I saw Blakey at Mikel’s a few years earlier and Max Roach with M’Boom a couple of years after that. So I’m picking Toshiko Akiyoshi!
02.03.2026 19:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I saw Blakey at Mikel’s a few years earlier and Max Roach with M’Boom a couple of years after that. So I’m picking Toshiko Akiyoshi!
02.03.2026 19:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Happy birthday, Lou Reed! Celebrating the man’s birthday with spin of Coney Island Baby (RCA, 1976), his sixth solo album and probably his warmest collection overall. I love the crisp sound and I’m looking forward to meeting co-producer Godfrey Diamond at the New York Public Library tonight!
02.03.2026 17:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Twice as many possibilities for #5debutalbums8589...thanks, @richards7370.bsky.social! Here's what I'm working with. Let me know if we're doing Come On Pilgrim or Surfer Rosa, and I'll edit accordingly. open.spotify.com/playlist/4Ps...
01.03.2026 23:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
OK, jazz cats, it’s June 1987. Who are you going to see at the Blue Note or Sweet Basil?
28.02.2026 21:38 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Wild electronic jazz from Untethered (Paul Giess, G. Calvin Weston, and Timothy Ragsdale). Also: ShitKid, Cootie Catcher, Sibyl, Mitski, GENA, Molto Ohm, A-Sun Amissa & Lauren Mason, Kent Watari, Robert Humber, and more! anearful.substack.com/p/a-song-for...
28.02.2026 04:40 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
This year's @rockhall.bsky.social nominees were...OK, I guess? I voted for:
Joy Division/New Order (J.D. is one of the greatest bands ever. N.O.? Mostly meh)
Sade (A true original)
Luther (More important than you know)
Wu-Tang (For the children!)
vote.rockhall.com/share/nomine... #RockHall #FanVote
Even though I love the band, I warned my three Songs From The Attic companions that I might have some controversial opinions. Watch and tell me if you agree with me or the others! The Who Albums Ranked youtu.be/If4WavkXy0I?...
25.02.2026 15:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Thom Yorke - The Eraser (XL, 2006) Hey this guy sings real purty. He should form a band! Seriously, this was my gateway to Radiohead after Bob Boilen played then disparaged it. I thought it sounded great - and still do. The melodies matter more than the tech. #5DebutAlbums0509
24.02.2026 22:43 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Mayer Hawthorne - A Strange Arrangement (Stones Throw, 2009) Fun stuff from a polymathic music obsessive. Part of the fun was the surprise that this great DJ could also do the thing. And, yeas, it came with a 3” single, quite the novelty in 2009! #5DebutAlbums0509
24.02.2026 00:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (Third Man/V2, 2006) As I’m mostly immune to the White Stripes, I was surprised by how much I liked this album. So tight, tuneful, and smart. I even saw them live, and they delivered. Happy to say it still thrills!#5DebutAlbums0509
23.02.2026 02:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An album important to me when I was 19.
In truth, this album came out about six weeks before I turned 20, but it was like a bomb of pure emotion, hilarity, noise, and melody went off in my life. The crater seemed to extend backwards and forwards in time…
Here for it. Aaron Mendelsohn of Isadora and Drinker will be playing live for the first time in six years in Freddy’s Backroom. Hannah Telle will be singing her beautiful songs, too. And Freddy’s makes a good old fashioned and a great patty melt! #livemusic
21.02.2026 01:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
fanclubwallet’s charming Moving Unison is Hannah Judge's first love song and A Song For Friday. Also: Hemi Hemingway, Elvis Presley, Marielle V Jakobsons, Anzû Quartet, Beam Splitter, Weston Olencki, Portland Percussion Group, Mariel Roberts Musa, etc. anearful.substack.com/p/a-song-for...
20.02.2026 23:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
BLK JKS - After Robots (Secretly Canadian, 2009) 15 years later, has this astonishing album finally found its time? I’m thinking of Geese fans discovering it and loving the nearly overwhelming tsunamis of sound. AnEarful’s first No. 1 and deservedly so. #5DebutAlbums0509
20.02.2026 00:19 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
For how long will Maisy Owen remain one of music's best-kept secrets? Not very long, so make sure you listen to this and then grab her debut single from Tompkins Square! On My Way Down (Lyric Video) youtu.be/bPk11obqwRk?...
19.02.2026 18:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Totally fine letting all of these go. Not a one would even make it to my long list!
19.02.2026 17:30 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Fleet Foxes - s/t (Sub Pop, 2009/18) The fact that I got chills just looking at the track listing tells you all you need to know about how deeply this stunning album is embedded in my soul. Thanks to Nic Harcourt for the introduction! #5DebutAlbums0509
19.02.2026 17:27 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Oh wow, that’s cool!
17.02.2026 16:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
There's an optimism reminiscent of Bill Nelson's ambient work embedded in the lovely textures of this track. Listen now to Disque, the first single from @visiblecloaks.bsky.social next album - and first in 9 years! Coming May 22nd from @rvngintl.bsky.social. youtu.be/mzXMkCXfGoU?...
17.02.2026 16:23 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
A Song For Friday focuses on Black Being, a work of great power by Flutronix, the duo of Nathalie Joachim and Allison Loggins-Hull. Also: Toninato-Theissen, Luca Bevacqua, Jan Esbra, Gentle Brontosaurus, Middleman, Aaron Shaw, and Michael Stephen Brown. anearful.substack.com/p/a-song-for...
14.02.2026 03:41 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Here for it. Mutual Benefit, Alice Does Computer Music, Jadelaine, and Joan Kelsey at Cassette. Cool lineup! #livemusic
13.02.2026 01:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“Even the rocks were dreaming/On that darkest of mornings.” Even in this dark time, MC Taylor is still pushing towards brightness. Saddle up and ride this propulsive track. Album on @chrysalisrecs.bsky.social 5/1/26
Hiss Golden Messenger - In The Middle Of It youtu.be/X2oWAoUq-7g?...
Tom Vek - We Have Sound (Tummy Touch, 2005) Still sounds great, with very distinctive bass and synth, especially. His vocal style (limitations?) wearies a little, but several killer tunes (Nothing But Green Lights FTW) save the day. #5DebutAlbums0509 open.spotify.com/album/2Be8lj...
11.02.2026 00:42 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
My rough draft playlist has me thinking #5debutalbums50s60s won’t be too difficult. Only 16 albums on there…thanks, @richards7370.bsky.social!
open.spotify.com/playlist/3C8...
Live Log 2025: The Year In Words And Images, Part 2 is here! Great shows including Bodega/Nodega, Native Sun, Consumables, Deep Sea Diver, Byland, Maria Somerville, Dan English, Talea Ensemble, Tak Ensemble, id m theft able, Florist, and Allegra Krieger. anearful.substack.com/p/live-log-2...
08.02.2026 19:00 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Here's something a little different from AnEarful: a collaborative post with Sintija Brince's Grunge Included newsletter on protest and political songs. Read on and tell me what songs moved you over the years.
Songs YOU Can’t Ignore: open.substack.com/pub/grungein...
A new album is an act of pure love from Beverly Glenn-Copland and his partner, Elizabeth Glenn-Copland. Also: Ulrika Spacek, Chimers, Asher White, John Craigie, Vegas Water Taxi, Danz CM, Mandy, Indiana, and Carlos Niño & Friends. anearful.substack.com/p/a-song-for... #NewMusicFriday
07.02.2026 04:36 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Fourteen of my noms got in there, plus I'll also consider N.E.R.D. and Basement Jaxx, which I forgot about, so not bad, all things considered!
05.02.2026 18:35 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The Who - My Generation (1965) The highs are very high (title track, Kids, Legal), showing an interest in social commentary and featuring great playing. For the rest, it’s a little hard to know what they cared about, or even if they cared. Fun listen, though! #5debutalbums506s60s
04.02.2026 16:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Yep, the newest Asthmatic Kitty artist is right up my alley. Not surprised to see Hannah Cohen on board, along with other folk-rock luminaries. Get into Meg Lui's new single "Gone Girl" (Official Music Video) youtu.be/0gMA5TKmybM?...
03.02.2026 20:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0