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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 14h

SotD: OvaL Room, Margo Price margoprice.bandcamp.com/track/oval-r... From Margo Price's recent mix tape, Days of Unrest, a cover of a Blaze Foley song. Back when I moved to Austin in the latest of the 80s, the original of this was on the radio. ALL THE TIME! Drove me bonkers and...

margoprice.bandcamp.com

Oval Room, by Margo Price

from the album Days Of Unrest

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

SotD: Heartbreak Hotel, The Orlons youtu.be/1eQ7iABZv0A?... From 1964, B-side to Rules of Love on Cameo records. I love the very Motown, Jimmy Wisner arrangement.

Heartbreak Hotel

YouTube video by The Orlons - Topic

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

SotD: Save, Teenage Fanclub youtu.be/VeYVBKv2aCg?... From their 2005 album, Man-Made.

YouTube video by Teenage Fanclub - Topic

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

SotD: Unstable Neighbour, Railcard railcardband.bandcamp.com/track/unstab... Railcard is a London group made up of former DIY popsters from such groups as Dolly Mixture, Heavenly, Talulah Gosh, Trashcan Sinatras, and who knows what else. This is from their recent debut album, Two Steps At A Time.

railcardband.bandcamp.com

Unstable Neighbour, by Railcard

from the album Two Steps At A Time

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

SotD: Tania, Camper Van Beethoven youtu.be/9WyEMAtuRn8?... From their 1988 album, Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart. Just learned that Bill Harris, 81, died on 09/10 in San Francisco and, of course, it made me think of this.

YouTube video by Camper Van Beethoven - Topic

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

SotD: All Wylde Things, Tele Novella telenovella.bandcamp.com/track/all-wy... Recent release by some favorite local weirdos. A blend of early music, folk rock, pop, psychedelia, whatever else. The video, on this bandcamp page, is funny and creepy, really wonderful.

telenovella.bandcamp.com

All Wylde Things, by Tele Novella

track by Tele Novella

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

SotD: Islands In The Stream, Meshell Ndegeocello youtu.be/UqjoQeZZogg?... Ndegeocello, with Chaka Khan, cover the brothers Gibb tune made famous by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers.

Islands In The Stream

YouTube video by Meshell Ndegeocello - Topic

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

SotD: Luzia Luluza, Gilberto Gil youtu.be/1oXkdWAhLKc?... From his 1968, self-titled, album, with Oz Mutantes providing some of the backing. Tremendous arrangement by Rogerio Duprat. An all-time favorite. One of the best songs about movies, ever.

Gilberto Gil - "Luzia Luluza" - Gilberto Gil (1968)

YouTube video by Gilberto Gil

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

SotD: I Can See The Sun In Late December, Stevie Wonder youtu.be/DXutdlnM5pM?... From the recently released EP of 4 outtakes from the Songs In The Key Of Life sessions. Though Roberta Flack released a version on her 1975 album, Feel Like Makin' Love, this is the first time Wonder released...

I Can See The Sun In Late December

YouTube video by Stevie Wonder - Topic

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

SotD: Seek And Destroy, Peel Dream Magazine peeldreammagazine.bandcamp.com/track/seek-a... From their upcoming album, Taurus. Very Stereolabby, but also Nick Drakey, with a dash of The Wondermints.

peeldreammagazine.bandcamp.com

Seek and Destroy, by Peel Dream Magazine

from the album Taurus

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

SotD: Politics!, Girls At Our Best! youtu.be/DjALs2bEV1Q?... 1980!

YouTube video by Girls At Our Best! - Topic

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

SotD: He's Alright With Me, The Mirettes youtu.be/TGrPLNPM-Es?... Fantastic Fauxtown track from 1966. The Mirettes, a female trio, were formed by former Ikettes. As with a lot of pop from this era and especially anything to do with Ike Turner, their story is complicated. What a great sound...

The Mirettes - He's Alright With Me

YouTube video by brico

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

SotD: Down Slow, The Five Jets youtu.be/A0LO1nlvLiQ?... B-side to a 1954 single by the Detroit doo wop group. A really lovely track.

Down Slow - Five Jets

YouTube video by Jack Strong

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

SotD: So What, The Courettes thecourettes.bandcamp.com/track/so-wha... From their 2023 album, Back in Mono B-Sides & Outtakes. A lot of times garage retro is all vibes and no songs, but this fucking kills!

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So What, by The Courettes

from the album Back in Mono B-Sides & Outtakes

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

SotD: Whirl, Fred Hersch Trio youtu.be/jqX_depQEl8?... Title track from the 2010 album.

YouTube video by Fred Hersch - Topic

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

SotD: Falling Grace, Mick Goodrick/Fred Hersch youtu.be/2aVAK2FQFs4?... Goodrick and Hersch play the Steve Swallow composition. From their duo album, Feebles, Fables and Ferns, released in June but recorded back in 1988.

YouTube video by Mick Goodrick - Topic

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

SotD: Bank Account, The Kittens theklittens.bandcamp.com/track/bank-a... From the Netherland popsters' debut, Have A Heart. Lots of stuff going on, including a foundation that seems built, in part, on the work of The Raincoats. I’m really liking this a ton.

theklittens.bandcamp.com

Bank Account, by The Klittens

from the album Have A Heart

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

SotD: After The Rain, John Coltrane youtu.be/HmUcBZay8-E?... Closing track from the 1963 album, Impressions.

YouTube video by John Coltrane - Topic

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

SotD: The Tears of a Clown, Bertrand Burgalat bertrandburgalat1.bandcamp.com/track/the-te... From the 2000 album, Meets A.S Dragon, by the French musician/producer. The original Tears is great. There have been great covers, most notably The English Beat’s. Didn’t know I needed...

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The Tears of a Clown, by Bertrand Burgalat

from the album Meets A.S Dragon

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

SotD: Walk The Floor, The Wayouts youtu.be/31-gLNQ0wWc?... Austin band, this track is from 1986. Back in the late 80s through the mid-90s, there were a slew of guitar-based, melodic pop bands playing original music in Austin, this was one. Recently heard this unexpectedly and had a moment.

The WayOuts - Walk the Floor (~1986)

YouTube video by ChicoBoomba

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

SotD: Geco Retile Mialgico, Fred Frith Guitar Quartet ambiances-magnetiques.bandcamp.com/track/geco-r... From the 1997 album, Ayaya Moses.

ambiances-magnetiques.bandcamp.com

Geco Retile Mialgico, by Fred Frith Guitar Quartet

from the album Ayaya Moses

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

SotD: Everything I've Got Belongs To You, Kate Kortum youtu.be/jDZuSB5IDvk?... From her recent album, Wild Woman Tells All. She's a young singer from Houston, now living in NY and touring around the world. An alum from the performing arts high school, she started out in the instrumental...

Everything I've Got Belongs To You - Kate Kortum Official Music Video

YouTube video by Kate Kortum

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

SotD: Tu Falta De Querer, Mon Laferte youtu.be/RCIMbkQ6jtA?... I wanted to post a song from Laferte's most recent tiny desk, but they hadn't chopped it up yet. Came across this excerpt from the time before last, 4 years ago, when they were doing tiny desk at home. Her performance is amazing.

Mon Laferte - Tu Falta De Querer (Tiny Desk)

YouTube video by Mon laferte Desechable

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

SotD: Ritmo Babilonia, Mexixcan Institute of Sound & Meridian Brothers youtu.be/Eb5drDmOaA0?... Live, studio, performance on KEXP. From their recent album, Ruido Tovar.

Mexican Institute of Sound & Meridian Brothers - Ritmo Babilonia (Live on KEXP)

YouTube video by KEXP

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

SotD: Marcia Baïla, Les Rita Mitsouko youtu.be/1zWlnzFXcKY?... Back in 1985, we had no cable, no vhs machine, i'm not even sure we had a tv at this point. MOMA had some sort of exhibit of the music videos they found interesting. It was an inexpenive afternoon and these weren't the kind of...

Les Rita Mitsouko - Marcia Baïla (Clip Officiel)

YouTube video by Les Rita Mitsouko

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

SotD: Sweet and Slow, Sweet Megg sweetmegg.bandcamp.com/track/sweet-... From her 2020 album, Under the Moonlight, a terrific version of the Harry Warrn/Al Dubin classsic. The arrangement is by the saxophonist, Ryan Weisheit, and it is so good.

sweetmegg.bandcamp.com

Sweet and Slow, by Sweet Megg

from the album Under the Moonlight

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

SotD: All This And More, Dead Boys youtu.be/L-nH9tQKD1I?... Live at CBGBs in 1977. RIP Cheetah Chrome

Dead Boys - All This And More

YouTube video by milimetr

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

SotD: Caroline Goodbye, Colin Blunstone colinblunstone.bandcamp.com/track/caroli... Demo version from the collection of demos and rarieties, That Same Year.

colinblunstone.bandcamp.com

Caroline Goodbye, by Colin Blunstone

from the album That Same Year

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It's Alright With Me, The Zombies youtu.be/HIOJczY2Ia0?... Live, TV studio, performance from 1965. I have loved the Zombies as long as I can remember. Just saw the 2025 documentary, The Zombies: Hung Up On A Dream, and thought it was excellent. (Though, like most recent music docs, it...

The Zombies - It's Alright With Me (1965)

YouTube video by The Zombies Music

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

SotD: Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen, Charlie Haden and Hank Jones youtu.be/E3EeMC0g5g0?... From their 1995 album, Steal Away.

Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen

YouTube video by Charlie Haden - Topic

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

SotD: Fourteen Reveries: 1, Brad Mehldau bradmehldau.bandcamp.com/track/fourte... From his upcoming album for solo piano, Fantasy & Reveries.

bradmehldau.bandcamp.com

Fourteen Reveries: 1, by Brad Mehldau

from the album Fantasy & Reveries

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

SotD: Now And Then, Barry Harris youtu.be/zpfqVyiZ6lU?... From his 1972 album, Vicissitudes. With George Duvivier/bass and Leroy Williams/drums. Sometimes I think Harris’s role later in life as an educator has overshadowed his work as a pianist/composer, but he was so good.

YouTube video by The Barry Harris Trio - Topic

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My SotD has been covered by Oregon/Ralph Towner, Harper's Bizarre, The Supremes, Pavement...and many others... Witchi Tai To, Everything Is Everything youtu.be/qfI4VrY82l4?... Composed by saxophonist, Jim Pepper, and originally releasedm on Vanguard in 1969. I didn't realize it had had such a...

Everything Is Everything Witchi Tai To (from original 45) (1969)

YouTube video by menchitty11

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

SotD: Chains, William S. Fischer youtu.be/wViblF3pj4U?... Title track from the 1970 album by the keyboardist/moogist/composer. With Billy Cobham/drums, Ron Carter/bass, Hugh McCracken/gtr, Eric Weissberg/gtr, Bill Robinson/vcls, and a bunch of cellists. An obscure album with a following. I guess...

YouTube video by William S. Fischer - Topic

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

SotD: Bayou Fever, Jack DeJohnette youtu.be/Fuvodw5GzHc?... From the 1978 ECM album, New Directions. With Lester Bowie/tpt, John Abercombie/gtr, Eddie Gomez/bass.

Jack DeJohnette New Directions [US] - Bayou Fever (1978)

YouTube video by JazzManDean

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

SotD: My First Winter (#2), Marty Ehrlich martyehrlich.bandcamp.com/track/my-fir... From Ehrlich's new album, OPEN AIR: The Complete Saxophone Quartet Compositions of Juliius Hemphill. Ehrlich played on a couple of Hemphill’s sextet albums. Here he put together a group of players to record all...

martyehrlich.bandcamp.com

My First Winter (#2), by Marty Ehrlich

from the album OPEN AIR: The Complete Saxophone Quartet Compositions of Julius Hemphill

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

SotD: SotD: Last Train To Clarksville, Cassandra Wilson youtu.be/f7mflO9osdk?... A phenomenal voice and singer. But also, just the sound of her recordings. Her earliest stuff, from the mid to late 80s, still sounds completely fresh and contemporary to me. Such great song selection...

Last Train To Clarksville

YouTube video by Cassandra Wilson - Topic

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

SotD: Brick House, The Commodores youtu.be/67xfYARWQjk?... Ronald LaPread, bass player for The Commodores, died back on May 30. He lied his way into The Commodores—in 1970, when Lionel Richie asked him if he knew of any bass players because theirs had just been drafted for Vietnam, he claimed...

Brick House - The Commodores | The Midnight Special

YouTube video by The Midnight Special

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

SotD: Duke Ellington's Sound of Love, Linda May Han Oh lindamayhanoh.bandcamp.com/track/duke-e... From her recent album of duos with tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, Beneath Lifted Skies. Wonderful version of the Mingus original.

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

SotD: Shackled By Lust, Guiding Light guidinglightatx.bandcamp.com/track/shackl... Sounds like something outta the UK circa 77-78, but this is a young band from Austin. I'm a sucker for highly melodic, lo-fi clang, which this definitely is. The individual parts and...

guidinglightatx.bandcamp.com

Shackled By Lust, by Guiding Light

from the album Fear On My Own Time

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

SotD: Thank You for Taking Me There and Back, Skúli Sverrisson with Bill Frisell skulisverrisson.bandcamp.com/track/thank-... From their new album, For All Your Flowers. Sverrisson, who plays electric bass and is a composer, and Frisell have played as a duet before. Though both are playing...

skulisverrisson.bandcamp.com

Thank You for Taking Me There and Back, by Skúli Sverrisson with Bill Frisell

from the album For All Your Flowers

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

SotD: Emmanuelle Beart, Would-be-goods would-be-goods.bandcamp.com/track/emmanu... Title track from the 2001 EP.

would-be-goods.bandcamp.com

Emmanuelle Béart, by Would-be-goods

from the album Emmanuelle Béart

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

SotD: A Hymn for Linda, Sullivan Fortner youtu.be/sjO7sicCA3A?... From his new album, Leave That In There. A piece in honor of a choir director, Mama Linda Payne, in Ohio he used to work with when he was a student at Oberlin. All the voices are Fortner's.

A Hymn for Linda

YouTube video by Sullivan Fortner - Topic

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

SotD: Maybe I Am The Problem, Mon Laferte youtu.be/y_OwiIMqpNc?... From her recent album, Femme Fatale Vol. 2. Laferte has an amazing voice and does such a great job with the torchy ballads but she has a very broad stylitic range, including 76-second punk songs.

Mon Laferte - Tal Vez Yo Soy El Problema (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube video by MonLaferteVEVO

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

SotD: Breathe, Miki Yamanaka Trio with Nicole Glover mikiyamanaka.bandcamp.com/track/breathe Title track from the new album.

mikiyamanaka.bandcamp.com

Breathe, by Miki Yamanaka Trio with Nicole Glover

from the album Breathe

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

SotD: Don't Drop Out, Dolly Parton youtu.be/Zq6_el27aw8?... A previous SotD from back in 2011. From 1966, Dolly does the Shangri-Las. I wish she had done a whole album like this back then. What an artist, what a career, what a person! Will miss her terribly. RIP Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton - Don't Drop Out

YouTube video by brico

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

SotD: Max Ernst's Dream, Mission of Burma missionofburmamusic.bandcamp.com/track/max-er... From their second album, 2004's ONoffON. Really beautiful in its loud, distorted guitar/bass/drums bangy clangy way.

missionofburmamusic.bandcamp.com

Max Ernst's Dream, by Mission Of Burma

from the album ONoffON

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

SotD: I Wanted A Map, Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer, Dafnis Prieto vijayiyer.bandcamp.com/track/i-want... From the trio's recent album, Fifteen. It's an Iyer original but sounds like a jazz take on a pop song. Somehow it seems to straddle both jazz and pop. It totally grabbed me the first time...

vijayiyer.bandcamp.com

I Wanted a Map, by Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer, Dafnis Prieto

from the album Fifteen

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

SotD: Prelude in C Major, Georg Bohm youtu.be/UWJHaIZGg7g?... Heard this performed last night on a very different organ, a much smaller one built in 1862, The Holbrook Organ. According to the organist I saw last night, Christopher Brauckmann, Bohm was one of Bach's teachers. I really like...

"Praeludium in C Major" by Georg Böhm (1661-1733)

YouTube video by GrandeBombarde16

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

SotD: Astral Glamour, The Homosexuals thehomosexuals.bandcamp.com/track/astral... Like a lot of bands from this era, The Homosexuals' early discography is chaotic. I have no idea when it was first released. 78? 79? Considered punk back in the day, now post-punk. A terrific, brilliant track.

thehomosexuals.bandcamp.com

Astral Glamour, by The Homosexuals

from the album Astral Glamour