I missed this Thee Conductor record led by Jason Butler and featuring Bonnie Prince Billy, Jana Horn, and other notables when it came out digitally a couple years ago, but I just pre-ordered the Perpetual Doom cassette and have been listening to my download all afternoon.

Found ‘Feliz Navidad from Freddy Fender’ on vinyl at Twist and Shout in Denver a couple of years ago. It’s now in top holiday season rotation. m.youtube.com/watch

Gave up on going back to sleep. Listening to Emily A. Sprague’s new Hill, Flower, Fog. Very calming.

Laurel Canyon vibes from this new Mapache record are good for being stuck indoors.

I miss Phinery tapes. Always simple, beautiful packaging. Writing documentation and listening to this 2017 Vales release.

Pre-sunrise, post-rain frog song coming in through the window over the heavy drones from this Luciernaga/John Lindaman split from Oxtail Recordings.

One of my surprise favorite tour nights was one of the dates we did with them at a tiny basement show under a Wendy’s in State College, PA and watching them play a super-extended ”Fields in Glass.”

Listening to the High Dials‘ War of the Wakening Phantoms (with opening banger “Holy Ground”) for the first time in a long time. Stoked they have something new coming out this summer.

Will‘s “Crazy Love” album from last year has me missing being in Austin.

In addition to being a GOAT track title candidate, “Jajouka Pipe Dream” is an exceptional spacey blend of synths, flutes, and percussion from Ghazi Barakat and Paul LeBrecque. The other side has more of LeBrecque‘s guitar, and is great as well.

I’m finally listening to the new Mdou Moctar and it has been well worth the wait. The vinyl is waiting for me when we get back to the States at the end of the summer.