Recommended selections heard yesterday:
KDHX 88.1 FM
- One In Seven-Engineers (Spacey vocals and heavy guitar dream pop that proceeds in its own good time. This track is from 2005 but could pass for a tune I would have played on KCOU in the early '90s.)
- Sun Baby-The High Violets (More heavy guitar and submerged dream pop vocals. This is from 2006 but could also pass for an early '90s indie rock tune.)
WSIE 88.7 FM
- Best Foot Forward-Dan Siegel (This July release is one of 2024's most enjoyable smooth jazz grooves. Siegel carries this midtempo melody, which sounds like a Steely Dan backing track, on piano.)
- Sentimental Journey-Houston Person (A pleasant sax-driven rendition of this standard.)
KCLC 89.1 FM
- Supersad-Suki Waterhouse (An appealing driving energy and honest lyrical acknowledgment that fretting about things doesn't make them better.)
K297BI 107.3 FM, a.k.a. WFUN-HD2
- Cesar Franck: Symphony in D minor: III. Finale: Allegro non troppo (Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Monteux, conductor) (This is how you command the listener's attention right from the opening phrase. I nearly stood and saluted upon hearing this dynamic, powerful introduction. Considering how it starts off commanding, dips into softer, more lyrical territory for a bit, and then resumes its authoritative phrasing, this must be a satisfying movement for string and brass players.)
