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.
A Body Full of Tears by Shoeb Ahmad
Gorgeous tones, voices–
sort of mystical: dark, deep,
but necessary.
Realignment by Shoeb Ahmad
Can artists always
be remixed by those they
most love to hear from?
“Circulating” by Jeff Zeigler
A song so pretty
Bandcamp must offer us all
a repeat function.
“Original Face” by Diane Cluck
a new sonic zone
but always quite compelling,
like all she creates
The Manhattan Project – Live in New York by Nuke Watch
So interesting…
how sound can re-center us
to hear messages.
frozen iguanas, bless their hearts by J. Hamilton Isaacs
I don’t even know
why exactly; I just need
to keep listening.
Sketches for World of Echo: June 25 1984 Live at Ei by Arthur Russell
I will always want
to hear every single
blessed iteration.
The Space Lady’s Greatest Hits by The Space Lady
If Whitney Johnson
and Moondog covered pop songs:
IT’S THE SPACE LADY!!!!!
Im Sinne der Zeit by Klaus Johann Grobe
Perfect soundtrack for
rocking out in my kitchen
on this cold evening.
Do the Duvet by Naked Roommate
Had to break my rule
and listen to bass after
9pm for this!!!
Dias Raros by Melenas (Reissue)
Let it be stated:
rock music needs more harmonies,
keys, and wild beauty.
(Fortunately, this one has it all!)
Furaha Wenye Gita by George Mukabi
The title translates to:
“Happiness with Guitar,” and
that is what you get!
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.
Edo Funk Explosion, Vol. 1 by Various Artists
I dare you to try
to be an angry, stressed mess
while tuned into this.
Sem Nostalgia (2021 Repress) by Lucas Santtana
Music for the shifts
between sun and shade: warm, cold
blowing wind, open air.
Take One by Hallelujah Chicken Run Band
The revolution
has rarely sounded so, so
bright, clear, obvious.
La Locura de Machuca: 1975-1980 by Various Artists
Psychedelic swirl:
fusing Colombian and
African rhythms.
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!)
Karate by Karate
OH MY! Walden Pond’s
never ever sounded so
extremely sexy.
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.
© FUCK SAUCE MEDIA 2021
