The move for solo albums from alt-rock vets nowadays seems to be to attach to a hip microscene. Patterson Hood went Lenderman, Flea went International Anthem, Alan Sparhawk went emo ambient—what would Stipe do? Would be very funny to hear his laptop twee album
being into 60s garage rock / bubblegum stuff is crazy because you have to tell people that you are listening to The Bubble Puppy, Fapardokly, The Blues Magoos, and The 1910 Fruitgum Company
1979 song “Watermelon in Easter Hay” by Frank Zappa. His son, Dweezil, considers it the best solo his father ever played. Penultimate song on the Joe’s Garage album. https://t.co/WZcO6re2Qy
I usually can’t stand when artists leave studio chatter in their recordings but on Strategy’s Music for Lamping it really works and makes you realize there’s a wizard behind the curtain
Eephus is flawless except for the ending needle drop, Tom Waits’ “Ol’ 55,” a song about triumphantly driving away from a hookup that has absolutely nothing to do with the reality of any of the sad old men on the baseball field