Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Online radio sampler highlights XCII

Late night standouts:

KFJC (Los Altos Hills, CA)
  • Glory Canon III-Kali Malone (When your mind has turned to sludge, and it's a challenge to process even the simplest thought, this is your soundtrack--an organ dirge with a lot of held chords.)
WPMM (Pensacola, FL) 
  • Smooth Grove-Paul Hardcastle (An aptly named, easy-on-the-ears groove for saxophone and rhythm section, with flute augmentation, as needed.)
  • After Hours (The Antidote)-Ronny Jordan (An immediately accessible midtempo guitar groove; this was a staple cut at KNJZ.)
WSPS (Concord, NH)
  • Mrs. Robinson-The Lemonheads (This '90s cover of the Simon & Garfunkel hit lends itself surprisingly well to the kick Evan Dando and company give it.  If you like the feel of this, check out the Arlen Roth/Albert Lee cover, as well.)
WUSC (Columbia, SC)
  • Couldn't I Just Tell You-Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs (Sweet and Hoffs capture the spirit of one of Todd Rundgren's best songs.  Sweet nails the blistering guitar, and Hoffs does the lead vocals justice.)