TRAPPO's Mail Bag #4!
It's that time again, folks! We're opening up TRAPPO's Mail Bag once again as we address another heaping helping of listener feedback! This week is particularly exciting for us, since a discussion sparked on the post for TRAPPO's Mail Bag #2 has resulted in a bunch of interesting musical recommendations that we've already sampled and are pretty impressed with, overall. If you're at all interested, I suggest you visit the comments section over there and take some notes, because you might come away with some cool new musical finds. As for now, you can listen to the latest episode below, or find us on Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Breaker and Spotify, so choose your own adventure and enjoy the show!
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I've heard Evil Angel a few times, and I honestly don't think it's astounding. It's got its highs and lows, and overall my opinion is positive, but it's not the coolest thing I've heard in my life. There's a Swedish artist named Beatrice Eli who is similar to Zolita in many respects, but I think her work is superior in every respect. She only released one full length album in 2014 called Die Another Day, and I don't know if I'd use the word astounding, but I would call it pretty damn good. I dont know if she's even making music anymore, and if not that's a shame because she's a real talent. Either way, she gave the world one really cool record and I would recommend that.
ReplyDeleteDeath Magnetic is the best Metallica album of the 21st century, that's true, but you're also right that there's no real competition. Hardwired... To Self-Destruct is mediocre and St Anger is just a complete mess, but that one's all tied up with the band basically imploding and all the cringe therapy crap on display in the Some Kind Of Monster documentary, and I keep forgetting the album even exists. Death Magnetic isn't very good, but it is the best the band has to offer in this new millennium, at least so far. I don't have high hopes for their future, however.
ReplyDeleteI am not familiar with most of the recommended music, but my cousin loves Brooke Candy. She saw her in concert and is a huge fan. I've heard some of her music through that association, and I just don't really get it. It kind of reminds me of some of Peaches more explicit stuff, but Peaches is just better overall.
I'm a pretty big fan of Rosalie Cunningham. She used to play with a band called Ipso Facto, but after the band broke up she formed a new group called Purson that turned out some good music, but she found her final form as a solo artist with a self-titled album in 2019 that's badass. She's got a new album called Two-Piece Puzzle coming out soon, and based on what's been released so far she's definitely pushing in a more psychedelic rock direction, and it sounds pretty cool so far. I'm into it, and I think everybody else should be too. So you should listen to Rosalie Cunningham.
It's the best!
I wish I could have seen one of The Misfits reunion shows. That would have been amazing. Even if the show sucked, I don't think I would have been able to not love it, just because it's the fucking Misfits on stage again. But times have changed, and Glenn Danzig hasn't. At a certain point, doesn't all the Danzig talk start to feel like you're just picking on the man? Sure, the man has had a long and varied successful career with legions of loyal fans and has been able to do pretty much whatever he wants his entire adult life, but don't you just feel a little sorry for the man? Isn't he a sad figure?
ReplyDeleteI mean, I don't feel sorry for the man, but somebody might. He's really just a walking punchline these days.
Speaking of punchlines, have you heard any of Tim Heidecker's music? All joking aside, he's actually a pretty solid musician. He's made a few good solo albums and he's made a bizarre piss-fixated record under the name "The Yellow River Boys", but his solo work is pretty good, no frills music. I don't know what to call it, since it's not rock, and it's not exactly folk. Maybe indie rock? Whatever it is, it's good. In Glendale, What the Brokenhearted Do and Fear Of Death are all well-made, effective albums. They're not comedy albums. They're just good music.
I'd like to see some Toni Basil discussion. "Mickey" was the big novelty hit back in the day that everybody remembers, but the album that single's from, Word Of Mouth, is a really top notch sorta new-wave pop confection that nobody ever talks about. I'm not sure if anybody even gave it a listen, just writing her off as a brainless one hit wonder. Toni Basil deserves a reappraisal.
ReplyDeleteToni Basil?
DeleteNothing against Toni, but what about Tori? You can't tackle Toni Basil before Tori Amos. There's got to be a law against that. I'm just giving you a hard time, because I don't really know Toni Basil at all except for the song Mickey, and nobody under 30 even knows that anymore. But Tori Amos is still out there making meaningful music, in the publicv consciousness, and that matters. There's nothing wrong with pop fluff, god knows we need it sometimes, but nobody's goign to dissect the finer points of Mickey. People can take some of Tori Amos's work under a microscope and really take it apart like a pocket watch, getting lost in all the minute gears that make the larger piece work.
So Tori Amos. That's a good topic.