LWA Blog — music

Just fell in love with Bronwyn Keith-Hynes' I Built a World, which was just released this past July. Stumbled upon it randomly, read a blurb that said she was a member of Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway. Sold. I love Molly Tuttle, so that's an easy sell for me. I Built a World feels so light and summery. BKH's fiddle playing just kills, just listen to Scotty's Hoedown and hear for yourself. Apparently she's something of a whiz and won IBMA's (International Bluegrass Music Awards) fiddle player of the year in 2021 and 2022. Stream the album here and check...

Happy September. Time for shorter days, pumpkin spice horror movies, and one of my favourite cover songs; the Bangles doing Big Star's power pop classic, September Gurls. 

I've been listening to some live albums lately, so I decided to throw together a little list of some of my faves. Leave a comment with your faves. Queen - Live Killers (1979) This one might be my favourite live album. It's cut together from different shows, but it feels like one and it's a superb recording of Queen, maybe at the height of their powers. This is probably the first band I'd go see if I got a hold of a time travel machine. Mogwai - Special Moves (2010) Mogwai are incredible live, I've seen them 4 or 5...

Out of all the possible band reunions that could have happened in 2024, I would have never ever ever EVER guessed Lone Justice. But somehow, here we are, and they have a new album, Viva Lone Justice, coming in a couple months (October). I always felt like they were a bit ahead of their time, and that they would have gotten more props had they come up in the late 90s or early 00s, when alt-country really became it's own thing. As it stands, they put out a pretty great first album in 85 and a decent second album in 86 (I...

Finished my errands/chores and now I'm listening to this on a Saturday afternoon. Opus was recorded at the end of 2022, just a few months before Sakamoto died from cancer last year (March 2023). A sweet farewell from one of the greats. 20 songs, curated by the man himself, that encapsulate his legendary career. There's an accompanying concert film (streaming on Criterion Channel, if you have access). I was lucky enough to see him once, when he toured with the Morlenbaums (Paula and Jacques) in the early 2000s.  Ars longa, vita brevis (art is long, life is short). - A favourite quote of...