LWA Blog — vinyl

I first learned of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings in 2007 when 100 Days, 100 Nights was released. Instantly hooked, I went to the internet to see if they were touring. Turned out the answer was yes, they were coming to my town (and on my birthday of all days), but it was sold out. I kept at it and eventually scored a ticket. I went alone on my birthday and it was completely worth it. I totally kept up would see them a couple more times. This week, the Discogs randomizer gives us Soul of a Woman, the final Sharon...

So, I was trying to think of the subject for this week's ROTW and was coming up empty. It's been a bit of a whirlwind this week, and I didn't really give it much thought until last night. Decided to use Discog's randomizer to see what it would give me. Basically, if you have your collection listed on Discogs, it'll pick a random title from your collection for you. It landed on Realistic, Ivy's 1995 debut album.  I remember hearing Get Enough on the radio in 1995 and it took me a little bit to track down the song, but eventually...

Seeing as how Hounds of Love had its 40th anniversary this week (16 Sept 1985), I thought I'd put this one on. I found her just randomly flipping channels at a friend's house. The Babooshka video was playing and I saw this woman in chainmail, just shrieking and letting it all fly. Captivating, to say the least. I somehow managed to find out her name, went down to my Tower Records and looked through her catalog. Saw that she had a new album coming, so I came back a week or two later and picked up Hounds of Love. Poppy,...

Who Let the Dogs Out is very feminist, queer, angry, funny, super catchy and punk as fuck. I don't know if I'm the target demo ( the hype sticker says "party music for gay angry sluts") but I love this album (I picked up this cool blue vinyl copy from my local earlier this summer). I think if you're human and angry about current events bullshit, you're more than halfway there. Great album. Put it in your ears, listen to the lyrics, feel the burn and get fucking pissed. 

Gonna try this Record of the Week thing, see how it goes. This Natalie Bergman album, My Home is Not in This World, dropped a couple months ago. It's a bit of a grower, I didn't click with it right away. I turned the corner one day when I was commuting to work and it came on randomly. I have a playlist of new stuff I'm interested in checking out, and I had been listening to the albums preceding this one on the list and was too preoccupied to change it. That's what I mean when I say randomly. So, yeah,...