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Taj Mahal - The Natch'l Blues Sam Cooke - The Man & His Music Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not The Band - The Band Brinsley Schwarz - Cruel to Be Kind

Omni - Deluxe My first one published in a long while. Some pretty great post-punk from former members of Deerhunter and carnivores. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/2016/09/omni-deluxe.html

Like their own personal parking lot.

That's it! Thank you!

Who does his voice sound like? A little Malkmus, sure. But there is someone else that he sounds like even more... And it's killing me trying to figure out who.

Still working my way through the catalog for the first time, so this will probably change over the next couple of weeks. But I feel like I still wanna do this one. Paul Heaton/The Housemartins/The Beautiful South Happy HourGet Up Off Our KneesJust Checkin'SheepBaby Please GoThere is so much great stuff!!!

I may have done this already, but am not going to paw through 38 pages to make sure. MARTIN NEWELL (all guises) Albion's DaughterJulie ProfumoGoodbye Dreaming FieldsWunderbar MaidBag of DustDrowning ButterfliesYeah, so that's 6. I cheated. Sue me. There are too many great ones.

So far today: album rating Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets 9.8/10 Cate Le Bon - Crab Day 7.6/10 Flamingods - Majesty 8.1/10 Soft-Hearted Scientists - Golden Omens 6.4/10 Father John Misty - I Love You Honeybear 8.5/10

Okay, so the first couple are definitely in order. But, after that, rankings are a little more fluid. Tom Zé @ Park West (Chicago), 1998—Like no other performer I have ever seen. Surreal and beautiful, and intimate and crazy and lucid and everything all at once. Pure joy and pure communication, despite the fact that he spoke no English, and the majority of the crowd spoke no Portuguese. He brought one other musician with him from Brazil, the rest of his backing band consisted of members of Tortoise. A stunning show. Big Star @ Metro (Chicago), 1994—Knowing Alex's mercurial reputation, I was

This is tonight, if anyone can make it. If you do, take public trans. The Cardinals are in town tonight and parking is gonna suck.

And, I was on the radio to promote it last week. Here's the link to the archived show: http://therazoranddieshow.com/radio.html Click on the "7/29" show. My segment starts around 61:00. Dig it!

At the Underground Lounge Info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1776378682599375/

My first thought, too! Not a bad album to reference. Not at all.

The session is up now. Check it here: http://therazoranddieshow.com/radio.html The 7/29 show. My segment starts around 61:00. Dig it!

Here's all the info you need. https://www.facebook.com/events/742313039243190/And, even if you're not in Chicago, you can tune in online.

And also...NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL - LIVE @ LOUNGE AX 4/25/1998