Sunday, November 30, 2014

newgazzi Vol 22

We had a lot of fun making this one for you this month.  Sequencing provided by the lovely and talented Heather Heisler, the future Mrs newgazzi!

Track #1 ("Why Not" by Anna Vogelzang)
Hear the entire EP, "Driftless" at Anna's bandcamp page.  It's fantastic!




Track #2 ("Hope Springs" by Wilder Maker)
The very last song we picked for this month's playlist.




Track #3 ("Looped" by Kiasmos)
There is a 2 and a half hour version of this song looping on YouTube!  Sexy!!




Track #4 ("Sweet Ophelia" by Zella Day)
Also featured on Paste recently.




Track #5 ("All the Other Girls" by Avid Dancer)
A favorite of mine (Joey's) this month.




Track #6 ("Kansas City" by The New Basement Tapes)
This generation's Traveling Wilburys?




Track #7 ("Half Crazy" by The Barr Brothers)
Was under consideration for newgazzi Vol 21, but we felt it fit better here.  Great song.




Track #8 ("I'll Make Time For You" by Kristin Diable)
The first 2015 song on newgazzi!

Hear it here !


Track #9 ("Home (Leave the Lights On) by Field Report)
Milwaukee's Very Own !!




Track #10 ("Platinum Girls" by Diarrhea Planet)
My daughter laughs at the band name.  So do I, who am I kidding ...




Track #11 ("Gloria" by Celestial Shore)
From one of my favorite albums of 2014 ...




Track #12 ("Wonderful Things" by Ryan Corn)
Found this on Antenna Sampler.  Very good ...




Track #13 ("Quartz" by TV on the Radio)
Another great 2014 album.  I need to give Return to Cookie Mountain another chance.




Track #14 ("Let It Go" by Saint Saviour)
Not the one all us parents hate.




Track #15 ("Who Are You Waiting For" by Melissa Etheridge)
If I didn't listen to Howard Stern in the morning, I wouldn't be aware this was out.




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Fugazzi Grand III : My Top 500 Albums (#38)

(#38, Meet the Beatles! by The Beatles)

I think James Robert Buchholz is smiling down on Belgium, WI this morning.  This album served as an introduction to The Beatles for many Americans, as this was their first release on Capitol Records.













Here is "I Saw Her Standing There" and "Little Child" ...




Fugazzi Grand III : My Top 500 Albums (#39)

(#39, Reckoning by R.E.M.)

Their best album, could listen to this all day, every day, but I won't, because as much as I love this record, there are 38 albums I love just a little bit more ...














Take a listen to "South Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" and "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" ...








Sunday, November 23, 2014

Fugazzi Grand III : My Top 500 Albums (#40)

(#40, River of Dreams by Billy Joel)

I had no idea at the time that this would be his last album, and if he never changes his mind, and this winds up being the last album he gave us, he ended with a bang.  Each side of the record has a different feel.  The first side, he's angry.  It's edgy.  It's fantastic.  On the second side, Joel sounds like he's accepted what he's angry about, and while the edge is not there, the songs still work.  Great, great album that I can't get enough of.









Take a listen to "No Man's Land" and "Two Thousand Years" ...




Fugazzi Grand III : My Top 500 Albums (#41)

(#41, Before These Crowded Streets by Dave Matthews Band)

The songs are a bit darker, but in my opinion, this is Dave Matthews and his band at their very best. The music is very powerful, and the lyrics here are some of Dave Matthews' most personal.  A 71 minute record really needs to be good for me to put it this high on the list, and this is indeed the goods.











Take a listen to "Rapunzel" and "Halloween" ...