Didn't have time to look for new music this week. My mp3 player tells me the tracks I played most were Faces of Sarah - Misery Turns and Damad - Hide and Seek.
I guess I'm feeling a little bit country. Crazy semi-satanic imagery for a country song. Tammy Wynette was the Beyonce of her day, George Jones was the Jay-Z. Tammy has so many great songs, I could post a dozen. Not so country, little bit country, little bit pop. I think Nancy Sinatra was underrated. She got a lot of guff for doing feminist songs like "boots" at a time that feminism was a good deal more controversial than today. Many people seem to think she was just Hazelwood's puppet and that being Franks daughter was the only reason her career went anywhere. I think she was a pretty good duet partner for Lee. She wasn't an Emmylou to Graham Parson but she was good enough. If you hate old timey shit and can take a little old shit dig This Nilsson track.
Just saw a blue grass band. Pretty heavy on the Jesus, but good players.
Caught these guys on the radio the other day, and am loving them since. Old school British Rock n' Roll for the modern day.
Alina Baraz & Galimatias - Urban Flora EP This one has become a favorite Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night. Odd thing about that song is there are few versions, but this one is my favorite.
Japanese Shoegaze music, mostly. Shoegazer Compilation Album Summer in 2015 which I somehow stumbled upon and it's an incredible collection of music. Asobi Seksu - Citrus, based out of NYC but the same kind of deal. Somebody recommend me more music like that.
Admittedly, I skimmed through most of the tracks on that bandcamp playlist just to get a feel, but I wonder if you'd like Kashiwa Daisuke. Be warned -- this is a 36 minute piece, and takes a few minutes to wind up, but I find the journey to be well worth it (Taste is of course subjective though). The song alternates between what's best described as fast and slow segments, and incorporates both modern, computer-generated elements and a traditional orchestra. Hope you enjoy.
Not Japanese, but A Place to Bury Strangers and Autumn's Grey Solace were my favorite of the mid-2000s shoegaze revival Asobi Seksu was part of.