i just wasn't made for these times.

brian wilson is the greatest songwriter of all time. he was also the best producer of all time. i think a lot of people forget about that aspect of his earlier career. this is a collection of projects he worked on. dig the honeys which was brian's wife at the time & how much they sound like a mix between the beach boys & the ronettes. if brian hadn't been derailed by mike love, he could have single handedly changed the face of modern humanity. or at least produced some really amazing albums. anyway, you should grab this & throw it on now that the weather is warming up for y'all.

the whitest of elephants.

one of my absolute favorites from this cat. just grab it because ya know y'all want it.

i will make you mine.

cabaret punk from aaron montaigne (antioch arrow, the chandeliers, heroin). the seven inch is a bit boring where he's just playing drums, but after they got rid of the singer & aaron took over vocals, things got a lot more interesting. they added dave clifford (the vss, slaves/pleasure forever, red sparowes) on drums, & had a fuller more engaging sound. pretty essential if yr into weird records, old vaudevillian tropes, the art of cabaret, or just miss the days of 1999 when people thought it was really kooky for the former frontman of antioch arrow to play in a carnival sideshow band.

quiet village on the seine.

my favorite frenchman making an exotica album. pretty fucking legit if you ask me. can't find this anywhere else in the wastelands, so get it while the going is good.

for feq.

here is scott 1 & 2 for y'all. if yr not familiar with this cat, then you really should be. as flash describes it, he has the voice of a god. watch the documentary about him, it's extremely fascinating. i personally enjoy 3 & 4 a smidge more, but i think it's good to start from the beginning & work yr way towards the end.

you won't have a name when you ride the big airplane.

i'm not sure how well spread around this record is. i bought this a few years ago because it's my two favorite wobblies & it was on vanguard. at the time it was my favorite label along with folkways & i always snapped up any record put out on either label. anyway, cisco houston has this really smooth deep beautiful booming baritone that is as clear as a bell. his selection of guthrie tunes is lovingly curated from a long time of being woody's right hand man riding the rails & serving together over in europe. more than any record i have posted here, i highly highly highly suggest getting this one. it's a record that i hold really close to my heart.