Bandcamp Day Reccos feat. Very Good Haiku: April 2021

In 2021, I have been blessed with a birthday/Bandcamp Friday collab. Today is April Genius Day and I am 34, the perfect age to sing my favorite Flin Flon song, at long last!!!! Hopefully, I will not go through another of the housing crises that made it so very important to me, but who am I kidding? At least this time, when disaster strikes, I will be….thirty fouuuuuurrr!!! THIRTY FOUUUUUUR! I, in fact, have been dealing with insane neighbor drama all week; the universe knows it is finally time for me to be 34. Bang that one for my 34 difficult years this morning, please.

Then check out the music I gathered for us this month…

Not So Deep as a Well by Myriam Gendron

Early spring mornings

much complimented by these

warm and welcome songs.

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A Body Full of Tears by Shoeb Ahmad

Gorgeous tones, voices–

sort of mystical: dark, deep,

but necessary.

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Realignment by Shoeb Ahmad

Can artists always

be remixed by those they

most love to hear from?

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“Circulating” by Jeff Zeigler

A song so pretty

Bandcamp must offer us all

a repeat function.

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“Original Face” by Diane Cluck

a new sonic zone
but always quite compelling,
like all she creates

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The Manhattan Project – Live in New York by Nuke Watch

So interesting…

how sound can re-center us

to hear messages.

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frozen iguanas, bless their hearts by J. Hamilton Isaacs

I don’t even know

why exactly; I just need

to keep listening.

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Sketches for World of Echo: June 25 1984 Live at Ei by Arthur Russell

I will always want

to hear every single

blessed iteration.

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The Space Lady’s Greatest Hits by The Space Lady

If Whitney Johnson

and Moondog covered pop songs:

IT’S THE SPACE LADY!!!!!

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Im Sinne der Zeit by Klaus Johann Grobe

Perfect soundtrack for

rocking out in my kitchen

on this cold evening.

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Do the Duvet by Naked Roommate

Had to break my rule

and listen to bass after

9pm for this!!!

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Dias Raros by Melenas (Reissue)

Let it be stated:

rock music needs more harmonies,

keys, and wild beauty.

(Fortunately, this one has it all!)

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Furaha Wenye Gita by George Mukabi

The title translates to:

“Happiness with Guitar,” and

that is what you get!

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Guitar Music of Western Kenya: 45s from the Archive of Shem Tupe by Shem Tupe, Justo Osala, and Enos Okala

Might just spend the spring

dancing in the garden to

African guitar.

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Edo Funk Explosion, Vol. 1 by Various Artists

I dare you to try

to be an angry, stressed mess

while tuned into this.

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Sem Nostalgia (2021 Repress) by Lucas Santtana

Music for the shifts

between sun and shade: warm, cold

blowing wind, open air.

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Take One by Hallelujah Chicken Run Band

The revolution

has rarely sounded so, so

bright, clear, obvious.

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La Locura de Machuca: 1975-1980 by Various Artists

Psychedelic swirl:

fusing Colombian and

African rhythms.

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Fundo De Marê Palinha (Limited Dance Edition) by Voz di Sanicolau

Rarely do we get

to hear women on these old

world records: a treat.

(A groundbreaking, prioneering TREAT!)

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Karate by Karate

OH MY! Walden Pond’s

never ever sounded so

extremely sexy.

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Let’s Skip the Details by My Dad is Dead

Possibly the best

music for bad moods I’ve found–

makes me sing again.

Note: I was born in Cleveland, Ohio on April 2, 1987 and I like to imagine the initial sketches of these songs were being drafted and rehearsed down the street as I was brought home from Fairview Hospital, born with rock and roll hair and ready to fight.

Please also check out my recommendations from February and March.

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© FUCK SAUCE MEDIA 2021