“Places me in repose where I sometimes belong.”
This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
All in QUICK HITS
HI54LO5: GRIS GRIS
“They say that if you play this album 3 times in the bathroom mirror after midnight, you will summon The Devil as played by Tom Waits in 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'. Try it if you dare.”
EPISODE 073 | THE MIX TAPE RADIO SHOW
EPISODE 073 kicks off with an oldie from Lee Hazlewood, and before things close out with an oldie from Mulatu Astatke you'll hear a not quite as oldie from Yo La Tengo, a brand new one from Ings, Nap Eyes, Buddy Holliday and even more goodness.
FANDCAMP: Swim Inside the Moon
“so fuckin good it makes me blush, consistently remarkable work”
FANDCAMP: Hella Personal Film Festival
“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).”
HI54LO5: COLOUR GREEN
“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 | THE MIX TAPE RADIO SHOW
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.
FANDCAMP: BLOOD BITCH
“Delusional Vampire Madness, Dreamy Wild Psychosis, What's not to love?”
HI54LO5: THE CARS
“You're driving down the highway. Coming out of the right speaker is Talking Heads. Coming out of the left is Cheap Trick. You turn the right speaker a little bit louder. You're now no longer in your car, you are in The Cars.”
EPISODE 087 | THE MIX TAPE RADIO SHOW
EPISODE 087 kicks off with an unfortunately always politically relevant Todd Snider song, and before things close out with a new one from The Radio Dept, you'll hear Leonard Cohen, La Luz, Hiss Golden Messenger, and a bunch more.
FANDCAMP: Mowing
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."
HI54LO5: JESU/SUN KIL MOON
“I went from imagining this album pushing that Lou Reed + Metallica collaboration into the lockers, to them all sharing a cig behind the bleachers.”