Cleveland: The Spotlight On Playlist
Right before I moved was the hardest part...This playlist is a time capsule from May to June 2023.
Grapes Upon The Vine tests my faith.
Two weeks after its release, Grapes Upon The Vine might be my favorite TV Girl album. [RECORD SCRATCH] You might be wondering how I got here.
I fall for Gorillaz' The Fall.
Gorillaz' The Fall is a full-length album recorded in a month, on an iPad, during the band's Escape To Plastic Beach Tour. If that sounds like a good 45 minutes to you, you might also dig this post.
Sitting with Satoshi Ashikawa's Still Way.
Okay. I'm going out on a limb this week, I hope you'll join me.
The Mattson 2
Vaults Of Eternity: Japan
Toro y Moi: Outer Peace
Welcome back to week three of the Spotlight On Blog's Three Weeks Of Toro y Moi Albums Event. That's what it's called I just decided.
Hiroshi Yoshimura: Wet Land
Damn. Hiroshi Yoshimura gets me chilled the hell out.
John Lurie National Orchestra: The Invention Of Animals
The Invention Of Animals is sort of a "Best Of John Lurie" record, pulling original tracks written for Fishing With John. That show's a classic, and the genesis of the off-beat, meditative TV genre as far as I'm concerned. See also: How To with John Wilson and Chillin Island.
Kendrick Lamar: Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers is maybe the purest Kendrick Lamar Concept Album yet. The striking new production direction is here, the bars and the songwriting are here, the narrative arc is here. And we've even been treated to another helping of controversy, for flavor.