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#recommNeds 2026.94 Pye Corner Audio: More Songs About the Sun There's a chance if I describe the latest release from the UK artist as "electronic music" you might have a certain impression of what the music might sound like. You'd probably be wrong. The […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
I will never play the Village Vanguard, obviously, so the fact that most of them know me at the door and where I like to sit in this all-timer historic club will have to suffice as a crowning achievement in livemusic'n. #livemusic #nyc #jazz #villagevanguard
#recommNeds 2026.93 Datura4: High on the Low Brow Is "hard rock" still a subcategory of rock and roll? When I was a lad, that was how we described music that, you know, rocked harder than regular old rock. That's how I'd describe the latest from these […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
Another great weekend at Grassroots Festival in Ithaca. Maybe musically as strong as last year, but the vibes are *off the charts*. Between this and Solid Sound last week, it's clearer than ever to me that if you just treat your audience like adults, you'll […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
#recommNeds 2026.92 Booker Stardrum & Evan Shornstein: Oops! Stardrum is having a moment. Not that he wasn't making great music all along, but the drummer seems to be in the zone. This is his second project to be rec'd here this year and I have at least […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
#recommNeds 2026.91 Karl Hector & the Malcouns: Yolek There are no Karls, Hectors, nor Malcouns in this Berlin duo, but no matter. An amalgam of boundary-probing psychedelia and worldly funk, it's like a Reese's cup combo, not really chocolate nor peanut […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
Been doing these FDO's since the pandemic, probably 25+ of em at this point. I think today's was maybe the best, musically, of all of them. Three bands doing a set of high-level pure improvisation. Three very different styles, but they all sort of fit […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
NYC area folk: the next Freaks Day Out is Saturday and features a killer threefer of jammers: Emergency Group, Elkhorn, and a first-time quartet of James Buckley, Jacob Drab, Luke Marantz, and Jeremy Gustin. Gonna be a stellar afternoon of music and hangs in […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
#recommNeds 2026.90 Mitchum Yacoub: A Way In As we enter into the holiday weekend celebrating America, what could be more American than the borrowing/stealing/appropriating/repurposing of various world cultures and making it something of our own? On his […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
Last night I got to see Julian Lage in very close proximity at the Stone, accompanying the legendary Greg Cohen on bass. Special stuff. There really is no place like the Stone. A perfect music venue in almost every way. #nycfreaks #livemusic #nyc #thestone #julianlage
Something that's very simple (and maybe obvious), but, IMO, no less bonkers to think about as the USA turns 250 is that if you're 50+ like me, you've been alive for a full 20% of our country's existence. If you're 80 nearly a third! I think that's kind of […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
#recommNeds 2026.89 Clear Path Ensemble: Ascending Despite the name, this is not an ensemble at all, at least for this record which finds New Zealand musician Cory Champion building improvised layers of sound almost totally solo. Despite the layering […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
Last night I caught a *sick* Simulacrum set at Roulette. Simulacrum being a Zorn project featuring Medeski, Hollenberg, and Grohowski playing the heaviest shit imaginable. Bonkers how much range Zorn has. #nycfreaks #livemusic #johnzorn
#recommNeds 2026.88 Orbital Ensemble: Contínua This band is from Toronto, but their sound is purely subtropical. Their roots are in Brazil and they have a sonic overlap with many contemporary South American psych rock bands, like Boogarins or Holydrug […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
My 5 star shows from the first half of 2026. Solid 6 months of livemusic'n! #livemusic
#recommNeds 2026.87 Tara Clerkin Trio: Somewhere Good Often we'll talk of artists who "transcend" genre (at least, I do!), but Clerkin & Co have put together an astonishing record that seems to have no collective notion of what genre even *is* at all. It […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
#recommNeds 2026.86 Telehealth: Green World Image If the USA circa July 2026 could be crystallized into a single album, it might be this one from the Seattle band. The songs distill our dystopian post-capitalism into a potent, punchy New Wave sound […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
Excellent, excellent festival day: Discovered a couple great young bands that I will definitely be following up with, was part of a Guinness World Record (!?), wandered a contemporary art museum, another killer Wilco show complete with two debuts (!!) and […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
Listening to the Breeders close with Cannonball with this view. Could be worse? #SolidSound
MassMOCA is a killer spot for a festival, too. And the Wilco crowd is a unique kind of musicnerdery that's rather endearing. Great place to wear the coolest band shirts in your drawer. Other sets today included Sharp Pins, Gang of Four, L'Rain and DJ set […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
Up at Solid Sound festival this weekend at MassMOCA. Such a great fest on many levels. Tonight's headline was Wilco and Billy Bragg doing Mermaid Avenue and it vastly exceeded my expectations. Just a special, special set. Jeff and Billy were positively […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
#recommNeds 2026.85 Baby Cool: Infinity Baby If you just took Grace Cuell's vocals on her latest release and lost the backing instruments, you'd have a masterpiece of dreamlike singing, a haunting and beautiful album. Similarly take just the backing music […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
I have seen Simon Hanes 4 times in the past week or so, he's celebrating his 35th birthday with a couple weeks at The Stone and elsewhere. I am increasingly convinced that he is operating on another level. Heavily influenced by Zappa and Zorn, I have no […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
#recommNeds 2026.84 Arc Iris: iTMRW What we really need these days is a good old fashioned dystopian sci-fi concept album rock opera. And who better to present one to us, fully realized, than the somehow under-the-radar Arc Iris whose sound is already […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
Checked out the new jazz club, the Pocket tonight. Unfortunate location pretty much requires a walk thru Times Square which was extra hairy this evening with World Cup revelry. Inside is nice, though, on the swankier side, as you might imagine given the […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
Also, Freaks Day Out today was a blast with two killer sets of music - from Drew Gardner and Vague Plot - and positively perfect weather for outdoor hanging. This morning ended being quite hectic, doing DIY shows on your own is no picnic, but worth it in […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
Tonight: absolutely one of the better Wilco shows I've ever seen at Forest Hills Stadium. Just sharp as heck and an expertly flowing set. Then they leave after first encore they leave and the opening band comes out and starts playing one of their songs. Oh […] [Original post on shakedown.social]
#recommNeds 2026.83 The heavy garage psych universe formed around bands like Osees, early King Gizz, and Frankie & the Witch Fingers has seen some growth over the last decade. Still, I personally feel like there's plenty of room for more and we should […] [Original post on shakedown.social]