Best Album Pre Show Fun: Joe King Carrasco Y El Molino, Lake Street Dive, and Secret Colours!!!

Posted on December 10, 2014 by PhilMaq

Joe King Carrasco has been making all kinds of music for the last forty years, but he’s best known for his “feel good” tunes. “Nacho Daddy” from his latest album “Rucca” is a perfect example!:

Here’s another song, “Use Me Up,” by Lake Street Dive off of their terrific “Bad Self Portraits” album! This live video highlights the band using their great individual talents to perform as a really tight team!:

Secret Colours really likes to drive home their retro roots sound. They go over the top on this curiosity video piece, “It Can’t Be Simple,” from their highly contagious “Positive Distraction” album!:

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Phil’s Faves; Videos, December 7, 2014

Posted on December 9, 2014 by PhilMaq

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best videos currently available on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus mostly on current or recent videos. For this category, I am also going to include any live performances on talk or variety shows that I see during the week.

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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the Week of December 7, 2014

1. Girl in a Country Song—Maddie & Tae
2. Blank Space—Taylor Swift
3. Day Drinking—Little Big Town
4. Uptown Funk—Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars
5. Call to the Moon—Feather-Bright
6. Foil—“Weird Al” Yankovic [Hall of Fame]
7. Sorry I Stole Your Man—Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas
8. Riptide—Vance Joy
9. Trumpets—Jason Derulo
10. Secrets—Mary Lambert

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Phil’s Faves: Albums, November 30, 2014

Posted on December 9, 2014 by PhilMaq

I’m starting a new list. Over time, my listening habits have changed and at the moment I usually listen to albums completely through. I haven’t done that in years, but it’s actually very rewarding—particularly when the album is good. Every album that will be on this list will fit that category. It may also give some insight as to what I might be playing in the near future on my radio show, “Theme Attic.” Once again, it’s another peak into my listening habits—which is a goal of mine. If you want to know where I’m heading or what I think about some new music, you will find it here.

I’m going to leave this particular intro at the beginning of this list up for awhile because my first few listings will be unfair to some of the albums on my list. Many of the albums on here would have had a pretty good run at the top for a good part of the year, but they are still on my mp3 player because they are far better than almost anything out there. I honestly don’t expect there to be much volatility on this list because these albums are what I have been basing many of the sets on my show.

Once again, there will be no boundaries. I will go wherever my musical muse takes me.

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Top 10 Albums for the Week of November 30, 2014

1. Dime—Jan King and Medicine Ball
2. Particles—A Science Experiment
3. Good Egg!—Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights
4. The Time Is Now—Billy Brandt & The Sugaree’s
5. Bad Self Portraits—Lake Street Dive
6. Lucky—Suzy Bogguss [Hall of Fame]
7. Hypnotic Eye—Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
8. This—Vic Ruggiero
9. Don’t Waste Your Life—The Tripping Souls
10.New Roots Exchange, Vol.1—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys, and Red Tail Ring

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Phil’s Faves: Songs, November 30, 2014

Posted on December 9, 2014 by PhilMaq

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best songs that I listened to the previous week. Most songs will be current, but there are no boundaries. I’ve already stated on this web site that I am obsessed with music. I am constantly hunting it down whether it’s online, on CD, from my personal collection, from a library (Yes, I think the library is a great source of music–especially for music that you aren’t sure about.), TV, or radio. Since most of these sources mostly emphasize new music, the odds are pretty good that most of the songs on this list will be new. But in my search, I don’t use any boundaries for the other sources. I am just looking for good music that I haven’t heard, or happened to forget about. Everyone, including myself, has forgotten way more great music than they can ever remember-even if they are also music fanatics.
Also, there will be no rules concerning songs on this list. A song can show up or drop off a number of times. This will be the most volatile of my lists. It all depends on how much music I am exposed to during the week and what I find interesting. On really obscure stuff, I will try to include the source, if I know it.

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Top Ten Songs for the Week of November 30, 2014

1. Blue Baby Blue—Billy Brandt and The Sugaree’s
2. Free to Be…You and Me—Jason Didner & The Jungle Gym Jam with Suzi Shelton
3. Chuco’s Cumbia—Los Lobos [Hall of Fame]
4. The River Jordan—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
5. September—The Tripping Souls
6. I Always Get Lucky With You—Suzy Bogguss [Hall of Fame]
7. Mad Men—Birth of Joy
8. Let Her Down—Billy Brandt & The Sugaree’s
9. Let’s Go Outside—A Science Experiment
10.Talkin’ ‘Bout Love—Rosewater
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, November 30, 2014

Posted on December 8, 2014 by PhilMaq

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best videos currently available on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus mostly on current or recent videos. For this category, I am also going to include any live performances on talk or variety shows that I see during the week.

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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the Week of November 30, 2014

1. Billy Brandt and The Sugaree’s Live at Boo’s inside Mr. B’s, Royal Oak, MI November 29, 2014 (Tie)
1. Matt Watroba Live at The Ark, Ann Arbor, MI, November 28, 2014 (Tie)
1. The Dives Live at The New Place Lounge, Dearborn, MI, November 26, 2014 (Tie)
4. Blank Space—Taylor Swift
5. Girl in a Country Song—Maddie & Tae
6. Day Drinking—Little Big Town
7. Cool Kids—Echosmith
8. Riptide—Vance Joy
9. Trumpets—Jason Derulo
10. Secrets—Mary Lambert

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Phil’s Faves: Albums, November 23, 2014

Posted on December 7, 2014 by PhilMaq

I’m starting a new list. Over time, my listening habits have changed and at the moment I usually listen to albums completely through. I haven’t done that in years, but it’s actually very rewarding—particularly when the album is good. Every album that will be on this list will fit that category. It may also give some insight as to what I might be playing in the near future on my radio show, “Theme Attic.” Once again, it’s another peak into my listening habits—which is a goal of mine. If you want to know where I’m heading or what I think about some new music, you will find it here.

I’m going to leave this particular intro at the beginning of this list up for awhile because my first few listings will be unfair to some of the albums on my list. Many of the albums on here would have had a pretty good run at the top for a good part of the year, but they are still on my mp3 player because they are far better than almost anything out there. I honestly don’t expect there to be much volatility on this list because these albums are what I have been basing many of the sets on my show.

Once again, there will be no boundaries. I will go wherever my musical muse takes me.

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Top 10 Albums for the Week of November 23, 2014

1. The Time Is Now—Billy Brandt & The Sugaree’s
2. Particles—A Science Experiment
3. Dime—Jan King and Medicine Ball
4. Good Egg!—Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights
5. Bad Self Portraits—Lake Street Dive
6. Don’t Waste Your Life—The Tripping Souls
7. Atlas—Real Estate
8. No Part of Nothin’—Mark Lavengood
9. Shotgun Wedding—Rosewater
10. The Rutles—The Rutles [Hall of Fame]

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Phil’s Faves: Songs, November 23, 2014

Posted on December 7, 2014 by PhilMaq

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best songs that I listened to the previous week. Most songs will be current, but there are no boundaries. I’ve already stated on this web site that I am obsessed with music. I am constantly hunting it down whether it’s online, on CD, from my personal collection, from a library (Yes, I think the library is a great source of music–especially for music that you aren’t sure about.), TV, or radio. Since most of these sources mostly emphasize new music, the odds are pretty good that most of the songs on this list will be new. But in my search, I don’t use any boundaries for the other sources. I am just looking for good music that I haven’t heard, or happened to forget about. Everyone, including myself, has forgotten way more great music than they can ever remember-even if they are also music fanatics.
Also, there will be no rules concerning songs on this list. A song can show up or drop off a number of times. This will be the most volatile of my lists. It all depends on how much music I am exposed to during the week and what I find interesting. On really obscure stuff, I will try to include the source, if I know it.

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Top Ten Songs for the Week of November 23, 2014

1. Chuco’s Cumbia—Los Lobos [Hall of Fame]
2. Blue Baby Blue—Billy Brandt and The Sugaree’s
3. Free to Be…You and Me—Jason Didner & The Jungle Gym Jam with Suzy Shelton
4. Let Her Down—Billy Brandt & The Sugaree’s
5. Mad Men—Birth of Joy
6. Shadow—Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights
7. The River Jordan—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
8. September—The Tripping Souls
9. We’re Big We’re Small—A Science Experiment
10. Let’s Go Outside—A Science Experiment
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, November 23, 2014

Posted on December 7, 2014 by PhilMaq

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best videos currently available on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus mostly on current or recent videos. For this category, I am also going to include any live performances on talk or variety shows that I see during the week.

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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the Week of November 23, 2014

1. Girl in a Country Song—Maddie & Tae
2. Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson on Saturday Night Live, November 22, 2014
3. Blank Space—Taylor Swift
4. Riptide—Vance Joy
5. Day Drinking—Little Big Town
6. Cool Kids—Echosmith
7. Trumpets—Jason Derulo
8. Somethin’ Bad—Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood
9. Shake It Off—Taylor Swift
10. Secrets—Mary Lambert

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Phil’s Faves: Albums, November 16, 2014

Posted on December 6, 2014 by PhilMaq

I’m starting a new list. Over time, my listening habits have changed and at the moment I usually listen to albums completely through. I haven’t done that in years, but it’s actually very rewarding—particularly when the album is good. Every album that will be on this list will fit that category. It may also give some insight as to what I might be playing in the near future on my radio show, “Theme Attic.” Once again, it’s another peak into my listening habits—which is a goal of mine. If you want to know where I’m heading or what I think about some new music, you will find it here.

I’m going to leave this particular intro at the beginning of this list up for awhile because my first few listings will be unfair to some of the albums on my list. Many of the albums on here would have had a pretty good run at the top for a good part of the year, but they are still on my mp3 player because they are far better than almost anything out there. I honestly don’t expect there to be much volatility on this list because these albums are what I have been basing many of the sets on my show.

Once again, there will be no boundaries. I will go wherever my musical muse takes me.

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Top 10 Albums for the Week of November 16, 2014

1. Particles—A Science Experiment
2. The Time Is Now—Billy Brandt & The Sugaree’s
3. Good Egg!—Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights
4. Dime—Jan King and Medicine Ball
5. Atlas—Real Estate
6. No Part of Nothin’—Mark Lavengood
7. Don’t Waste Your Life—The Tripping Souls
8. Shotgun Wedding—Rosewater
9. The Rutles—The Rutles
10. Bad Self Portraits—Lake Street Dive

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Phil’s Faves; Songs, November 16, 2014

Posted on December 6, 2014 by PhilMaq

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best songs that I listened to the previous week. Most songs will be current, but there are no boundaries. I’ve already stated on this web site that I am obsessed with music. I am constantly hunting it down whether it’s online, on CD, from my personal collection, from a library (Yes, I think the library is a great source of music–especially for music that you aren’t sure about.), TV, or radio. Since most of these sources mostly emphasize new music, the odds are pretty good that most of the songs on this list will be new. But in my search, I don’t use any boundaries for the other sources. I am just looking for good music that I haven’t heard, or happened to forget about. Everyone, including myself, has forgotten way more great music than they can ever remember-even if they are also music fanatics.
Also, there will be no rules concerning songs on this list. A song can show up or drop off a number of times. This will be the most volatile of my lists. It all depends on how much music I am exposed to during the week and what I find interesting. On really obscure stuff, I will try to include the source, if I know it.

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Top Ten Songs for the Week of November 16, 2014

1. Mad Men—Birth of Joy
2. Blue Baby Blue—Billy Brandt and The Sugaree’s
3. Hungry—Eddie Angel
4. We’re Big We’re Small—A Science Experiment
5. The Mind Is Dreaming of Us All—Jan King and Medicine Ball
6. Shadow—Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights
7. Free to Be…You and Me—Jason Didner & The Jungle Gym Jam with Suzy Shelton
8. Chuco’s Cumbia—Los Lobos [Hall of Fame]
9. Particles—A Science Experiment
10. Let Her Down—Billy Brandt & The Sugaree’s
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