This is the kind of band I would have unapologetically addicted to at 15. I feel like I missed out on some potential memories.

"I wAs lIstEniNg t0 Lo-fI beAts bEfoRe iT waS cOoL!"

Okay, but really. I've had a less than favorable history with Lambchop as a band. Mostly because their sound wasn't something I was looking for when I was younger. Giving this a spin was right what I needed in the moment and (to some extent) right now. It's extremely uneventful, sparse and quiet and somehow that's the best thing about it! It is pretty breezy not too impressionable like most of their work. It's also noticbly focused ... read more

I think it does good to listen to music from your hometown. In my case it's San Luis Obispo, California. I was born and raised there for the first few years of my life. I barely remember much, but they really were sweet times. SLO in 2019 is very different than it was in the 2000s and that's pretty disheartening to say. "The rich stay rich and the poor stay poor" kind of thing. Kyle Field's 2002 release 'Light Green Leaves' is like an old dusty polaroid camera that captured some ... read more

One of my favorite and most criminally underappreciated underground records of the decade! Assateague's 2011 sophomore release is 34 minutes of pure soul weaving folk music. Good Morning Blues is as textured as it is minimal. From heartwarming and delicate tracks like 'Lay Me Down' to unapologetically gut wrenching songs like 'Sleep' showcase the integrity and ambiguity that shrouds the entire record. Especially integrity, something I feel is noticeably absent now and days.