Winter is easing and the big hitters are slowly beginning to release their long awaited LPs. The Foo Fighters and Madison Beer are leading the charge when it comes to heavily hyped artists, but elsewhere February thrived on the back of a series of challenging and thoughtful releases.
Foo Fighters – Medicine at Midnight (Rock)
Where are the Foo Fighters headed in 2021? It’s a hard question to answer. The band are firmly entrenched in the third stage of their career. They majestically rose from the ashes of Nirvana through novelty music videos to festival headliner status in the late 90s. Then, in the 2000s, they entrenched themselves as a stadium behemoth, crowd pleases par excellence. The 2010s seemed like an era of reinvention for the band, as Dave Grohl embraced the terse bite of raw rock on
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Monday:
10 For Slim: Charley Crockett Sings James Hand
A moving tribute to Charley’s mentor, honky-tonk country singer James “Slim” Hand, who died last June. “I’m telling you,” Crockett said, “I didn’t meet Hank Williams, but I did meet James Hand.”
Tuesday: Fruit Bats – The Pet Parade
Eric D. Johnson’s latest LP is his 8th one, and addresses what he refers to as the beauty and absurdity of existence. Produced by Josh Kaufman (who along with Eric and Anais Mitchell comprise Bonny Light Horseman.)
Wednesday: The Exciting Sounds of the Menahan Street Band
The Daptone Records Brooklyn soul group is back, drawing once again on cinematic soundscapes, hip-hop, psychedelic, and above all classic soul sounds.
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