalismo
Conduits -- Conduits
Dr. Dog -- Be the Void
Dr John -- Locked Down
Jay Farrar/Jim James/Anders Parker/Will Johnson -- New Multitudes
Floratone -- Floratone II
Laura Gibson -- La Grande
Heartless Bastards -- Arrow
Hospitality -- Hospitality
Michael Kiwanuka -- Home Again
Cate Le Bon -- Cyrk
Little Barrie -- King of the Waves
Brad Mehldau Trio -- Ode
The Pines -- Dark So Gold
Plants and Animals -- The End of That
Pond -- Beard, Wives, Denim
Quantic w/ Alice Russell -- Look Around the Corner
Frankie Rose -- Interstellar
Royal Baths -- Better Luck Next Life
Christopher Paul Stelling -- Songs of Praise & Scorn
Toure-Raichel Collective -- The Tel Aviv Session
Jack White -- Blunderbuss
Zeus -- Busting Visions
Favorite 10 new discoveries in 2012 so far:
Conduits
Chicha Libre
Get the Blessing
Hospitality
Michael Kiwanuka
Little Barrie
The Megaphonic Thrift
Pond
Quick and Easy Boys
Royal Baths
Spirit Family Reuniion
The Young
Some campfire covers songs for your weekend pleasure.
Enjoy!
Spotify
Covers2012.1
Covers2012.2
01 The Ride of the Valkyries (Wagner) -- Chicha Libre
02 Revelator (Welch) -- Camille O'Sullivan
03 Leaving On a Jet Plane (Denver) -- Sea of Bees
04 Wayfarin' Stranger (traditional) -- Neil Young & Crazy Horse
05 The Scientist (Coldplay) -- Willie Nelson
06 Mr. Spaceman (The Byrds) -- The Wandering
My favorite albums of 2012 (so far)
My twitter (@neddyo) weekly album pick playlist
All the minimixes that ever were
Some weird for your summer.
Enjoy!
Spotify
Psych2012.1:
Psych2012.2
01 Evening Sky -- Plankton Wat
02 Workingman's Smile -- MV & EE
03 Latchkeys -- White Fence
04 Numb -- The Young
05 Beautiful Son -- Peaking Lights
06 Eg anda -- Sigur Ros
Dedicated to all the funky dads out there.
Enjoy!
Spotify
Groovy2012.1
Groovy2012.2
01 La Plata (En Mi Carrito De Lata) -- Chicha Libre
02 Witches Boogaloo -- The Sugarman 3
03 Ziggowatt -- Lettuce
04 Little Shimmy -- Billy Martin/Wil Blades
05 Take Off Your Clothes -- Everyone Orchestra
06 What I Know -- The Bamboos
My favorite albums of 2012 (so far)
My twitter (@neddyo) weekly album pick playlist
All the minimixes that ever were
Summer is here, time for some roots music.
Enjoy!
Spotify
Folk2012.1
Folk2012.2
01 A Heart Arcane -- Horse Feathers
02 Ballad of Oregon -- River City Extension
03 Knob Creek -- Steep Canyon Rangers
04 Daniel Bloom -- Hope for Agoldensummer
05 You're the One I Love -- Sara Watkins (with Fiona Apple)
06 That's What's Up -- Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Some *great* new music for your long weekend. Check it out!
Enjoy!
Spotify
RandomFaves2012.1
RandomFaves2012.2
01 Are You Gonna Waste My Time -- Zeus
02 The Letter -- Robbers on High Street
03 Raising FLags -- The Megaphonic Thrift
04 Elegant Design -- Pond
05 The First Time I Ran Away -- M. Ward
06 Home Again -- Michael Kiwanuka
{Sorry a little late.}
A little female influence for your weekend.
Enjoy!
Spotify
Ladies2012.1
Ladies2012.2
01 Little Spark -- Jessie Baylin
02 Out on the Road -- Norah Jones
03 I'm Alone -- La Sera
04 Johnny Cash's Mama's House -- Emily Wells
05 The Wonder -- Conduits
06 Volcanoes -- Anna Vogelzang
Little mind music for your weekend.
Enjoy!
Spotify
Jazz2012.1
01 More Pluck -- Floratone
02 Azawade -- The Toure-Raichel Collective
03 Adagio in Wot Minor -- Get the Blessing
04 Minjor -- Snarky Puppy
05 Same Moon -- Jessica Lurie Ensemble
06 Dream Sketch --- Brad Mehldau Trio
My favorite albums of 2012 (so far)
My twitter (@neddyo) weekly album pick playlist
All the minimixes that ever were
Not Jazzfest, but 6 new tracks from the Crescent City.
Enjoy!
Spotify
01 Fortune Teller -- Jon Cleary
02 Getaway -- Dr. John
03 Night People -- The Soul Rebels
04 Trippin' Inside A Bubble -- Dirty Dozen Brass Band
05 Mind of a Junkie -- Anders Osborne
06 Ash Wednesday Sunrise -- Galactic
My favorite albums of 2012 (so far)
My twitter weekly album pick playlist
All the minimixes that ever were
Six weekend-worthy tracks of people doing other people's songs.
Enjoy!
Spotify
Permalink
Cover2012.1
01 Sweet Dreams Are Made of This (Eurhythmics) -- The Soul Rebels
02 I'm Shakin' (John) -- Jack White
03 Ooh La La (The Faces) -- Counting Crows
04 Pure Imagination (Wonka) -- Steve Lehman Trio
05 Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky (Toussaint) -- Jon Cleary
06 Here Comes the Rain Again (Eurhythmics) -- Macy Gray
My favorite albums of 2012 (so far)
Album picks of the week playlist
All the minimixes that ever were
Cuz it's #420, brah!
Enjoy!
Spotify
Permalink:
Psych2012.1
01 When It Explodes -- Pond
02 Sioxsie Blaqq -- Sleepy Sun
03 Take away lifes endless take -- White Fence
04 Headin' for the Top Now -- Spiritualized
05 Sensations -- Lilacs & Champagne
06 All My Prayers -- The Magic Castles
My favorite albums of 2012 (so far)
Album picks of the week playlist
All the minimixes that ever were
Some booty shakin' for your Friday the 13th. These are some good ones, well worth a listen.
Enjoy!
Spotify:
Groovy2012.1
01 Revolution -- Dr John
02 Make It Rain -- Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds
03 Magdalena -- Quantic & Alice Russell with The Combo Barbaro
04 Let Them Talk -- Spoek Mathambo (feat. Yolanda)
05 Part of the Glory -- Balkan Beat Box
06 Come On -- Third Coast Kings
Roots music for your weekend.
Enjoy
Spotify
Folk2012.1
01 In the Beginning -- Todd Snider
02 Flawless Executioner -- Christopher Paul Stelling
03 Chorine My Sheba Queen -- New Multitudes
04 Main Street -- Deer Tick
05 Boodle-De-Bum-Bum -- Carolina Chocolate Drops
06 In the Land (of Things That Used To Be) -- Kevn Kinney & the Golden Palominos
{programming note: just made a spotify playlist this week. is anyone listening to these on Rhapsody? is anyone interested in these on MOG? anyone listening at all? let me know and I'll adjust}
Some tunes that have been scratching that itch for me lately.
Enjoy!
Spotify
Rhapsody
RandomFaves2012.1
01 Desperation Breeds ... -- Andrew Bird
02 The Arrow Killed The Beast -- Heartless Bastards
03 Control Me -- Plants and Animals
04 When No One's Watching -- Craig Finn
05 Otherside -- Delta Spirit
06 Now We're Nowhere -- Little Barrie
A little female influence for your weekend
Enjoy!
Spotify
Rhapsody
Ladies2012.1
01 Origins -- Tennis
02 Interstellar -- Frankie Rose
03 Wilderland -- Anais Mitchell
04 We Are Fine -- Sharon Van Etten
05 Slow To Love -- Doe Paoro
06 Lafaye -- School Of Seven Bells
Little mind music for your weekend.
Enjoy!
Spotify
Rhapsody
01 A Ride With Polly Jean -- Jenny Scheinman's Mischief & Mayhem
02 Move -- Bill Frisell & Floratone
03 Sequoia -- Lund Quartet
04 Solo Continuum 31 -- Chick Corea
05 Funky Digits -- Erik Deutsch
06 Pink Elephant -- Guy Klucevsek & Brave Combo
So cozy under the covers!
Enjoy!
Spotify
Rhapsody
01 Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana) -- Robert Glasper
02 Home At Last (Steely Dan) -- The Darcys
03 Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves (Doye O'Dell) -- The Little Willies
04 Kid A (Radiohead) -- Punch Brothers
05 Don't Let It Bring You Down (Neil Young) -- Erik Deutsch
06 All Apologies (Nirvana) -- Todd Clouser's A Love Electric
The swirling guitars, the extended play, the mind-enhancing, the prog-jam and the just plain weird.
Enjoy!
Spotify
Rhapsody
01 Gelid Ascent -- Of Montreal
02 Be Afraid of Me -- Royal Baths
03 Self Made Man -- Howlin Rain
04 White Hot Gun -- Phantom Family Halo
05 Simple Feeling -- Heartless Bastards
06 Gone Tomorrow -- Lambchop
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