Ok, so 2017 is ready to start! We are going to be listening to some new music that arrived during the winter break in which we explored what happened in 2016. We have the new record from the Two Cow Garage of Columbus. We introduce Babaganouj from Australia who are on that wonderful Smudge tribute. Chelle Rose is back with the new record recorded over in Austin TX with Ray Wylie Hubbard. Deniz Tek from Radio Birdman is also back with the new album. We also introduce the new band by Danny from Low Cut Connie – Swampmeat, new music from San Mikulec and his Sloming Moops and hard rockers The Skull.
Bad Luck Jonathan – Strange Engine;
Two Cow Garage – Continental Distance;
Babaganouj – Ugly, Just Like Me;
Scott Reynolds – The Truth About Tuesday;
Seth Walker – Fire in the Belly;
Rickie Lee Jones – Haunted;
Chelle Rose – Gypsy Rubye;
Deniz Tek – Burned Black;
Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats – Devil’s Work;
The Skull – The Door;
Jungle Nausea – Sympathy;
Mannequin Pussy – Denial;
Vlasta Popic – Szeged;
Sculpture Club – Black Coffee;
Low Cut Connie – Sister Mary;
Swampmeat – Sister Mary;
Sloming Moops – Sinner Joe Crazy.
I definitely prefer Bob Welch’s era of Fleetwood Mac to the saccharine post-hippie Buckingham era that followed and which brought the some of the best selling (and most covered by indie hipsters albums) in pop/rock. Sadly, we say goodbye to Bob Welch, the architect of Mac sound after Peter Green left the band. He committed suicide on June 7, this year, following an excruciating pain from the spinal surgery he had three months earlier. On the lighter side, we also have some cool new albums that we check out. Chelle Rose from Nashville TN has a new one out called Ghost of Browder Holler, produced by Ray Wylie Hubbard (what a great season for him this year!). Folk rock lady Shawn Colvin, who we remember as a background vocalist on Suzanne Vega’s song Luka, has a new album as well. It’s called All Fall Down. Talking about folk and country, Sonny and the Sunsets made a new album in this vain called Longtime Companion. He even took a picture with a cowboy hat. But don’t expect him to pull Jonathan Richman on you. He’s in it for real. And, brothers Villanueva are back with their band Hacienda and the new record Shakedown, once again a collaboration with Dan Auerbach.