Good Day to all of you, my dear friends! We are in for an excellent weekend, when we will finally be taking our long-delayed trip to Niagara Falls with the kiddies. Hooray!
The Road Trip entertainment takes the form of seven New Releases that I discovered this week. Feel free to join me!
A single to start the week takes a familiar song and sends it back to its Eastern roots. Gaye Su Akyol is a Singer from Istanbul who has released a reimagining of Shocking Blue (via Nirvana)’s Love Buzz. Listen to the A-Side, but add the B-Side, Böyle Olur Mu, which is a slow-burning Electro banger, with exotic guitar and gorgeous vocals.
A Demo EP from Hattiesburg, Mississippi snapped me to attention this week. And when I say ‘EP’, I mean that BAD ANXIETY’s DEMONSTRATION II is six tracks, timing in at less than five minutes. Solo Artist Hampton Martin has pieced together some impressive, urgent Punk with insistent beats. It will make your next amphetamine-fueled home cleaning frenzy a dream.
To keep the Rock a-rolling, a duo from Brisbane, Australia that has been seen opening for Amyl & The Sniffers has just released their debut album. Piss Shivers’ self-titled record is nine tracks of furious and free Rock. The guitar-and-drum duo make a big sound.
To My Imaginary Nightclub we go, where we find Denver Electronic Beatmaker Detox Unit fucking up the ones and twos. Six freewheeling, samples-based tracks fill Liminal, heavy on the bass. It’s scaring the cat.
My BandCamp Wishlist came through again this week, with 70 year-old Composer and Performance Artist Arnold Dreyblatt. The New York Musician has just released a new four-track album called Resolve, which utilizes hammered strings, drums and bass to surprising effect.
Genesis Owusu was born in Ghana in 1998 as Kofi Owusu-Ansah, and has been living in Australia since the age of two. Owusu debuted in 2021 with a five-piece band and has returned with his sophomore full-length, STRUGGLER. Adventurous R&B/Hip-Hop with social commentary and glorious production.
Taking my Feature Pick for the week is an Artist who I just discovered this morning. C.S. Armstrong is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist and singer from Houston. Debuting in 2019, Armstrong blends styles like Blues, Soul, and Hip-Hop, with throbbing bass and Al Green falsetto. His fifth full-length, Come As You Are is an amazing introduction to an Artist I’m excited to dig deeper with.
I hope your weekend is filled with fun and frivolity. Don’t forget to be kind yourself! Talk soon!
New Music Jason’s Picks 