Highlights in Rotation

Let me tell you about some of my favorite albums in rotation at the moment!

Drag the River - Bad at Breaking Up [Suburban Home]
This alt-country band from Fort Collins has been around for quite awhile and it seems like they're always getting better. Definitely on par with other heart-crushing groups like Lucero. This is a collection of 20 rarities from the band including 7" tracks and B-sides. The packaging alone looks like reason enough to buy this one for yourself. The band "broke up" in 2007, but that hasn't seemed to have stopped them from playing shows. In fact, members Jon Snodgrass and Chad Price are releasing brand new solo records this year which will probably be popping up in rotation themselves sometime soon!


Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day [Jagjaguwar]
Julie has been around the independent music scene for quite awhile. In the 90s she was in the notable band Eric's Trip and last years she appeared on an album with Phil Elverum. (Our CD of the month from October!) This album has been bashed a bit for returning to the fuzzy distorted sounds of Eric's Trip, but that sound was so good I don't mind hearing it again. There are some cutesy happy songs that are pretty good, but the best ones are sad and lonely. All the songs sound so big and all are solid indie rock anthems. This record bears repeated listens.




Various - I Woke Up One Morning in May [Mississippi Records]
Mississippi Records is one of my absolute favorite record labels around right now. They find the best music you've never, ever heard and put it out on affordable limited edition vinyl. And they're so hip they don't even have a website. Thurston Moore seems to have been involved with the label at some point, but I'll let wikipedia explain that better than I can. On this album we have a collection of blues from 1927-1934. These extra crackly tunes are refreshingly barebone, with just voice and guitar and simple lyrics. Maybe these unrelenting Depression-era songs are just what we need for our current situation.







-Katherine (music director)