This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
All in EVENS
“This hardly sounds like the Aerosmith that I knew when I was listening to them in the 90s. Which makes me feel less dumb when remembering how a young me once thought that 'Dream On' was a Led Zep song.”
Things kick off with a track from Shakey Graves and finish with a track from the Growlers. In between that you'll find something from Gorgeous Bully, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy craving dumplings (again), Foxes In Fiction, Field Report, Field Medic… and A bunch of other great artists that don't start with 'F'.
“Stop worrying what everyone else is doing. Drink more water. Cut down on the caffeine (or at least I've tried to). Practice more empathy and cool it with the narcissism.”
"Makes you feel like you're in a coffee commercial reading the Arts section while soaking up the first light of the morning. Even if you are actually doing junior Sudoko on a rainy afternoon in the same clothes you wore yesterday."
“The Internet is cool as hell but so is outside. Go outside. Go sit in a park, or hike a mountain, or even chill at a bar. Just remember to unplug every once in awhile.”
“A rap album with some sample-heavy yet obtuse (for the genre) production and rap verses that can make you think, laugh, and maybe cry (sometimes at the same time).”
“This album would make the perfect soundtrack for your next 'Cleaning The House At Dawn After Everyone Has Left The Party' session. Or, I suppose, it'd probably work just as well for your next 'Cleaning The House At Dusk After All The Kids Have Gone To Bed' session. Choose your own adventure.”
EPISODE 082 kicks off with an oldie from Willie Nelson, and before things close out with an oldie from Judee Sill, you'll hear gems from Margaret Glaspy, Chris Staples, Roger Miller, BADBADNOTGOOD, and a bunch more good good not bad tunes.
“Single fucking Payer fucking Healthcare. Universal Healthcare. Medicare-for-all. Whatever you call it, I’d really like us to have it.”
As Shakespeare once said… “That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet; so Cotton Jones would, were he not Cotton Jones call'd, retain that dear perfection."
“I went from imagining this album pushing that Lou Reed + Metallica collaboration into the lockers, to them all sharing a cig behind the bleachers.”
EPISODE 085 kicks off with Bowerbirds being overcome with light, and before things close out with Kevin Devine's damn dad, you'll hear some new stuff from William Ryan Fritch, some old stuff from Billy Joe Shaver, Deer Scout, Dr. Dog, and more.
