kreng likes music.

respect.

Fantano ain't got shit on our boy kreng.

(Except Hellfire should be higher. Come on, brah)

Nice to see all the Constellation representation, Kreng. I thought they had a very strong release schedule this year. Did you ever check out the new Black Ox Orkestar, Everything Returns? It's up there with Chenaux and Esmerine as one of my very favorite records of 2022.

Been listening to some stuff I missed last year

That Alex G record is pretty great.

Using up my Red FL tokens, catching up on listening to albums of 2022 all a bit late. I've been otherwise occupied!

Bonny Light Horseman released an album this year and the title track, Exile, is a cracker.

I need to get into the new BLH album. I thought the last one (2020?) was solid.

yeah, that self-titled album is a good one.

Been enjoying Suki Waterhouse album and EP.

Blessed is a beautiful song.

I'm still catching up on a few 2022 albums and just checkingh out Wild Pink's "ILYSM" released last year. I like some of the stuff here but I gotta say that I worry that The War on Drugs has created a bit of a problem with a slew of bands taking their template and going with it mercilessly. Not to say there isn't some great stuff created, but man can it get a little samey and boring as well.

Anyway, here's one of the (imo) good ones, Hold my Hand featuring Julien Baker:

^^ On further listen I was a tad harsh in this instance. I stand by my comments re: the various War on Drugs clones out there but this Wild Pink album is actually a pretty damn enjoyable listen.

The guys from Goose formed an acoustic trio under the moniker of Orebolo and released a live album called Volume I that largely does Goose/Great Blue tunes. It is pretty damn phenomenal.

Edit- the cover of Ship of Fools at the end is really great.

Too much music! I don't think I'd ever be happy with an end of year list at this point. But I'd like to walk back my comment about 2022 being on the weaker side. I made that post after listening to Placebo, Silversun Pickups, Muse (lol) and Daniel Johns in quick succession. Not wholly terrible (except for Muse), but at that point it was looking grim for established artists I enjoy/have enjoyed in the past. Pixies and Kendrick were also disappointing.

black midi, Jack White's first, at least three of King Gizzard's releases and Chat Pile would probably be in the conversation for my album of the year. The Warpaint album slaps, too. As does Beach House's. Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Metric were solid but a slight step down.

Too much music! But what a great problem to have.

I know nothing of this Goose of which you speak, but I am certainly going to source this Orebolo and give it a listen.

Thanks for this

that Warpaint album is truly the best.

Goose is a band that has received a lot of hype in the past 18 months. They are generally described as a fusion between indie rock and a jam band. Live, they are exceptional. Rick Mitarotonda is an exceptional guitarist that plays over largely hypnotic grooves. They play originals mostly from their numerous projects but also throw in wild covers that range from The National to A-Ha, Magic Carpet Ride to Nights in White Satin (amazing cover!) and Shama-Lama-Ding-Dong. They I think are pretty well aligned with the Grateful Dead progeny of jam bands, and Mitarotonda has been playing as a guest with Phil Lesh and Bob Weir in the past few months. Goose toured in the Fall with the Trey Anastasio Band and as a result getting tickets to one of their shows is proving next to impossible.

In the studio, they have 3 albums, all with a nice cross section of their sound, though the newest one, Dripfield, I think is their best - even Pitchfork was generally positive on it and they hate jam bands.

A proper journey may be coming soon.

Their fans wear socks on their arms that looks like goose heads, sooo…

I do like their cover of Bloodbuzz Ohio.

Cheers for the background info there - liebzz wiki!

I couldn't source Volume 1 so instead snagged the live set from Homer NY that the majority of Vol 1 was sourced from. Cool show, great sound.

Still doing some 2022 catch up. I'd never come across The Cool greenhouse before but checked out their 2022 album Sod's Toastie today. Very much enjoyed it, although it does have that sort of talking vocal thing going that seems a bit popular these days (think Dry Cleaning and even Parquet Courts to a degree). I do enjoy the post punk revival we have going on.

Anyway, here's their nod to Talking Heads Get Deluded. Good Friday afternoon listening.