Daily Newsletter, August 31, 2023

Nora Kelly, Jeff Rosenstock, Prewn, more

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Ljubinko Zivkovic
August 31, 2023

SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: NORA KELLY BAND - RODEO CLOWN - The Spill Magazine

Nora Kelly Band Rodeo Clown Mint Records Nora Kelly Band’s Rodeo Clown is band’s debut that is being released into the more and more congested field of Americana/Canadiana music. This means that Kelly and her Montreal-based band should have come up with something of really high quality to be noticed. For those already aware of […]

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HOT HALF DOZEN 8.29.23

Over 130 submissions this week. I love the country song nd metal mix. Plus the Mexican stars

indiepulsemusic.com/2023/08/29/hot-half-dozen-8-29-23/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

Album Of The Week: Jeff Rosenstock 'HELLMODE'

Jeff Rosenstock makes anthems. It’s what he does. When he declared, “You don’t own me!” on a quirky Bomb The Music Industry! cut in 2005, he made it an anthem. Throughout his career as a Long Island punk hero, ska lifer, and dynamic solo artist, he’s recorded dozens of songs meant to get you moving and shouting. So many videos exist of him moving and shouting — and climbing onto amplifiers to belt out mid-show saxophone solos — that even if you’re not in the crowd, you still want to follow his lead.

www.stereogum.com/2234362/jeff-rosenstock-hellmode/reviews/album-of-the-week/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

How Wilco helped invent streaming with ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’

Going online.

faroutmagazine.co.uk/wilco-helped-invent-streaming-yankee-hotel-foxtrot/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

Music Only for a Woman: The Birth of Easy Listening - JSTOR Daily

A 1970s radio format geared towards the "feminine psyche" featured musical rearrangements with softer and gentler styles of the day's hits.

daily.jstor.org/music-only-for-a-woman-the-birth-of-easy-listening/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

American Sajaegi

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“Whenever I got accosted on the street by a crazy maniac, the best thing to do was walk away. I always felt threatened. We had to leave by the back door at a lot of places”: Devo’s battle for survival

They’re the coneheaded “alien” stars whose controversial anthems and madcap behaviour wound up the masses – but how prog were Devo?

www.loudersound.com/features/how-prog-were-devo?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

Complete Studio Albums & Rarities

Massive career-spanning box sets are a completist’s dream. In this installment, Rhino takes on Stevie Nicks’ solo career.

www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/complete_studio_albums_and_rarities_stevie_nicks?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

5 Rock Songs That Were Inspired by Classic Literature

Musicians in every genre have long drawn inspiration from poetry and classics, even for hard-hitting rock songs.

americansongwriter.com/5-rock-songs-that-were-inspired-by-classic-literature/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Prewn - "Through The Window" — POST-TRASH

Through the Window is the debut LP by Prewn, a Western Mass band led by frontperson Izzy Hagerup, who on this collection of dark post-punk inflected folk goes it alone. Hagerup touches on mortality and angst with a nuance that is cutting and poetic

post-trash.com/news/2023/8/27/album-of-the-week-prewn-through-the-window