#recommneds — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #recommneds, aggregated by home.social.
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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 Australian rockers: heavy duty late-60's/early-70's style riffage meant to be played loud. Hard-rockin rhythm guitar and lead guitar and even the occasional hard-rockin slide guitar. Turn it up, friends. Enjoy!
Album links at LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/recommneds
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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 two notable others in my recent listening pile. Here he pairs up with electronic musician Shornstein (aka Photay), creating exploratory beats-centric soundscapes that range from utterly fascinating to utterly fascinating + delightfully groovy. Take it as a standalone work or in a suite with his other recent work, it's all good. Enjoy!
Album links at LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/recommneds
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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 butter but some new thing that's a simultaneous combo of the two. The songs done really go anywhere and you don't really want them to, the pair find a good spot to set up camp and make some serious magic, sometimes just a minute or two at a time. It's a must-listen. Enjoy!
Album links at LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/recommneds
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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 sophomore album, Californian Yacoub once again artfully melting-pots the sounds of Afrobeat, cumbia and more, as well as more local R&B influences. It's a sinister funk with unrelenting rhythms and horn-heavy summer-ready grooves, there are worse ways to celebrate. Enjoy!
Album links at LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/recommneds
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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, it's immaculately airy, with lots of quiet space permeating the in-between. A lovely meditation of mallet percussion and piano, somewhere in between classical minimalism and ambient jazz. Enjoy!
Album links at LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/recommneds
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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 Couple. But they infuse the guitar jams with their hometown flavor, notes of exotica and tropical jazz, sometimes subtly, sometimes not subtly at all. The result is something best-of-all-worlds. Enjoy!
Album links at LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/recommneds
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2024.100
New Masada Quartet: Vol 3 (live)
One of John Zorn's most formidable Masada lineups captured live in all their chaotic, mindblowing glory. And also features some of the best guitar playing I've heard in a while, Julian Lage at his finest. Zorn being Zorn, the entire set streams as a single track, but worth listening to end-to-end. Enjoy!
#newmusic #MusicDiscovery #johnzorn
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4KO6icVqCeor1TL1ahhm9h?si=LhsdfkYpQfqnC5wJ9mQryg
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/new-masada-quartet-vol-3-live/1763702724
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2024.9
Simon Hanes: Tsons of Tsunami
Thank goodness Tzadik releases are available to stream so now everyone has access to wildly creative music like this. Hanes is a sonic polymath, at times making the heaviest shit imaginable, others thoughtfully melodic. This is a little bit of both, but with lots of great vibraphone. Something different for ya, but trust me, quite good. Enjoy!
#newmusic #MusicDiscovery #tzadik
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/04zrLvgZmjU3gXznrIy46Y
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/tsons-of-tsunami-feat-selendis-sebastian-alexander/1725718065
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2024.9
Simon Hanes: Tsons of Tsunami
Thank goodness Tzadik releases are available to stream so now everyone has access to wildly creative music like this. Hanes is a sonic polymath, at times making the heaviest shit imaginable, others thoughtfully melodic. This is a little bit of both, but with lots of great vibraphone. Something different for ya, but trust me, quite good. Enjoy!
#newmusic #MusicDiscovery #tzadik
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/04zrLvgZmjU3gXznrIy46Y
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/tsons-of-tsunami-feat-selendis-sebastian-alexander/1725718065
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Lucy Dacus in the "news" a bit this week, so was remembering how her debut was an old #jambase #recommNeds almost 7 years ago. #trackrecord
"I wouldn’t be surprised if Dacus catches a little fire once more people hear this album, so if you haven’t yet, be the one who knew first"