I’ve really enjoyed seeing some of the collabs pop up on Youtube over the last couple of months. I was surprised and really pleased by the Bloodywood collab, and I thought it was really cool that they had Bloodywood opening for them on their US tour. Haven’t dived into the album proper, yet, but I’ll give it a listen soon.

The Flugelhorn is such a beautiful instrument! I almost had a chance to play a solo on one in my high school marching band, but the first chair trumpet stole it from me, lol.

I tend to like jazz that leans more latin, like Chuck Mangione or Arturo Sandoval. They’re both typically a little more upbeat than the example you gave, but of the two Mangione is definitely chiller than Sandoval, some of Sandoval’s stuff gets pretty frenetic.

IMO Stevie T is best taken in very small doses.

My kids are obsessed with Imagine Dragons. Honestly it could be worse, but it could also definitely be better. They’re mostly just kind of there, although some of the songs definitely get grating when they’ve been played 200 times 😅

That’s a perfectly valid opinion. I enjoyed how it played with the country elements but had enough other stuff going on that it was more than the sum of its parts, but I can see why it could fall flat.

I haven’t actually listened to ATITFOL as much as I have Laugh Tracks and the Upon Loss singles, but I think the new album stacks up for sure.

I dunno how many folks on Beehaw are into Knocked Loose, but this album is blowing me away. Every track is incredible. I was worried that the singles would be all of the good songs and the rest of the album would disappoint, but that isn’t the case at all.

Knocked Loose has been killing it with the singles, I am super hyped for the album to drop next month.

Also, I’ve liked some of Poppy’s stuff in the past, but she went SO HARD on this track.

This kicks ass, thanks for posting! I’m always really impressed with drummers who sing, that’s always seemed like it would be super hard to me.

Yeah, honestly giving it a second listen, I probably would have had a better initial reaction to the song if I hadn’t been expecting something different because of the name. Also the video is pretty damn off-putting, lol. The song is pretty solid, even if it’s not what I’m usually looking for in the stoner/sludge genre.

This is a decent song, although I’m not a huge fan of the mix or the vocal style - I know it’s part of the vibe it’s just not my favorite. But I’ve got to say, if I was this band I would not have named myself after an album by a band that is IMO way better, lol. All this made me do is some confused googling and then I went and listened to Electric Wizard for a while.

Since you mentioned bluegrass, I’m particular to Trampled by Turtles but you also can’t go wrong with Union Station.

This video really made me realize how disconnected I’ve gotten from the top 40. I’m not one of those that is gonna go on a diatribe about pop not being real music, people are allowed to like whatever they like and music doesn’t have to be complicated or deep to be good. But I hadn’t realized how little I was listening to the radio these days. A decade ago I would have still probably been listening to radio stations in the car most days and so I would have some exposure to the top 40 as I was switching between stations, but I didn’t recognize a single song on this list, with the exception of the two really controversial ones - which I only recognized because I saw some of the backlash against them. I also noticed that Todd pointed out several times how much less it takes these days to get a song on the top 40. I wonder if that is because of how fractured the general listening public has gotten as radio has less sway when it comes to making hits. If anybody has any articles/videos on that I’d love to see them.