Saturday Spins: Chris Bell’s I Am the Cosmos
As some critics say, one can tell that Big Star was definitely all Chris Bell, and you can definitely hear that on I Am the Cosmos
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Saturday Spins: Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!
Expanding into a more pop-rock sound, Aaron Lee Tasjan has endlessly catchy songs in the vein of Tom Petty, ELO, and The Traveling Wilburys.
Sunday Spins Part 2: Sturgill Simpson’s Cuttin’ Grass Vol 2
Sturgill Simpson’s Cuttin’ Grass Vol 2 is not a double-LP like Vol 1, and it has been pared down in scope, but it still slaps.
Saturday Spins Part 1: Sturgill Simpson’s Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 1
20 tracks of reinvented Sturgill Simpson and Sunday Valley songs, because Sturgill Simpson is a bit of a cosmic gift to country music.
Saturday Spins: Jeff Tweedy’s Love is the King
Jeff Tweedy’s Love is the King spins, and we discuss hype stickers and why it is a never-ending war to remove and preserve them.
Christmas Spin: Keith Richards, Chuck Berry, and Run Rudolph Run
Ho Ho Ho! A special Christmas spin of a song popularized by the father of rock-n-roll and covered by many many others.
Saturday Spins: Leon Bridges Good Thing
Leon Bridges occupies a space or two because I dig his particular brand of soul. It’s not too poppy, and it isn’t too experimental to seem like it’s a parody.
Saturday Spins: Dawes North Hills
Have you ever had the opener actually being better than the main act? While Dawes was performing, we knew they were something special then.
Saturday Spins: Justin Townes Earle In Memoriam
It is pretty hard for me to listen to this album and think that the world will not get any new music written by Justin Townes Earle
Saturday Spins: Bright Eyes
I texted my good friend and told him it sounded like early Bright Eyes, but with better production and sound engineering.
Sunday Spins: Black Pumas
I am pretty excited to discuss this week’s spin, though. I first heard about and heard Black Pumas while watching Austin City Limits
Saturday Spins: Ryan Adams
Let’s talk a little bit about Ryan Adams’s Gold and why it is a landmark record.
Saturday Spins: Operation Ivy
Operation Ivy was only a band for 2 years, 1987-1989, and as I have often said before, burned bright, but flared out quickly.
Saturday Spins: Wilco Schmilco
Folks, not sure how I can carry on after covering the perfect album last week, but I am a slave to the Discogs randomizer. This week, I’ll be covering another release from dad-rock titans,...
Saturday Spins Returns: Yeehaw
This week’s spin features a mysterious man in a frayed lone ranger mask. However, for the sake of his art, I will only refer to him as Orville Peck.
Saturday Spins: Jack White
Jack White said that the inspiration for the songs on this record come from short stories and plays he wrote and later unearthed in his attic.
Saturday Spins: Ryan Adams
This album release is credited as a solo Ryan Adams record, however, musically it is a Ryan Adams & The Cardinals record through and through.
Saturday Spins: Big Star
I discovered Big Star later on after they were championed by some of my favorite artists like Ryan Adams and Mike Viola
Sunday Spins: Wilco
I did receive a consolation prize with my Wilco order though: a plain black number 2 pencil with “ODE TO JOY” carved into the wood.
Saturday Spins: Sturgill Simpson
Sound & Fury is decidedly not a country album in any way. That is what makes it and Sturgill so great.This is also where the divisiveness sets in…
