Playlist, Week of 2020-02-23

I am disposed to love Sean O'Hagan's Radum Calls, Radum Calls... I deeply love the High Llamas, have done so for years, and really love O'Hagan's way with chords... so I have been curiously dismayed at how underwhelmed I've been with this new one... the territory is not new, the melodies are nice, but nothing's been insinuating itself into my brain... so is it my fault or the music's?... I'm inclined to blame myself... it does sound better every time I listen... and don't get me wrong, there's lots to like here... two harps, subtle use of synth, quirky lyrics, typically intriguing chord changes... whether or not it's a favorite, it's always nice to have more from O'Hagan... I think I said the same thing to myself about Here Come the Rattling Trees, with which this album shares the deepest affinity...

Playlist 2020-02-24:

*Boneshaker: Thinking Out Loud
*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: 2019-08-27 Nashville (rough mix wav)
*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: 2019-11-25 Nashville (rough mix wav)
*Kris Davis: Diatom Ribbons
*Miles Davis: The Prestige 10-Inch LP Collection, Vol. 2 (LP 3, side 2)
*Miles Davis: The Complete On The Corner Sessions (disc 2) "Ife"
*ExclusiveOr/Architeuthis Walks On Land/International Contemporary Ensemble: Modules
*Jan Garbarek Quartet: Afric Pepperbird
*Barry Guy/Mats Gustafsson/Raymond Strid: Tarfala
*Herbie Hancock: Treasure Chest (side 4)
*Henry Kaiser/Wadada Leo Smith - Yo Miles!: 2000-03-04 Fillmore (CDR) (discs 2, 3)
*Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy: The Lady Who Swings the Band 1936-1938 (side 2)
*Lama + Chris Speed: Lamaçal
*Ingrid Laubrock: Some Things
*Ingrid Laubrock & Liam Noble: Let’s Call This...
*Layers of Memory: Hence Thrice
*Joe McPhee/Mats Gustafsson: Brace For Impact
*Charles Mingus: Minor Intrusions (side 1)
*Charles Mingus: Nostalgia in Times Square (side 2)
*Joe Morris/William Parker/Gerald Cleaver: Altitude
*RAIC: Symbiosis, Vol. 1 (cassette)
*Susana Santos Silva: Life and Other Transient Storms
*Santos Silva/Wodrascka/Meaas Svendsen/Berre: Rasengan!
*Leo Smith Creative Orchestra: Budding Of A Rose "Budding of a Rose"
*Sun Ra with Pharoah Sanders and Black Harold (Orb Tapes cassette)
*Sun Ra: Cosmo Earth Fantasy: Sub Underground Series Vol. 1 & 2 (Art Yard) “Cosmo-Earth Fantasy”
*Cecil Taylor Orchestra of Two Continents: 1984-10-20 Rubigen, Switzerland (CDR) (disc 2)
*Zion80: Hod
*Beach Boys: SMiLE (side 1)
*Beatles:  From Liverpool: The Beatles Box (LP 4, side 2)
*Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour (EP) (record 1, sides 1, 2)
*Elvis Costello & the Attractions: Get Happy (side 1)
*Dark Carpet: Factory Side
*Fred Frith: Gravity
*Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks 36 (Philadelphia 1972-09-21) "Dark Star"
*Guided By Voices: Vampire on Titus
*Guided By Voices: How Do You Spell Heaven
*Henry Cow: Beginnings (Cow Box Redux)
*Henry Cow with Robert Wyatt: 1975-05-21 London (CDR)
*Henry Cow: 1975-10-25 Massy-Palaiseau, France (CDR)
*Nails: Obscene Humanity
*Sean O'Hagan: Radum Calls, Radum Calls
*OOIOO: Nijimusi
*Various artists: Duffy's 45s No. 2 (CDR compilation)
*Various artists: Sessions '64!! (10-in. LP) (sides 1, 2)
*Various artists: Country & Western Hit Parade 1967: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, and Hillbilly Music
*Various artists: Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999-2007 (disc 1)
*Yes: The Word Is Live (disc 2)