New music this week from Glom, J.H.M., The Cords, Sydney Sprague, Bruno Mars, Vulfmon, Luis Cato, The Sherlocks, The Protomen, Bad//Dreams, Frute, Cameron Sonnier, Charli Lucas, Bottle Rockets and much more. Enjoy!
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I've been turning people on to the artist known as Glom for a while now. Glom is a Brooklyn based indie band that is part 90's alternative, part pop, part shoegaze, and very creative at melding all those sounds. They've been releasing singles for quite a while now but have finally released a full album called "Below". Over the course of time I have added 8 of the 10 tracks on my playlists. Highly recommended.
Sydney Sprague describes herself as moving "through life with guitar in one hand and an anxiety disorder in the other." What she has is great songs going in directions you might not expect. Her first album, "maybe i will see you at the end of the world" would get notice for the title alone, but she has earned respect from the critics and is putting in a pretty heavy touring schedule. Her new album "Peak Experience" is no sophomore slump, and it's very much worth your time.
The Protomen have at long last released "Act III" in the ongoing saga that makes up much of the band's material. Subtitled "The City Made Us" this is yet another unpredictable and captivating winding through the streets that only the Protomen could live in, an if you're a fan of their hijinks you should really check them out.
For those of you who listen to the Radio Station I will point out that there is a an extra track. My friend and British Synthwave artist Kiffie release as a single the song "Stand By", as a response to some of the horrific stuff happening in the US and elsewhere. It's available through his bandcamp page, https://kiffie.bandcamp.com/. You should also check out the collection of protest songs known as "The Weapon and the Shield" that he put together and that we're both on. https://theweaponandtheshield.bandcamp.com/
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It's really difficult to put into words just how incredibly crazy these past 12 days have been as an American. We've been watching the current administration go from "leaning Nazi" to "Full Nazi" and now that they're actually quoting Stasi propaganda as if those are American values we have to admit it, we live in the Nazi States of America.
And ICE agent murdered a woman just trying to drive. The video you see that actually shows the real intent and motive from the shooter that you may have seen on the news or on the internet came from his own phone. And it's not the first time an ICE agent has killed since this madness began.
Armed thugs are going door to door looking for illegals. We're at the "hide our neighbors in the attic" stage of the process now. Suddenly our neighbors are Anne Frank and her family.
We invaded another country, kidnapped their president, and our "leader" is now claiming we run the country - despite the fact that we have no people there to actually administrate anything.
And let's not forget that the current "Commander in Chief" is a raging pedophile. The evidence is right there people.
I have rarely been as conscious of the privilege that I hold in being a White Male in this country.
And I'm having a difficult time telling the difference between the government crackdown on the protesters in Iran and the government crackdown on the protesters in Minnesota.
I have many friends who live overseas. At the moment 3 of my bandmates live outside of the US. I have family overseas in Europe, Canada, New Zealand... and I find the attraction compelling. But my friends who live overseas don't understand why we don't just take to the streets and get the bums thrown out. You know, a general strike or tractors in the streets of Washington or millions upon millions marching.
The thing is, many governments overseas are designed to be forced to respond to such things. The American political system doesn't. It doesn't have to, because elections are on a fixed schedule, and the current checks and balances are so weak that they might as well not even exist. Until elections happen there isn't much that can be done.
So we have another year of this. We're not going to survive another year of this. Not without scars.
And because I love you, have something nice that from Minneapolis:
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