What Are You Listening To? July 2025
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Gloria - III (2025)
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Material Issue - Destination Universe (1992)
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axolotl
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Old Calf ~ Borrow a Horse (2011)
Americana, from Ned Oldham of The Anomoanon
It's not bad, and I would even say it's better than fifth-rate songs from a third-rate talent. It's all pretty mellow stuff, but there is some nice electric guitar work that burbles in the background.
Americana, from Ned Oldham of The Anomoanon
It's not bad, and I would even say it's better than fifth-rate songs from a third-rate talent. It's all pretty mellow stuff, but there is some nice electric guitar work that burbles in the background.
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Listening now.
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Antonio Dvorak - Rusalka (Czech Philharmonic, Sir Charles Mackerras, Renee Fleming, et al)
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Material Issue - Freak City Soundtrack (1994)
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Earth - Primitive And Deadly (2014)
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Gaupa - Fyr (2025)
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Material Issue - Telecommando Americano (1997)
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Having now listened to the entire album catalog of Material Issue, do you have any impressions that you care to share?Material Issue - Telecommando Americano (1997)
Or not. Your choice.
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They're very talented; but towards the later albums I could tell they were trying to achieve commercial success. All the albums are good, though.
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Jim Ellison committed suicide before the last one was released, I think.
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This explains much.
Immaterial World: Ken Kurson Examines the Void Left by Jim Ellison’s Death | Newcity Music
My friend Jim Ellison committed suicide last Thursday. He was thirty-two. His mom had called the police to check on him after not hearing from him for a few days. They found him on top of his moped, next to his car, a note at his side, dead from fumes. Many knew Ellison as the
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We Lost The Sea - A Single Flower (2025)
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I think it is a crime that they never made it really big. They knew how to do power pop better than most.This explains much.
Immaterial World: Ken Kurson Examines the Void Left by Jim Ellison’s Death | Newcity Music
My friend Jim Ellison committed suicide last Thursday. He was thirty-two. His mom had called the police to check on him after not hearing from him for a few days. They found him on top of his moped, next to his car, a note at his side, dead from fumes. Many knew Ellison as the
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