tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87185624480066779642024-03-13T13:17:42.060-07:00From the Pharmacy of Dr. SpinMusic I Like and Why I Like ItDr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.comBlogger667125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-23624065515792708472024-03-09T12:29:00.000-08:002024-03-09T12:29:05.033-08:002024 Album Preview Series - Tier 1: Part 12 of 12<p><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The final episode covering a six-week series of new music, including:
Slift - <i>Ilion </i>(2024)
Autechre - <i>LP5</i> (1998)
Ison - <i>Inner-Space</i> (2019)
The Adventures of Jet - <i>Muscle</i> (2003)</span>
</span></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FsYeap2h9CM?si=-XAWe5o4wstcLs8e" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84085599" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorhG-bkelmpNHGBjVjlr_bsI17kvV2YsbHK96boWQ2mbIWn5yNSe_9d3lF_f4V5zGQ02_eY1p9at01IjPGxmKQlW811hDZU96W0tZMCT4qJKkLRSZ1DWeR1CjwigG5hClcLW6TKerLG7dLFtH8pDqbb7mylXXUiqFoKZlRcisE2-ns5629NKXiYlITx8/w187-h187/2Hl9xf5c0nsuiXMzFum1.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And, y'know....the <b>playlist</b></span></div><div><br /></div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/1O7Rn8pAboAEJt1I2lYBPl?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-29313407567381884692024-03-09T12:14:00.000-08:002024-03-09T12:14:52.520-08:002024 Album Showdown Results: Tier 1, Week 3<p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReOs-XRtUt_Q23u1G0eT4csMcxcxdKFvefZVOs47uC-VpXBVqO8OwJoDFjj3s8wwBghuQIaso2gR2ORORDfq0-qsdL15amxpZ_ZkW_oixsbHOxAXNZepSbo7F_ur4jv2sZvok6SQqYmBLbiWyc3e6f5etu8JbfPd1TotrPgL05R8v1L2kP8SX8LB-hMg/s400/T1W3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReOs-XRtUt_Q23u1G0eT4csMcxcxdKFvefZVOs47uC-VpXBVqO8OwJoDFjj3s8wwBghuQIaso2gR2ORORDfq0-qsdL15amxpZ_ZkW_oixsbHOxAXNZepSbo7F_ur4jv2sZvok6SQqYmBLbiWyc3e6f5etu8JbfPd1TotrPgL05R8v1L2kP8SX8LB-hMg/s320/T1W3.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br />Caroline Rose - <i>The Art of Forgetting</i> VS. Anekdoten - <i>Gravity</i></b></span></span><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-f7687090-7fff-22b2-5591-6d815060c00b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Anekdoten - <i>Gravity</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>The Art of Forgetting</i> is a respectable indie-rock album, with several great songs and a solid concept. Anekdoten is a bit of a hometown favorite, though, and even though <i>Gravity</i> may not be considered by most to be the apex of their output, it's still an incredibly evocative album.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3322840349/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://anekdoten.bandcamp.com/album/gravity">Gravity by ANEKDOTEN</a></iframe></span></p><div><span><br /></span></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Toe - <i>For Long Tomorrow </i>VS. Low - <i>Things We Lost In The Fire</i></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Toe - <i>For Long Tomorrow</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I hold both of these albums in high regard, for sure. This incarnation of Low, however, is an early prototype of the band that won 2022 Album of the Year, giving some room for Toe’s tasteful virtuosity to capture my attention. </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2576577776/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://toe-music.bandcamp.com/album/for-long-tomorrow">For Long Tomorrow by toe</a></iframe></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Andre 3000 - <i>New Blue Sun</i> VS. Birth - <i>Born</i></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Andre 3000 - <i>New Blue Sun</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A controversial choice, for sure, especially given my prog-rock pedigree and the fact that <i>New Blue Sun </i>is not without flaw. I am fascinated by Andre 3000’s current direction, however, and actually think the album is pretty good at what it sets out to do. </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/33Ek6daAL3oXyQIV1uoItD?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe></span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Jaga Jazzist - <i>Pyramid </i>VS. The Night Terrors - <i>Pavor Nocturnus</i></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Jaga Jazzist - <i>Pyramid</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This was actually a significant upset, as I have been repeatedly enthralled with the oddball (but functional) theremin/organ/drums instrumentation of Pavor Nocturnus. When compared directly with the expanded instrumental palette and compositional adventurousness of Pyramid, however, the limitations of that instrumentation became apparent. </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=199567705/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://jagajazzist.bandcamp.com/album/pyramid">Pyramid by Jaga Jazzist</a></iframe></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i><u><b>Viewer’s Choice Results</b></u></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Caroline Rose - <i>The Art of Forgetting </i>VS. Anekdoten - <i>Gravity</i></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Anekdoten - <i>Gravity</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Toe - <i>For Long Tomorrow</i> VS. Low - <i>Things We Lost In The Fire</i></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Toe - <i>For Long Tomorrow</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Andre 3000 -<i> New Blue Sun</i> VS. Birth - <i>Born</i></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Birth - <i>Born</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1404226707/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://birthprog.bandcamp.com/album/born">Born by Birth</a></iframe></span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Jaga Jazzist - <i>Pyramid </i>VS. The Night Terrors - <i>Pavor Nocturnus</i></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Jaga Jazzist - <i>Pyramid</i></span></span></p><div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-84196834640349748942024-02-28T20:24:00.000-08:002024-02-28T20:24:20.737-08:002024 Album Showdown Results: Tier 1, Week 2<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcUhKFNI8kTDtEmbI8FCz4esBJxuesjDr2W3bSLPelT-XAvCMid_YipM20Dv7js9OoNP5DK0ClVlV5d0aCu8LQq5WAGokCCW4ZhlM-RKGfZQeKe3oCRjKqJGPD7Ie789XW4Wg9Zuy1XEbLi6UUB1eKQAGsCv-DMKninnqF6KCJ9WUgoWzXDOX4pRdeLo/s400/2023%20t1w2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcUhKFNI8kTDtEmbI8FCz4esBJxuesjDr2W3bSLPelT-XAvCMid_YipM20Dv7js9OoNP5DK0ClVlV5d0aCu8LQq5WAGokCCW4ZhlM-RKGfZQeKe3oCRjKqJGPD7Ie789XW4Wg9Zuy1XEbLi6UUB1eKQAGsCv-DMKninnqF6KCJ9WUgoWzXDOX4pRdeLo/s320/2023%20t1w2.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br />boygenius - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the record</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Oki - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tonkori in the Moonlight</span></b></span><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-c341c74c-7fff-ade6-8ec7-d7d9577d930c"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">boygenius - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the record</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">While the boygenius album is impressively written and performed, I wouldn’t suggest sleeping on the Oki album. Its biggest issue is consistency, which is a by-product of its status as a curated compilation of his independently released albums. Its more traditional moments feel a bit shallow, but a full album of the more psychedelic moments would resonate a bit more clearly. As it is, it lacks cohesion, where</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> the record</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> is a very clear, holistic statement.</span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=713275716/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://xboygeniusx.bandcamp.com/album/the-record">the record by boygenius</a></iframe></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Nick Hakim -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Cometa</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Naoki Sato - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Godzilla Minus One OST</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Naoki Sato - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Godzilla Minus One OST</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Cometa</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> is another one that grew on me, but it couldn’t overtake Sato’s soundtrack. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Godzilla Minus One</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> does have moments of ambient wandering. It's more attention-grabbing moments, however, really resonated with me.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/493OkghuQsDbJMa0krFlSz?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Black Pumas - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Chronicles of a Diamond</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Ora the Molecule -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Human Safari</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Black Pumas - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Chronicles of a Diamond</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This one wins the tricky showdown of the week award, mainly because both albums are consistently good, but also have minor flaws. I could make a very compelling argument for </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Human Safari</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">’s clear melodic strengths, but the Black Puma’s production has just the right balance of clarity and grit, not to mention some infectious hooks delivering positive vibes. Need more of that these days, I think.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2115357432/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://blackpumas.bandcamp.com/album/chronicles-of-a-diamond">Chronicles of a Diamond by Black Pumas</a></iframe></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Death’s Dynamic Shroud - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Transcendence Bot</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Anteloper - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Pink Dolphins</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Death’s Dynamic Shroud - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Transcendence Bot</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I am becoming a diehard advocate of the clear musicality and creativity of Death’s Dynamic Shroud. The shades of </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Bitches Brew</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> that underpin the first half of </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Pink Dolphins</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, however, very well could have caused a big upset here. The second half, however, loses clarity, allowing Death’s Dynamic Shroud to continue its ascendency.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=988112431/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://deathsdynamicshroud.bandcamp.com/album/transcendence-bot">Transcendence Bot by death's dynamic shroud</a></iframe></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><i>Viewer’s Choice Results</i></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">boygenius -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> the record</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Oki - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tonkori in the Moonlight</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Oki -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Tonkori in the Moonlight</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2653104305/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://oki-tonkori.bandcamp.com/album/tonkori-in-the-moonlight">Tonkori in the moonlight by OKI</a></iframe></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Nick Hakim - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Cometa</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Naoki Sato - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Godzilla Minus One OST</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Nick Hakim - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Cometa</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2547844245/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://nickhakim.bandcamp.com/album/cometa">COMETA by Nick Hakim</a></iframe></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Black Pumas - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Chronicles of a Diamond </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">VS. Ora the Molecule - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Human Safari</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Black Pumas - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Chronicles of a Diamond</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Death’s Dynamic Shroud - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Transcendence Bot </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">VS. Anteloper - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Pink Dolphins</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Death’s Dynamic Shroud - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Transcendence Bot</span></span></span></span>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-13382510917894008122024-02-25T09:04:00.000-08:002024-02-25T09:04:51.517-08:002023 Album Showdown Results: Tier 1, Week 1<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0MXYWsec-QbUsZ0b9NJWUS5a0mDlWBSODJbhBcugpyxCeLfCrDxgyc79Sfhfpu_GEY4zw9afc_EoYhMoMDTnq8lxTvRJB3Bmi5W7sL8MbQAcTy9_r5glayxVNb3rRpV1UTgSO7qUGnPpwXn56s-gxuCwuA4cWsAHd8HsHhlPIGKHqJ-nRW6zYyV40kPo/s400/2024%20T1W1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0MXYWsec-QbUsZ0b9NJWUS5a0mDlWBSODJbhBcugpyxCeLfCrDxgyc79Sfhfpu_GEY4zw9afc_EoYhMoMDTnq8lxTvRJB3Bmi5W7sL8MbQAcTy9_r5glayxVNb3rRpV1UTgSO7qUGnPpwXn56s-gxuCwuA4cWsAHd8HsHhlPIGKHqJ-nRW6zYyV40kPo/s320/2024%20T1W1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p>And so the journey begins.....</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Peter Gabriel -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> i/o (Dark Side Mix)</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Maria BC - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Spike Fields</span></b></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-9d282d63-7fff-d5aa-a623-aec7cf022db0"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Peter Gabriel -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> i/o (Dark Side Mix)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Although not without flaw, Gabriel’s most recent work stands up incredibly well against the output of his peers and far above the standard of most contemporary work. As interesting and conceptually engaging as <i>Spike Fields</i> is, <i>i/o (Dark Side Mix)</i> is the clear winner here.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2476556147/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://petergabriel.bandcamp.com/album/i-o">i/o by Peter Gabriel</a></iframe></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tigran Hamasyan - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">StandArt </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">VS. Altin Gun -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Ask</span></b></span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tigran Hamasyan - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">StandArt</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Every week has a showdown that is particularly troublesome, and for this round, this is the one. Giving it to Hamasyan is a bit of an upset, because going in, Altin Gun’s exotic, psychedelic jams appeals to a very distinct niche in my listening. However, it's been a while since I was genuinely drawn to an album of jazz standards, and Hamasyan’s creativity won out upon related listens.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=453844795/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://tigranhamasyan.bandcamp.com/album/standart">StandArt by Tigran Hamasyan</a></iframe></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">K Frimpong w/ Vis-a-Vis - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">K. Frimpong w/ Vis-a-Vis</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Young Fathers - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Heavy Heavy</span></span></b></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">K. Frimpong w/ Vis-a-Vis - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">K. Frompong w/ Vis-a-Vis</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Another tough one, to be honest, but classic West African High Life is also a style in which I have some subjective interest. Young Fathers has slowly gained some ground with me, but not quite enough to win out here.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2201961144/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://hotcasarecords.bandcamp.com/album/k-frimpong-backed-by-vis-a-vis">K. Frimpong backed by Vis-A-Vis by K. Frimpong with Vis-A-Vis</a></iframe></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mo Troper - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Trooper Sings Brion</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Billy Woods and Kenny Segal -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Maps</span></span></b></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mo Troper - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Trooper Sing Brion</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>Troper Sings Brion </i>is another one that’s going to be tricky to knock out. Brion’s wry wit and emotive chord choices wear well under Troper’s quirky renderings. <i>Any Other Way</i> is my current favorite anthem.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1816389151/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://motroper.bandcamp.com/album/troper-sings-brion">Troper Sings Brion by Mo Troper</a></iframe></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><u>Viewer’s Choice Results</u></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Peter Gabriel -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> i/o (Dark Side Mix) </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">VS. Maria BC - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Spike Fields</span></span></b></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Peter Gabriel -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> i/o (Dark Side Mix)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tigran Hamasyan - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">StandArt</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Altin Gun - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ask</span></span></b></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tigran Hamasyan - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">StandArt</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">K Frimpong w/ Vis-a-Vis -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> K. Frimpong w/ Vis-a-Vis</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Young Fathers - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Heavy Heavy</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Young Fathers - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Heavy Heavy</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2840278860/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="https://youngfathersofficial.bandcamp.com/album/heavy-heavy">Heavy Heavy by Young Fathers</a></iframe></span></p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mo Troper - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Trooper Sings Brion</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Billy Woods and Kenny Segal - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Maps</span></span></b></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mo Troper - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Trooper Sings Brion</span></span></span>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-85465340340630238832024-02-21T16:59:00.000-08:002024-02-21T16:59:13.041-08:002024 Album Preview Series: Tier 1, Part 11 of 12<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Home stretch on this deluge of fresh listening, including music from:</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Smile - <i>Wall of Eyes</i> (2023)</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Brian Eno w/ Daniel Lanois and Roger Eno - <i>Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (</i>1983)</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Subsignal - <i>A Poetry of Rain</i> (2023)</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Zombi - <i>Surface to Air </i>(2006)</span></span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
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</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XP-4nMY9Ab8?si=8WZk2PYlR_n_EV8e" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br /></span><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84085599" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahQ8XtOoQY3rQEEA29hpKPSt_nIC3La_iGga29JsP4ppFJxXzkC8iGlpVzDsG8BSMRvYPPSWRfytlb-EKJyZ0s-xLb580sqZ3zn0yIO5AUEf6aeAfP5p2pvXQHD5DNKeQzVVWUvuqRvCDtUYiGLSLBS5wlcy6Poi-00FLUsLWboerumdqyU6lHgnFyxg/s320/2Hl9xf5c0nsuiXMzFum1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And the ever-growing playlist</span></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/1O7Rn8pAboAEJt1I2lYBPl?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-81697923823225120932024-02-15T09:13:00.000-08:002024-02-15T09:13:55.840-08:002024 Album Preview Series - Part 10 of 12: The All-Japan Episode<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This episode features artists from Japan, including:</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">88Kasyo Junrei - <i>◯△☐ </i>(2012)
The Yoshida Brothers - <i>Hishou </i>(2006)
Naoki Sato - <i>Godzilla Minus One OST</i> (2023)
Oki - <i>Tonkori in the Moonlight</i> (2022)</span><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZRu0PLLf2QY?si=U1n6O1SN6eUz1xPV" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Here's a few words on the <a href="https://drspinsmusicalmusings.blogspot.com/2014/04/space-battleship-yamato-and-thundersleet.html">Space Battleship Yamato OST</a>.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimrJGlxizDkKOxmjvf3kpQVfktPb9lnzViRg05OzikzIDbM7cwDqLBIKoXFiz54ys5BHQ6J24EcvI6WPiOloERnCx09Sn9f_G3FzE_tgSQ25-N8bOOMYFRp39I78VEL-Kuq9hzx8Wi_eau5rElgk8S-W-NNIFhGHPCIPpAPRg7BgDEFjkuO93ZJbNIZ5c/s640/2Hl9xf5c0nsuiXMzFum1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimrJGlxizDkKOxmjvf3kpQVfktPb9lnzViRg05OzikzIDbM7cwDqLBIKoXFiz54ys5BHQ6J24EcvI6WPiOloERnCx09Sn9f_G3FzE_tgSQ25-N8bOOMYFRp39I78VEL-Kuq9hzx8Wi_eau5rElgk8S-W-NNIFhGHPCIPpAPRg7BgDEFjkuO93ZJbNIZ5c/w267-h267/2Hl9xf5c0nsuiXMzFum1.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Aaand the ever-present Dr. Spin's 2024 Radio playlist</span></div></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/1O7Rn8pAboAEJt1I2lYBPl?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-58152783015924303352024-02-10T12:20:00.000-08:002024-02-10T12:20:49.190-08:002024 Album Preview Series: Tier 1 - Part 9 of 12<p><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Loving all the new suggestions? I got more love to give...</span></p><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Black Pumas - <i>Chronicles of a Diamond</i> (2023)
Ora the Molecule - <i>Human Safari </i>(2021)
Tigran Hamasyan - <i>StandArt</i> (2022)
Anteloper - <i>Pink Dolphins</i> (2022)</span>
</span><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fPrdQdYZVvo?si=FElOY1Q9jY8BllAx" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84085599" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIThxTBMIBX_jAbG5hwVmU1alSVuGSEGEHzSljPdXtez1wxcSPjl6Z0UwGLIAgTqlGRjIfwgKHgpS9Qazfr6e5mq4fiyDvtIbQ7mrdFYJ7C-QvJrh_-Hq0swTo7E99jXrVVTelQxdTGsc-bFwVST6uGCtksqQNFy4OME3pXWao0fkvegxIE_qUDQ-4sE/s320/2Hl9xf5c0nsuiXMzFum1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe style="border-radius:12px" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/1O7Rn8pAboAEJt1I2lYBPl?utm_source=generator" width="100%" height="352" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" loading="lazy"></iframe>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-87078690329639108462024-02-02T18:11:00.000-08:002024-02-02T18:11:48.052-08:002024 Album Preview Series: Tier 1 - Part 8 of 12<p><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pour this in your earholes and thank me later:
Death's Dynamic Shroud - <i>Transcendence Bot </i>(2023)
Madlib -<i> Sound Ancestors </i>(2020)
Polyphia - <i>Remember That You Will Die </i>(2023)
Devo - <i>Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!</i> (1978)</span><br /></span></p><p><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nDTJRMqF11Q?si=2FgPgR6GE97LmgMZ" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84085599" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMyzOok3clnBGaI3gm2QNtRi_xdbCx_ucxOszlORaXMgfHT0prLhMGKzJt_JPtkROhb62HmmJuIRz9A7gM4oHpShg9-0HTdZweSN1xWuFbbdUpiaI9MQ67TLbPCmsTQXKSUdymQWSfEfy_w74ilLXtTNCfeJE6z7kdaOIDQpGiI3nvpxYDc0jQVBs2Qo/s320/2Hl9xf5c0nsuiXMzFum1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/1O7Rn8pAboAEJt1I2lYBPl?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-83999007133714096942024-01-25T20:51:00.000-08:002024-01-25T20:51:37.425-08:002024 Album Preview Series: Tier 1 - Part 7 of 12<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Apologies to Mo Troper for mis-speaking the title of his fantastic Jon Brion tribute album...</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Marnie Stern - <i>The Comeback Kid</i> (2023)
Colin Stetson - <i>When we were what wept for the sea </i>(2023)
Nick Hakim - <i>Cometa </i>(2022)
Mo Troper - <i>Troper Sings Brion </i>(2023)</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8hg8G6i2hbw?si=8_KhGeKqref2dWpG" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe>
</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84085599" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTyWKlrpg5xf9N7Le01TNPQIqfp-ItwwJQH0lL1ER2jzdI96OW3-fzXbnj01-o7M56ZesaGqeBZiE5vDoTjb-5mYFkSGHrBzSFZZsKlIlNkMiKO3pZx4jRoTA9aFN120568FyWSZ1gyGUDNtRSnvhObsNzGA6ScwkOLTM6uemdgWA5vaeTNA2JwT_-MA/s320/2Hl9xf5c0nsuiXMzFum1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And, y'know - the LIST!</span></span></p><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/1O7Rn8pAboAEJt1I2lYBPl?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-65853640893616321422024-01-21T12:40:00.000-08:002024-01-21T12:40:49.568-08:002024 Album Preview Series: Tier 1 - Part 6 of 12<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">More music to peruse at your leisure, including albums like:</span></p><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Strokes - <i>The New Abnormal</i> (2020)
Mandy, Indiana - <i>I've Seen a Way </i>(2023)
Birth - <i>Born</i> (2022)
Low - <i>Things We Lost In The Fire</i> (2021)</span>
</span><div><br /></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kPmvKF2mFFU?si=ar5ZSPaF5sYUGSXt" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84085599" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmyE9kXLlsM0TIEIT0KxJ9ZsmHjEVKrE2waOC1t2Y9or-dJ5aSzpB7Re04aEEjrZyHa1pEXJMB33JiDdAiYhpxwXDoUmkMKauSq77UsTtCO1wXud__DkXEXKwa3-Na_z60iaJB0N-x3cvCSflSCPx2ESBCgkbO7ga4NRha2gjiYbin9-MIeHB07YqR87E/s320/2Hl9xf5c0nsuiXMzFum1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And....y'know....</span></div><div><br /></div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/1O7Rn8pAboAEJt1I2lYBPl?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-3021576997201445002024-01-18T10:21:00.000-08:002024-01-18T10:21:44.284-08:002024 Album Preview Series: Tier 1 - Part 5 of 12<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Still frozen in? Me, too - let's check out these albums:</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Jaga Jazzist - <i>Pyramid</i> (2020)
Young Fathers - <i>Heavy Heavy</i> (2023)
Kebu - <i>Urban Dreams</i> (2021)
Bully - <i>Lucky for You</i> (2023)</span><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w5gECAPycZY?si=Y48pRl5s64LYH0Tr" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84085599" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5xk_t-D2pfD77hJgknAf1M5Rq4KpzW0fE-X3r5xdfpUVA4gzL7n-pCqpm9idc7tCGPtJ5xfKoYyc2vFa2luAenm1k4kHUlA61jLo0iSotg6HBNEpoSNcba1TDsJCngW2ZpOFz0eXWmJ65cJfzF7Fz9b7zJ56Xj7rt8Q7XW0totgzsPc1FoIj_wnTYQbo/s320/2Hl9xf5c0nsuiXMzFum1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">...and the ever-growing 2024 Playlist</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/1O7Rn8pAboAEJt1I2lYBPl?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-1772410096299822962024-01-14T09:39:00.000-08:002024-01-14T09:39:09.212-08:002024 Album Preview Series: Tier 1 - Part 4 of 12<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> <span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Here's some tunes to warm up the frigid week ahead:</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Caroline Rose - <i>The Art of Forgetting </i>(2023)</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">K Frimpong and Vis-a-vis -<i> K Frimpong and Vis-s-vis </i>(1978)</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Toe - <i>For Long Tomorrow</i> (2009)</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Toehider - <i>I Have Little to No Memory Of These Memories</i> (2022)</span></span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
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</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84085599" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbhOzInkoallZNklBf0A6o6KGqGnm0I5okrwRYBAkfN2EGiSEnP_E4-A-_SGg8auy3y7DVD5D75wQdye4n3772Xbaxenvi3AA4ME7E2Rq1YKDoi8SrowihyphenhyphenmYqOAhKaHRxnJco5Tp-7AtdeU9nkY8urFRT5mTZ5JHcn9YWp_Vze5zRuUy7ir0o2Ydylg/s320/2Hl9xf5c0nsuiXMzFum1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">2024 Radio Playlist:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/1O7Rn8pAboAEJt1I2lYBPl?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-82195784837032045692024-01-11T05:08:00.000-08:002024-01-11T05:08:53.340-08:002024 Alum Preview Series - Tier 1: Part 3 of 12<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ts kind've like scratching your ear canals with a q-tip. You know you shouldn't....</span></span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
Anekdoten - <i>Gravity</i> (2003)
Nickel Creek - <i>Celebrants</i> (2023)
Maria BC - <i>Spike Fields</i> (2023)
Altin Gun - <i>Ask </i>(2023)
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<br /></span></span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84085599" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgym9Mezd0bmb6sz3QPvQySlLkOX1NfQNevS-skpN9M_Ootu-ihvyDvRK8zJXYbtmEty0uJ5XGqa3hLZ6HRTvbtl1iSOSr0ERmi6TP34x0Q2BhSa0zZ0gkB4_TDkcf-vSJVpJww7Z7OhymucsV8V4WIBc6E6c9UCeqd9ikQU9_B7X5nvjVJNXUoH3qz8F0/s320/2Hl9xf5c0nsuiXMzFum1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div>And, of course, the ever-growing playlist</span></span></div><div><br /></div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/1O7Rn8pAboAEJt1I2lYBPl?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-11365320836563275992024-01-08T11:07:00.000-08:002024-01-08T11:07:38.683-08:002024 Album Preview Series: Tier 1 - Part 2 of 12<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Some more scrumptious tidbits to tickle your eardrums with:</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Andre 3000 - <i>New Blue Sun </i>(2023)
Van Halen - <i>A Different Kind of Truth</i> (2012)
boygenius -<i> the record</i> (2023)
Bill Rieflin - <i>Birth of a Giant </i>(1999)</span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboardwrite; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G8ZReJ2hAm4?si=gLJv_K_gP-f9KBvI" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84085599" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNdTPyw3AdhDySt7yJ_0GdmgV-kr9WeuNXjZDKrShhGIyCypbm7kRz4TvfkKnqye9eKkkjiCGfSXXtsKBV6EmtI0VqrwBlRrT8mtsnSw46BL9qqKutuJQTmHQPydtMeTGwKPlGESFw6hL0vQ2CaqbInKBr3t3Ie7n8leLzyylyKakUp_ciFdh3suTs59E/s320/2Hl9xf5c0nsuiXMzFum1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And if there was a musical garden we were cultivating this year, this playlist would be the seeds we spread onto the ground...<br /></span></div><div><div><br /></div></div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/1O7Rn8pAboAEJt1I2lYBPl?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-10210918831968796792024-01-08T10:21:00.000-08:002024-01-08T10:21:44.754-08:002023 Viewer's Choice Album Roundtable Chat<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The channel's first-ever roundtable discussion, centering on and around the Viewer's Choice Top 20 list for 2023. This is an open-ended conversation with virtually no edits - intended to be consumed like a podcast! Grab a cup of coffee, put in your earbuds, and settle in!</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></span></p><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zSbdti_fjL8?si=048jQ4g1Cy6CI2cQ" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe>
<span style="font-family: helvetica;">If you are interested in participating in the 2024 Viewer's Choice bracket, please sign up through my Patreon account:</span>
<br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84085599" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6OMjpJ4vGEV-czfjDiZaUVzJJnLhHuf_qxRO6BVL0RiNKD2540l1rZONA5WMC8_fBAFVHPzMEGH9os68r-b8CAyPAEgbRAywQPhggvxZ9AMOft-SLz4wc0TB2HejPqSgZsFLQOj3DU48hV7mZp6ldl-KlT8y81IZqSxCbIIONygItxfPrB7ZImi3G14/s320/2Hl9xf5c0nsuiXMzFum1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Below is a curated list of songs from the Viewer's Choice brackets:</span></div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/3VcLNf9ghRMtJsCrOBBZEj?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-38437420179607026162024-01-04T05:43:00.000-08:002024-01-04T05:43:30.306-08:00Top 20 Favorite Albums from 2023: The Viewer's Choice List!<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">My Viewer's Choice list for 2023. These albums were curated from the identical pool of albums that I went through this year, but were selected by my viewership through the same selection process that I used. I love that its significantly different than mine. In truth, I get to live a bit vicariously through it, because I really do love all these albums, but they just got edged out for one reason or another</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Are you not entertained?</span></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XOVprMaulEU?si=xIhoLegV1EQ455b4" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Below is the Viewer's Choice playlist, which includes selections from both the mid-year top 12 and the Top 20.</span></div><div><br /></div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/3VcLNf9ghRMtJsCrOBBZEj?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-84117713108241800952024-01-01T22:01:00.000-08:002024-01-01T22:01:25.534-08:002024 Album Preview Series - Tier 1: Part 1 of 12<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">An overview of the music that will shape my listening for 2024, including:</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Peter Gabriel -<i> i/o (Dark Side Mix)</i> (2023)</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Foxygen - <i>Hang</i> (2017)</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Night Terrors - <i>Pavor Nocturnus </i>(2014)</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Billy Woods and Kenny Segal - <i>Maps</i> (2023)</span></span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe width="480" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KpoxEa-YEpg?si=GEu5rxx1EFt6SUNh" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe></span></div><div><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84085599" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfARz140pWCbJpwdB1kvtF4PSRkeO6Zhre4Nno76ND1lG30bZ8juZMIsqWMCUKM3jrm2lCgGFQz2EtvwXv4w-5K__mDDPpxq8OvjKQYcXlQidYthzsaN3ba_5bAPW_b57irHipgDxGLhQGlx2wN191H8wnp7Ftc7vGX6Lk8fuxDVp8pdwB-zdjVi5vBko/s320/2Hl9xf5c0nsuiXMzFum1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And the all-new for 2024 Dr. Spin Radio!</span></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/1O7Rn8pAboAEJt1I2lYBPl?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-28841660544901122782023-12-29T17:29:00.000-08:002023-12-29T17:29:19.294-08:00Favorite Albums of 2023 Part 2: The Top 10<p><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A motley crew of albums make up this year's top 10! Including (alphabetically)</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Adventures of Jet - <i>Part 3: Coping With Insignificance</i></span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Alvvays - <i>Blue Rev</i></span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Beauty Pill - <i>Blue Period</i></span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Crown Lands - <i>Fearless</i></span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Colin Hay - <i>Going Somewhere</i></span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Jantra - <i>Synthesized Sudan</i></span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Lunatic Soul - <i>Through Shaded Woods</i></span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Lemon Twigs - <i>Everything Harmony</i></span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Xenia Rubinos - <i>Una Rosa</i></span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Steven Wilson - <i>The Harmony Codex</i></span></span><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><iframe width="480" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DYtSNNn_P3o?si=PCykuMyRJ_qh3siE" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe></span><br /></i></span></span><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84085599" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTH4j9j_IemTjO7sITRsCxm0pH8igTb5EGE0vC8kjSXTOBjEHs1EY0DpUAd2GL1EF_ART499IkvVRczX4otbP1XJOMJGaPskeORGpz-aMh1y9zohNdhnxxtwf8vCB3rkS_1rQrz_7xtb5prz4_NHF5bgNutGK4O_D-W5WBzg3TxPsdaKe5QMeJImdwRR0/w261-h261/2Hl9xf5c0nsuiXMzFum1.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Below is a curated playlist culled from the Top 20 and Honorable Mentions.</span></div><div><br /></div>
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</div>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-30293662543435200482023-12-20T16:51:00.000-08:002023-12-20T16:51:27.810-08:00Favorite Albums of 2023: Part 1 - #'s 20-11<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A thoroughly vetted list of my favorite music of 2023, including (alphabetically):</span></span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
100 Gecs - <i>10,000 Gecs</i>
Laurie Anderson - <i>Big Science</i>
The Dirty Projectors - <i>Bitte Orca</i>
Brendan Eder Ensemble - <i>Therapy</i>
Gunship - <i>Unicorn</i>
HHY & the Kampala Unit - <i>Lithium Blast</i>
Mammoth WVH - <i>Mammoth II</i>
Trevor Rabin - <i>Push</i>
Soccer Mommy - <i>Sometimes, Forever</i>
WITCH - <i>Zango</i></span><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WLgusAmAcG4?si=uMfFAdclML53LNu8" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe>
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<br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And below - a playlist of selections from this list. We'll complete it next week.</span></div><div><br /></div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/3m9AJYDEoCGFBRgoWMA5Yl?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-7720333160489272023-11-27T20:20:00.000-08:002023-11-27T20:20:39.540-08:002024 Album Roundup Series: Previews of Coming Attractions<p><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">New music - too late for 2023 consideration....but 2024?</span></p><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
Richard Wright - <i>Wet Dream </i>(1978)
Chvrches - <i>Screen Violence</i> (2021)
Babadoobie - <i>Fake It Flowers </i>(2020)
Massive Attack - <i>Mezzanine </i>(1998)
Sanam - <i>Aykathani Malakon </i>(2023)
Venetian Snares - <i>The Chocolate Wheelchair Album</i> (2003)</span><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uSyH7gp_InM?si=H3NgWQo13RrvBTLm" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84085599" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirydk7tcMD9ZZhQ5oEagZqeX_Auv4U8FtigMG_n_0976ipW0YxsPBOL-hB0cmW5dX3_vxyNtRPojLUUZLiPCv_upzEWSOkumWYX0oviYoZpeNgT2K7FQz9MNippx9nHhCIDKkdhfnxdLcUok49-c8y-h88HGtk8oUPrYFLkIFjIJiioe6AAi3ofCAjcd4/s320/2Hl9xf5c0nsuiXMzFum1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And presenting... the newly minted 2024 Radio playlist!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><br /><div><br /></div><iframe style="border-radius:12px" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/1O7Rn8pAboAEJt1I2lYBPl?utm_source=generator" width="100%" height="352" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" loading="lazy"></iframe>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-25915020797741832422023-11-24T17:01:00.000-08:002023-11-24T17:01:13.082-08:002023 Album Showdowns: Viewer's Choice Tier 7 Results<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXtSq0sBjK-JPvwtm6HdFTqvYX7V_MQQqQiijH4KzImiuTaNP_ufRMWht0e-Lr9B0qk1bmMAb_LcKCqrDCL-TrQD56WNdUWFcdQbZ0tgI37ju_W6uhmXrr96XwyWqhFps2f9TfKMMo-6zGWqlbYTei1LYYUA1F1LgxhqwaqvEtTIQA3awvrwl0D4NocU/s1024/Viewers2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXtSq0sBjK-JPvwtm6HdFTqvYX7V_MQQqQiijH4KzImiuTaNP_ufRMWht0e-Lr9B0qk1bmMAb_LcKCqrDCL-TrQD56WNdUWFcdQbZ0tgI37ju_W6uhmXrr96XwyWqhFps2f9TfKMMo-6zGWqlbYTei1LYYUA1F1LgxhqwaqvEtTIQA3awvrwl0D4NocU/s320/Viewers2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>Its very exciting to announce the results of my Viewer's Choice results for tier 7. Just like the prime bracket, this group of albums will go on to the Viewer's Choice Finals for the top 20 of 2023 list. The participants all started with a bracket identical to the prime one, and its fascinating to see how the two lists have diverged and converged. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Vulfpeck - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Thrill of the Arts</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Drums & Tuba -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Box Fetish</span></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-0de37b3a-7fff-854a-a0f9-57add8449baf"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Vulfpeck - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Thrill of the Arts</span></span></p><div><span><br /></span></div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/0LyGgFrZFXpRKpgj664Xu7?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Gunship - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Unicorn</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. The Lemon Twigs -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Everything Harmony</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Lemon Twigs - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Everything Harmony</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/5X0MAnUVN7eEZyO1LjprIk?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Khruangbin - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mordechai </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">VS. Arlo Parks - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">My Soft Machine</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Khruangbin - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mordechai</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/2IzUZlhtBvPQYs74KeG6fb?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Witch - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Zango</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Mong Tong - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tao Fire</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Witch - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Zango</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/2J92im3sUEJM3pvDqDeS7f?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Steve Reich - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Runner/Music for Ensemble and Orchestra</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Weyes Blood - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And in Darkness, Hearts Aglow</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Weyes Blood -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> And in Darkness, Hearts Aglow</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/1hngVRZt95TrqPqXoJzQ4A?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br /><br /></span></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">MammothWVH - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mammoth II</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Crown Lands - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Fearless</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">MammothWVH - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mammoth II</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/4IBqnUmKDyB8WUv1q8ElSi?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Steven Wilson - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Harmony Codex </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">VS. Yes - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mirror to the Sky</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Steven Wilson - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Harmony Codex</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/0qEIPJU8WQdXpr3eIc6dHK?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Panchiko - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Charlotte Wessels - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tales from Six Feet Under v. 1&2</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Charlotte Wessels - Tales from Six Feet Under v. !&2</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/0Mht5sTN4HFqBEodtdBx7O?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Aiming for Enrike - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Empty Airports</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Alvvays -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Blue Rev</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Alvvays - Blue Rev</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/1dShPPoxXfzbjFO1jIHJZz?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></div><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sigur Ros - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Atta</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Astronoid - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Radiant Bloom</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sigur Ros - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Atta</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/4QHM0MaR2dPDWIaKhTt7hd?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Lisa Bella Donna - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Destinations</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS.Frank Sinatra - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Watertown</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Frank Sinatra - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Watertown</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/4QHM0MaR2dPDWIaKhTt7hd?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Beverly Glenn-Copeland - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Ones Ahead</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Chouk Bwa & the Angstromers - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Somanti</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Beverly Glenn-Copeland - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Ones Ahead</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p></span><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/0AdkBNWEM8uprSOb2ah8aD?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-88899185434013012912023-11-22T12:46:00.000-08:002023-11-22T12:56:14.706-08:00The Fall Top 12: Full Tier 7 Results - and All the Shorts!<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEGjbNtzxZkjQqbskSJrCN5s328bXepet62f1CzYlnJ_f0uf7pcaIO1Xp-A9tRmxWzq1oNmZ2TAcSbISgmBV9YaDb6XxnhyYS3nKfKkYqTpg4wMsnW5z5nawmQVK-L0m6V34aVTfOd5Sesi4OUVdpqJflrVOr6mXCrbt0RLdjGNfW9bof0DpujtOXbnw/s1024/FALLTOP12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEGjbNtzxZkjQqbskSJrCN5s328bXepet62f1CzYlnJ_f0uf7pcaIO1Xp-A9tRmxWzq1oNmZ2TAcSbISgmBV9YaDb6XxnhyYS3nKfKkYqTpg4wMsnW5z5nawmQVK-L0m6V34aVTfOd5Sesi4OUVdpqJflrVOr6mXCrbt0RLdjGNfW9bof0DpujtOXbnw/s320/FALLTOP12.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br />What's that?</span><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-ab88b393-7fff-7e56-b238-93f245655a15" style="font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">You want all the Tier 7 results in the same place?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Actually, me, too.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Let's <i>GOOOO.</i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This final Fall tier produced what is essentially a Top 12 list for Fall of 2023. These results will move forward to the Finals to be compared with the Mid-Year Top 12, along with another 12 saves, and produce the 2023 Favorites list. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I have experimented on and off for the past year and a half with creating short posts that cover a bit of my thought processes with the showdowns. I think I developed a format that I feel OK with and have been posting them on TikTok and the Reels circuit. In the interest of time management, however, I limited them to this tier (also partially to tier 3 earlier this year). I’ve embedded the entire series below for your convenience (with three left to go that I will post once I have completed them).</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I’ve had fun making them - what do you think?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">By the way, I know I called all these showdowns Tier 6. Let's keep that blunder between us, shall we?<br /><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Anamanaguchi - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Endless Fantasy</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Black Country, New Road - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">For the First Time</span></span></b></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Black Country, New Road - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">For the First Time</span></span></p><br />
<blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@drspin317/video/7297768386346650926" class="tiktok-embed" data-embed-from="embed_page" data-video-id="7297768386346650926" style="max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@drspin317?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="@drspin317">@drspin317</a> <p>Tier 6 winners head to thethe finals! <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/anamanaguchi?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="anamanaguchi">#anamanaguchi</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/blackcountrynewroad?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="blackcountrynewroad">#blackcountrynewroad</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/music?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="music">#music</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/showdown?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="showdown">#showdown</a> </p> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7297768448946752298?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Dr Spin">♬ original sound - Dr Spin</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Khruangbin - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mordechai </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">VS. Arlo Parks -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> My Soft Machine</span></span></b></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Khruangbin -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Mordechai</span></span></p>
<blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@drspin317/video/7299991265104399658" class="tiktok-embed" data-embed-from="embed_page" data-video-id="7299991265104399658" style="max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@drspin317?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="@drspin317">@drspin317</a> <p>Tier 6 winners head to the finals! <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/khruangbin?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="khruangbin">#khruangbin</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/arloparks?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="arloparks">#arloparks</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/music?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="music">#music</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/review?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="review">#review</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/showdown?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="showdown">#showdown</a> </p> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7299991333106895662?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Dr Spin">♬ original sound - Dr Spin</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Colin Hay -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Going Somewhere</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Robert Plant - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar</span></span></b></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Colin Hay- </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Going Somewhere</span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@drspin317/video/7299082618790858026" class="tiktok-embed" data-embed-from="embed_page" data-video-id="7299082618790858026" style="max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@drspin317?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="@drspin317">@drspin317</a> <p></p> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7299082728107035434?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Dr Spin">♬ original sound - Dr Spin</a> </section> </span></blockquote><p><b style="font-size: large; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="font-size: large; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">MammothWVH -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> Mammoth II</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> VS. 88Kasyo Junrei - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">SYG88</span></b></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">MammothWVH - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mammoth II</span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@drspin317/video/7299614965864910122" class="tiktok-embed" data-embed-from="embed_page" data-video-id="7299614965864910122" style="max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@drspin317?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="@drspin317">@drspin317</a> <p>Both great albums, but only one shall pass. Tier 6 winners qualify for the 2023 Finals! <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/mammothwvh?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="mammothwvh">#mammothwvh</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/88kasyojunrei?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="88kasyojunrei">#88kasyojunrei</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/music?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="music">#music</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/review?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="review">#review</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/showdown?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="showdown">#showdown</a> </p> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7299615016070712110?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Dr Spin">♬ original sound - Dr Spin</a> </section></span></blockquote><p><b style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p><b style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Ekiti Sound - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Drum Money</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> VS.Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">King Cobra</span></span></b></p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> King Cobra</span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@drspin317/video/7297977330130046250" class="tiktok-embed" data-embed-from="embed_page" data-video-id="7297977330130046250" style="max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@drspin317?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="@drspin317">@drspin317</a> <p>Tier 6 winners head to the finals! <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/ekitisound?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="ekitisound">#ekitisound</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/infinityknives?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="infinityknives">#infinityknives</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/brianennals?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="brianennals">#brianennals</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/music?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="music">#music</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/review?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="review">#review</a> </p> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7297977431091071786?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Dr Spin">♬ original sound - Dr Spin</a> </section> </span></blockquote><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Nordic Giants - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Build Seas, Dismantle Suns </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">VS. Astronoid - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Radiant Bloom</span></span></b><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Astronoid - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Radiant Bloom</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@drspin317/video/7298430422235532587" class="tiktok-embed" data-embed-from="embed_page" data-video-id="7298430422235532587" style="max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@drspin317?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="@drspin317">@drspin317</a> <p>Tier 6 winners head to the finals! This is the third of twelve showdowns. <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/nordicgiants?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="nordicgiants">#nordicgiants</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/astronoid?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="astronoid">#astronoid</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/music?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="music">#music</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/review?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="review">#review</a> </p> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7298430490611043114?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Dr Spin">♬ original sound - Dr Spin</a> </section> </span></blockquote><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></div>Beauty Pill -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> Blue Period </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">VS. Faye Webster </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">- I Know I’m Funny…Haha</span></span></b><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Beauty Pill - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Blue Period</span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@drspin317/video/7303672596611058987" class="tiktok-embed" data-embed-from="embed_page" data-video-id="7303672596611058987" style="max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@drspin317?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="@drspin317">@drspin317</a> <p></p> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7303672666454657838?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Dr Spin">♬ original sound - Dr Spin</a> </section> </span></blockquote><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></b></span></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Lisa </span></b><b style="font-size: large;">Bella Donna - </b></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Destinations </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">VS. Gentle Giant - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In’terview</span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Lisa Bella Donna - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Destinations</span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@drspin317/video/7303295529889434923" class="tiktok-embed" data-embed-from="embed_page" data-video-id="7303295529889434923" style="max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@drspin317?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="@drspin317">@drspin317</a> <p>Tier 6 showdown with a bit of an upset! Link to my YT channel in the bio. <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/lisabelladonna?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="lisabelladonna">#lisabelladonna</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/gentlegiant?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="gentlegiant">#gentlegiant</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/music?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="music">#music</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/review?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="review">#review</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/showdown?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="showdown">#showdown</a> </p> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7303295611309247278?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Dr Spin">♬ original sound - Dr Spin</a> </section> </span></blockquote><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div>Trevor Rabin - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Rio</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> VS, Steven Wilson - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The Harmony Codex</span></b><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Steven Wilson - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Harmony Codex</span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@drspin317/video/7302765253064985899" class="tiktok-embed" data-embed-from="embed_page" data-video-id="7302765253064985899" style="max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@drspin317?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="@drspin317">@drspin317</a> <p>Really tricky showdown, but I do have a favorite that will go on to the finals! Link to my YT channel is in my bio. <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/stevenwilson?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="stevenwilson">#stevenwilson</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/trevorrabin?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="trevorrabin">#trevorrabin</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/music?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="music">#music</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/review?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="review">#review</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/showdown?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="showdown">#showdown</a> </p> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7302765497114692394?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Dr Spin">♬ original sound - Dr Spin</a> </section> </span></blockquote><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The Sun Ra Arkestra - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Living Sky</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> VS. HHY & the Kampala Unit - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Lithium Blast</span></span></b><br /></span><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">HHY & the Kampala Unit - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Lithium Blast</span></span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Vulfpeck -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Thrill of the Arts</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. Drums & Tuba -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Box Fetish</span></span></b></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Vulfpeck -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Thrill of the Arts</span></span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Gunship - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Unicorn</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> VS. The Lemon Twigs -</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Everything Harmony</span></b></span></p><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Lemon Twigs - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Everything Harmony</span></span></span></div>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-61182007661476669152023-11-18T13:43:00.000-08:002023-11-18T13:43:37.468-08:002023 Album Showdown Results: Tier 6 Week 4<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNhw2qLnLuwQSr4Eljl4JpWyONloymBlwJOhrDzI8ZxHPASfLZcQ_9sDi_XN0XcZgMk-duTsCkoRi15u8PmafBgS9pJxaiguDFF3xm1soNMDxTqJTPYyf26qtJzrCp5kDYkYInG9xWxuQHNNpFRZ7KfZ9yd3cYw5DEFjO2VzdrFuWqo-22Po4VEpiT9ok/s1024/2023Tier6Week4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNhw2qLnLuwQSr4Eljl4JpWyONloymBlwJOhrDzI8ZxHPASfLZcQ_9sDi_XN0XcZgMk-duTsCkoRi15u8PmafBgS9pJxaiguDFF3xm1soNMDxTqJTPYyf26qtJzrCp5kDYkYInG9xWxuQHNNpFRZ7KfZ9yd3cYw5DEFjO2VzdrFuWqo-22Po4VEpiT9ok/s320/2023Tier6Week4.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p>Below are the results of the final week of Tier 6 showdowns. Next week, I will post the Tier 7 results, which will produce the Fall Top 12! </span><p></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Curling - <i>No Guitar</i> VS. The Lemon Twigs - <i>Everything Harmony</i></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Lemon Twigs - </span><i style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Everything Harmony</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Curling’s twisty, turny approach to power pop required some time to sift through, but in the end it's a ingenious and listenable album. Despite its success in the face of its own ambition, it can’t unseat the Album of the Year feels I get from <i>Everything Harmony.</i> </span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-a6d70d07-7fff-6085-5bd1-2eca8a733876"><div><span><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/5X0MAnUVN7eEZyO1LjprIk?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe></span></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Vulfpeck - <i>Thrill of the Arts</i> VS. Artooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, & Shahzad Ismaily - <i>Love in Exile</i></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Vulfpeck - <i>Thrill of the Arts</i></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>Love in Exile</i> is mesmerizing, with unbelievably deep improvisational interactions between three profoundly accomplished musicians. Vulfpeck would be mischaracterized as mesmerizing, but they do push the upper levels of musicianship in a similar, and perhaps more fun, way. </span></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/0LyGgFrZFXpRKpgj664Xu7?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Steven Wilson - <i>The Harmony Codex</i> VS. Soup - <i>Visions</i></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Steven Wilson - <i>The Harmony Codex</i></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tough, tough choice, because I will always advocate for Soup’s distinctly melodic progressive/post rock approach, but this Steven Wilson album is just something else. Another big contender for Album of the Year.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/0qEIPJU8WQdXpr3eIc6dHK?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe></span></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div><b style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Gunship - <i>Unicorn </i>VS. The Weeknd - <i>Dawn FM</i></span></b></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Gunship - <i>Unicorn</i></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Dawn FM has weathered quite a bit of competition this year and has come out on top surprisingly often. I have a real soft spot, however, for Gunship’s neon-tinged goth synthwave, and I think that <i>Unicorn</i> is an excellent example of their best work.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="white-space-collapse: collapse;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/4uAOIj4Sxh4sL6G0v5kykv?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="white-space-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="white-space-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Trevor Rabin - <i>Rio</i> VS. Yes - <i>Mirror to the Sky</i></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Trevor Rabin - <i>Rio</i></span></span></p><div><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A very difficult choice, because it hits so close to home. Yes’ catalog stands as a pillar in my musical pantheon, and I would advocate for either of them to the established fan. Both of these albums, however, have some cringey moments that are buoyed by many standout high points. Rabin ended up in front only because the electrifying single Push makes my hairs stand on end, whereas the textured nuance of the title track from <i>Mirror to the Sky</i> merely hits me in the feels. In other words, the high points on <i>Rio</i> are just a BIT higher than the high points on <i>Mirror to the Sky</i>.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/6khHinRjZTyPU1uwwTDEzB?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe></span></div><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Chouk Bwa & the Angstromers - <i>Somanti </i>VS. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">HHY & the Kampala Unit - </span><i style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Lithium Blast</i></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><i style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></i></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">HHY & the Kampala Unit - </span><i style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Lithium Blast</i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I have a huge appreciation for the way that both of these projects innovate on traditional music from the African diaspora. The collaboration between Chouk Bwa & the Angstromers is evolving, but as it does so, it sees the two entities falling into the more comfortable roles of production and performance. <i>Lithium Blast </i>blurs these lines, allowing production and performance to coincide in a very innovative way. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/0UBqx1Hrsn5wqx1pppG5Gr?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><u><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>VIEWER'S CHOICE </b></span></u></i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Curling - <i>No Guitar</i> VS. The Lemon Twigs - <i>Everything Harmony</i></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The Lemon Twigs - <i>Everything Harmony</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Vulfpeck - <i>Thrill of the Arts</i> VS. Paul Chambers -<i> Bass on Top</i></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Vulfpeck -<i> Thrill of the Arts</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Steven Wilson - <i>The Harmony Codex </i>VS. Ziemba - <i>True Romantic</i></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Steven Wilson - <i>The Harmony Codex</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Gunship - <i>Unicorn</i> VS. Brendan Eder Ensemble - <i>Therapy</i></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Gunship - <i>Unicorn</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Trevor Rabin -<i> Rio</i> VS. Yes -<i> Mirror to the Sky</i></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Yes - <i>Mirror to the Sky</i></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><iframe style="border-radius:12px" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/260tAYjC3uOU9Xdrslckje?utm_source=generator" width="100%" height="352" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" loading="lazy"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Chouk Bwa & the Angstromers - <i>Somanti</i> VS. HHY & the Kampala Unit - <i>Lithium Blast</i></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Chouk Bwa & the Angstromers - <i>Somanti</i></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/4t3F7hxZmwkug7D8bamGgf?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe></i></span></span></p><div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-40784073365947084392023-11-05T09:02:00.000-08:002023-11-05T09:02:07.273-08:002023 Album Roundup Series: November Tier 6 Contenders<span style="font-family: helvetica;">The last set of albums that will be eligible for consideration in the 2023 Favorites list - and its a doozy!</span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Steven Wilson - <i>The Harmony Codex</i> (2023)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Trevor Rabin -<i> Rio</i> (2023)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Gunship - <i>Unicorn </i>(2023)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Vulfpeck - <i>Thrill of the Arts</i> (2015) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> (Audio cue for this track removed due to copyright limitations)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Chouk Bwa & the Angstromers - <i>Somanti </i>(2023)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Curling - <i>No Guitar</i> (2023)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LATstp6Garg?si=_pNpzD9hNKomuHBa" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe></div><div><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); border: 0px; color: #131313; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84085599" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsk-ORW0801baV9x_EbOtIeM9dkTspOXPC5np56viA7wUSfiuZdX-B25ek_XvVKXTdDUSn9Vb9WC4pjsVC51IFqKHIC4u0h45GsGSWjcMONzoQFPtgzZpPDR6IgcCy8d5KwFaMRdpO9ueiTAB1GPyMCFM48y571rK1y8n9EhmuMFHRpeCqthY6-rLZc8/w239-h239/2Hl9xf5c0nsuiXMzFum1.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Not much more growth left in this ever-growing 2023 playlist! Check it out!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/4VaY7rOUEfPeRPsp5jQGsZ?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-21850800608425547542023-10-22T21:42:00.003-07:002023-10-22T21:48:11.874-07:002023 Album Showdown Results: Tier 6 Week 3<p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2xOOyCXT0djq5favLMVAp-8b_5o5UopJbtZBkvAFcXRRcW33FPXARmJgEuq1UeqW8Ip9nLgMvxJhqJwnMJqOTAyvuY8t3RNI4LvPvb-SQJRiCOdY6xJepiOZrgOsahoWo3nQZEg2_azzOZBCJvi7j8d6oIOkJDjKqFEolN1kNjDxImYMDKQ7kuA9_48/s1024/Dru9uyElZQDqsWuFkNZR--1--ill5a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2xOOyCXT0djq5favLMVAp-8b_5o5UopJbtZBkvAFcXRRcW33FPXARmJgEuq1UeqW8Ip9nLgMvxJhqJwnMJqOTAyvuY8t3RNI4LvPvb-SQJRiCOdY6xJepiOZrgOsahoWo3nQZEg2_azzOZBCJvi7j8d6oIOkJDjKqFEolN1kNjDxImYMDKQ7kuA9_48/w289-h289/Dru9uyElZQDqsWuFkNZR--1--ill5a.jpg" width="289" /></a></span></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br />Gruff Rhys - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Seeking New Gods </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">VS. Colin Hay - </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Going Somewhere</span></span></b><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-1ad072c8-7fff-613f-f45e-fd47d20645a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Colin Hay - <i>Going Somewhere</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>Seeking New Gods </i>is amazing and has survived as a strong contender throughout the year, but Colin Hay’s direct, unadorned songwriting and distinctive voice gives him the edge here.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/1Nz5qR5kcOBV4ByER6M2OE?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>I</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>nfinity Knives & Brian Ennals - <i>King Cobra</i> VS. Death Grips - <i>Government Plates</i></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals - King <i>Cobra</i></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Although I am a dedicated advocate for Death Grips in general, <i>King Cobra</i>’s paradoxically avant garde yet old-school approach to beats has caused it to emerge as an unlikely favorite.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/7BAcFnCfvnZ2AdvWKP8f2M?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Astronoid - <i>Radiant Bloom</i> VS. Sleep Token - <i>Take Me Back to Eden</i></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Astronoid -<i> Radiant Bloom</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I just love Astronoid. Their “Mew with blast beats” perspective on metal is consistently invigorating and inspiring.</span></p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><span><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/5ByR2W7N4vZlpsdkZOahIS?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe></span></b></span></div><br /></span></b><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">88Kasyo Junrei - <i>SYG88</i> VS. Crown Lands - <i>Fearless</i></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">88Kasyo Junrei - <i>SYG 88</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I love Rush, and I stand by Crown Lands as the torchbearer for the sound of their High Progressive Period. When framed this way, <i>Fearless</i> is thrilling, to say the least, but I also find the way that it plays “guess that Rush lick” throughout the album a bit distracting. 88Kasyo Junrei, on the other hand, feels fresh and has me eagerly anticipating a deeper dive into their back catalog.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bzDjEPHwHyo?si=p7VWm6PY3vpC8uHX" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Slowdive - <i>Everything is Alive</i> VS. Beauty Pill - <i>Blue Period</i></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Beauty Pill - <i>Blue Period</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>Everything is Alive </i>is a beautiful, lush, and consistent album, but the songs are interchangeable. It requires an act of intention to distinguish one from the other. As a compilation, a case could be built against <i>Blue Period</i> due to the way it seems to conceptually wander through B-sides and alternate takes in the back half. Every one of the songs on the album, however, have a distinct character that clearly distinguishes one track from another. At the same time, there is a clear coherency due to the distinctive musical character of its members.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/1uG9WkWtkjdxZH6XjUEDqL?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Lisa Bella Donna - <i>Destinations </i>VS. Jantra - <i>Synthesized Sudan</i></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Lisa Bella Donna - <i>Destinations</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Jantra was poised to be a 2023 favorite when I threw<i> Destinations </i>in front of <i>Synthesized Sudan.</i> I had no real idea about how brilliant a synthesist Lisa Bella Donna actually is when I did this, and the result has been one of the bigger upsets I have had so far this Fall.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2225300868/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://lisabelladonna.bandcamp.com/album/destinations">Destinations by Lisa Bella Donna</a></iframe><br /><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><u><br /></u></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><u>V</u></span></b></span><b style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><u>iewer’s Choice</u></span></b></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Colin Hay - <i>Going Somewhere </i>VS. Aiming for Enrike -<i> Empty Airports</i></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Aiming for Enrike - <i>Empty Airports</i></span></span></p><div><br /></div><div><iframe style="border-radius:12px" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/5Qct2EjJWMyMriKYreoC2O?utm_source=generator" width="100%" height="352" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" loading="lazy"></iframe></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Mong Tong - <i>Tao Fire </i>VS. Death Grips - <i>Government Plates</i></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Mong Tong - <i>Tao Fire</i></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/4seJp56F0oEF4QHcREZGtl?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Astronoid - <i>Radiant Bloom</i> VS. Sleep Token -<i> Take Me Back to Eden</i></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Astronoid - <i>Radiant Bloom</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>88Kasyo Junrei - <i>SYG88</i> VS. Crown Lands - <i>Fearless</i></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Crown Lands - <i>Fearless</i></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/7pksbj88zVcexbacR0GfrP?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Steve Reich - <i>Runner/Music for Ensemble and Orchestra</i> VS. Slowdive - <i>Everything is Alive</i></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Steve Reich - Runner/Music for Ensemble and Orchestra</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/1yN2CGpFaK8qQ9QNrGKxut?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Lisa Bella Donna - <i>Destinations </i>VS. Jantra - <i>Synthesized Sudan</i></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Lisa Bella Donna - <i>Destinations</i></span></p><div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span>Dr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.com0