Willie Weekend started this morning on KUTX in celebration of Willie turning 90 tomorrow. Stream at kutx.org if you’re outside of the Austin City Limits.
It doesn’t always play out this way, but I love it when, after years of trying to connect with an artist’s work, things finally, and unexpectedly, click.
Really enjoyed that Jason Isbell doc on HBO/HBO Max. Felt like a pretty unflinching look at his story and artistic process. I had a feeling it would be solid since Sam Jones directed it. His interview with Jason from several years back was also so revealing and well done.
Yep Roc Records has a pre-sale for reissues of the first two Grant Lee Buffalo albums for those interested. I’ll be glad to get a non-Plain Recordings version of “Mighty Joe Moon” in my collection.
The March issue of Mojo finally hit the newsstand at the B&N near me. The latest Dylan Bootleg Series installment is the cover story, and the accompanying CD for the issue is outstanding.
Wasn’t expecting another boygenius pre-release single. I think all the songs are really great, but they’ve now shared 1/3 of the album prior to release.
Finally watched “Elvis” last night. I guess I’m just really not a fan of Luhrmann’s style of direction. Also think telling the story from Col. Parker’s pov was a terrible decision. The first half was particularly brutal to sit through.
Just so we’re clear and there’s no confusion, Ticketmaster is the absolute f’ing worst and it should absolutely be destroyed for committing crimes against humanity. That said, Happy Friday everyone!
The Leonard Cohen “Hallelujah” doc on Netflix actually has made me re-appreciate the song ‘Hallelujah’. The Jeff Buckley portion was particularly poignant. The Eric Church bit…not so much.
Happy to hear that boygenius is getting the band back together and have a full length album coming out soon. Also happy to hear that Bayonne has a new album due out 5/26. He also pre-released a 3rd single today from the record. All 3 have been solid.
In retrospect, I probably should’ve ranked the Kevin Morby record higher on my albums list, and I definitely should’ve ranked Big Thief’s ‘Time Escaping’ higher on my songs list.