November 30, 2022 Playlist

Bobby Conn "The Homeland" (2004)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Bobby Conn & The Glass Gypsies "The Homeland"  2004 (USA)
On Bobby Conn's 1997 debut album, he claimed to be the antichrist who would bring about The Armageddon and the downfall of capitalism when Y2K struck. That didn't happen, so on his records from the early 2000's he upped the decadence and his persona shifted toward that of a spoiled, coked-out glam rock huckster. Really, it was all (fun) shtick from the start. "Bobby Conn" is an over-the-top character, sort of like an underground punk version of  Ziggy Stardust. But with a much higher level of musicianship that you might expect, with albums produced by fellow Chicago legends like Jim O'Rourke (Sonic Youth) and John McEntire (Tortoise). The Homeland is perhaps his best album: a song cycle of paranoia inspired by the zeitgeist of the Bush War On Terror years.
(N) = New Release
   
Artist Song Album Year Country
The Black Angels A Walk On The OutsideWilderness Of Mirrors (N)2022 (Partisan)USA
The Babe Rainbow Inner SpaceThe Organic Band (N)2022 (Eureka)Australia
Dungen Var Har Du Varit?
("Where Have You Been?")
En Är För Mycket Och Tusen Aldrig Nog (N)
("One Is Too Much And A Thousand Is Never Enough")
2022 (Mexican Summer)Sweden
Alex G Headroom PianoGod Save The Animals (N)2022 (Domino)USA
Dr. John I Walk On Guilded Splinters
(featuring Promise Of The Real)
Things Happen That Way (N - posthumous album)rec. 2019 (2022 Concord)USA
Black Lips Among The DunesApocalypse Love (N)2022 (Fire)USA
The Mars Volta Collapsible ShouldersThe Mars Volta (N)2022 (Clouds Hill)USA
 
 
DISQ Cujo KiddiesDesperately Imagining Someplace Quiet (N)2022 (Saddle Creek)USA
Adrian Quesada Spirits Jaguar Sound (N)2022 (ATO)USA
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard GondiiChanges (N)2022 (KGLW)Australia
The Gatekeepers The Algorithm
(featuring Amy Denio)
The Gatekeepers (N)2022 (Think Like A Key)(musicians from all over the world)
Wednesday Campanella BuckinghamNeon (N)2022 (Warner Japan)Japan
BABYMETAL Monochromesingle (N - probably from forthcoming 2023 album The Other One)
2022 (Babymetal/Toy's Factory)Japan
   
 
Bobby Conn & The Glass GypsiesRelaxThe Homeland
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2004USA
Bobby Conn & The Glass GypsiesHome Sweet HomeThe Homeland
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2004USA
Bobby Conn & The Glass GypsiesOrdinary ViolenceThe Homeland
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2004USA
Bobby Conn & The Glass GypsiesWe Come In Peace (live)Live Classics, Vol. 12005USA
The Soft Pink Truth The Anal Staircase (Coil)
Was It Ever Real? EP (N)2022 (Thrill Jockey)USA
   
 
Bitchin' Bajas QuakenbrückBajascillators (N)2022 (Drag City)USA
King Buffalo Regenerator Regenerator (N)2022 (self released)USA
Flaccid Mojo
(2/3 of Black Dice)
Dyslexic Uptalk
  --> Striped Pants
FM (N)2022 (Castle Face)USA
Trash Panda Go Kart HippoMight As Well Sprouted The Third Eye (N)2022 (self released)USA
   
 
Dr. Dog These Days
  --> Be The Void
  --> The Beach
  --> Where'd All The Time Go (live)
Four Nights Live In San Francisco: Night 1 (N)2022 (self released)USA
Wand Hare
  --> Wonder (live)
Spiders In The Rain (N)2022 (Drag City)USA
black midi 27 Questions (live)Live At Electrical Audio (N)2022 (Rough Trade)UK
   
 
Elvin Jones Oleo (Sonny Rollins - live)Revival Live At Pookie's Pub (N)1967 (2022 Blue Note)USA

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