Above: John Lee Hooker wondering where all these guys with beards came from WAS SUPER DOWN: John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat – Hooker ‘n Heat (1971) Leather Rats – No Live ‘Til Leather ‘98 (2021) Lorde – Solar Power (2021) Pendant – To All Sides They Will Stretch Out Their Hands (2021) review The Radio Dept. – Pet Grief (2006) Nala Sinephro – Space 1.8 (2021) WAS DOWN: —-__—___ – The Heart Pumps Kool-Aid (2021) Baby Dee – Regifted Light (2010) Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man (1988) Coil – The Ape of Naples (2005) Coil – Love’s Secret…

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Above: Sparks, whose unwholesome, Moroder-assisted disco masterpiece No. 1 in Heaven blew my mind this month BLEW MY MIND Sparks – No. 1 in Heaven (1979) LOVED Alice Coltrane – Kirtan: Turiya Sings (2021) review More Eaze – Towards a Plane (2021) Parannoul – To See The Next Part of the Dream (2021) Rắn Cạp Đuôi – Ngủ Ngày Ngay Ngày Tận Thế (2021) ENJOYED John Lee Hooker – Endless Boogie (1971) CFCF – Memoryland (2021) More Eaze & Claire Rousay – An Afternoon Whine (2021) review More Eaze & Claire Rousay / Wind Tide – Split (2020) Oval – Systemisch…

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Above: Nick Cave, whose Boatman’s Call was one of the albums I heard for the first time that I enjoyed most in June LOVED 3MB – 3MB Featuring Magic Juan Atkins (1992) Arooj Aftab – Vulture Prince (2021) Beach House – 7 (2018) Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching For the Young Soul Rebels (1980) Dntel – Life is Full of Possibilities (2001) Haji K. – Black Against an Orange Line (2020) Lisa Lerkenfeldt – Collagen (2020) Lost Girls – Menneskekollektivet (2021) Mister Water Wet – Bought the Farm (2019) More Eaze & Claire Rousay – If I Don’t Let Myself Be Happy…

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Above: “Blue” Gene Tyranny, whose dazzlingly empathetic and spiritual Out of the Blue is the best album I heard for the first time this month. LOVED: Erika de Casier – Essentials (2020) India Jordan – For You (2020) “Blue” Gene Tyranny – Out of the Blue (1978) Julian Lynch – Rat’s Spit (2019) ENJOYED: Marisa Anderson – Into the Light (2016) Chet Atkins & Les Paul – Chester & Lester (1976) Erika de Casier – Sensational (2021) Celer & Forest Management – Landmarks (2018) Guided by Voices – Propeller (1992) Will Long – Long Trax 3 (2020) Loscil – Clara…

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Above: Julian Lynch. LOVED Bohren & der Club of Gore – Sunset Mission (2000) Celer – Alcoves (2017) Dirty Beaches – Stateless (2016) Julian Lynch – Orange You Glad (2009) Plastikman – Musik (1994) Sonny Sharrock – Ask the Ages (1991) ENJOYED R.L. Burnside – A Ass Pocket of Whiskey (1996) Celer – Vamps (2019) Vladislav Delay – Rakka II (2021) Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg (2021) Field Medic – Plunge Deep Golden Knife (2021) Godspeed You! Black Emperor – G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END (2021) Anne Guthrie – Gyropédie (2021) Françoise Hardy – Ma jeunesse fout le camp…

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Above: Bunny Wailer, whose Blackheart Man is one of those albums I want the whole world to feel what I’m feeling when I listen to. BLEW MY MIND Bunny Wailer – Blackheart Man (1976) LOVED Björk – Vespertine (2001) Buckethead – Colma (1998) Buckethead – Electric Tears (2002) Lana Del Rey – Chemtrails Over the Country Club (2021) F.U.S.E. – Dimension Intrusion (1993) Nick Lowe – Labour of Lust (1979) Plastikman – Sheet One (1993) Max Romeo – War Ina Babylon (1976) Arthur Russell – Corn (2015) Wolfgang Voigt – Gas (2008) Bunny Wailer – Sings the Wailers (1981) ENJOYED Arca  –…

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Above: Portland punk legends Team Dresch This month I mostly listened to Loren Connors, Larry Heard, and Sade. One development is that I began appreciating Sade’s Love Deluxe even in spite of “Feel No Pain” and “Pearls,” the daft attempts at social commentary that sunk Sade’s most suave and sonically rich album when I first heard it back in 2016 or 2017. They’re still a thorn in the album’s side, but the seven songs that surround it are undeniable. LOVED: Loren Connors – 9th Avenue (1994) Team Dresch – Personal Best (1995) Larry Heard – Genesis (1998) ENJOYED: The Band –…

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Above: Playboi Carti I didn’t listen to much music this month. What I enjoyed was mostly crude and noisy. LOVED: Playboi Carti – Whole Lotta Red (2021) The Reatards – Teenage Hate (1998) Sunroof – Bliss! (2001) ENJOYED: Frank Bretschneider & Taylor Deupree – Balance (2002) The Caretaker – Everywhere at the End of Time Pt. 3 (2017) John Coltrane – Last Performance Newport 1966 (1966) Joel Shanahan – Frozen Clock Hovering (2020) Buffy Sainte-Marie – I’m Gonna Be A Country Girl Again (1968) Frank Sinatra & Hollywood String Quartet – Close to You (1957) Stars of the Lid &…

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