New music this week from Footballhead, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Anjimine, Bluhm, Peter Gabriel, Dan Lucas, Crooked Fingers, Jon Lampley, Special Friend, Theo Katzman, Joe Jackson and much more. Enjoy!
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So let's talk about this week's selections, starting with the opening track and album from Tedeschi Trucks Band. After a few albums where they dipped into mysticism and deep thought inspired by Hindi writings they have returned with a genuine straight-ahead rock and roll album called "Future Soul". While I really enjoyed these past few albums this new album is their bread and butter and as good as anything they've ever done.
Footballhead is a band I've been following for a while now, and their new album "Weight of the Truth" might be their best one yet. I had a real time narrowing down which songs to add to the playlist and still wound up adding 4 songs. They sound like a band with a much bigger following than they have and you should check them out.
Crooked Fingers is the on-again off-again project run by Eric Bachmann, who was the leader of the 90's alt-rocking band Archers of Loaf. Archers broke up 28 years ago and they still have a larger following than this band and that's a shame, because this new album is good stuff. I enjoyed the album "Swet Deth" and will admit I have a soft spot in my heart for any musician who, like me, started out on the sax.
The Dandy Warhols are a fun if occasionally perplexing band that's been around for quite a while now, and their now album "Pin Ups" as an album of covers, some of which are decidedly orr-brand for them. They cover The Runaways "Cherry Bomb" and America's "Sister Golden Hair" for example. They also cover The Cult's "She Sells Sanctuary".
I've known about trumpeter Jon Lampley for a while now, mostly as a side man for Cory Wong and as a band member of the band on Late Night with Stephen Colbert, plus numerous guest spots on other albums. He's a funky, soulful player and will have a new album out in June, the first single from which is called "Greener". All that said, I had no idea he could sing, and sing he does on this track. I think he's got quite the career going forward when Colbert's show ends in May.
Wretched Pinhead Puppets is another one of those bands I like but don't expect anyone else to. They're quirkey, hop styles all the time, and some of their work can be a challenge. I still collect it all though, just for myself. Their new single "Boarding the Bus" is a seriously good song and much more in line with the sensibilities I built this radio station for. I think you'll enjoy it.
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I came back three days later and discovered that I never hit "publish". But because I love you dig the joy that is Jon Lampley's "Greener" (and yes, that is Stephen Colbert you hear before the second verse):
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