This month’s 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 is dedicated to the memory of and features music from Sonny Rollins and Doug Shaw, along with tunes from David Axelrod, Way Dynamic, Choir Boy, James Booker, Gia Margaret and more. www.mixcloud.com/LordAlgae/ho...

Les quarante-cinqs du jour: Silkworm “Couldn’t You Wait?” b/w “The Grand Tour” ©1995 Matador Records Come “Car” b/w “Submerge” ©1991 Sub Pop Records I bought tickets for the NYC Silkworm/Come show six months ago only to be thwarted by my son’s graduation. Some things aren’t meant to be.

Le quarante-cinq du jour: The Go-Betweens “Streets Of Your Town” b/w “Wait Until June” ©1988 Beggars Banquet Records Today marks the 20th anniversary of Grant McLennan’s passing, which seems like yesterday and forever ago at the same time.

Welcome back to another installment of the 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘖𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. It's another moody one, full of minor keys... dissonance... lyrical themes of alienation... Who knows what could have possibly inspired such a tone? [gestures out across the American hellscape]? www.mixcloud.com/LordAlgae/ho...

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Sugar “Tilted” b/w “JC Auto” (Live) ©️1993 Creation Records Last night’s fantastic @sugarcopperblue show reminded me that one of the first records I worked when we moved to NYC was 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳. #1 at 𝘊𝘔𝘑, baby! 😏

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Brittany Howard “What Now” b/w “Meditation” (featuring Ramona Reid & Anne Sensing) ©️2023 Island Records

Le quarante-cinq du jour: The Weather Prophets “Hollow Heart” b/w “Joe Shmoe The Eskimo” ©️1988 Creation/Grabaciones Accidentales

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Alice In Chains “Would?” single-sided 7” ©️1992 Epic Records

Le quarante-cinq du jour: The Outsiders “One To Infinity”/“New Uniform” b/w “Consequences”/“Freeway” ©️1977 Raw Edge Records Adrian Borland passed away twenty seven years ago today…

Le quarante-cinq du jour: British Sea Power “Remember Me” b/w “The Scottish Wildlife Experience” ©2003 Rough Trade Records Requiescat, Keith Wood…

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Wall Of Voodoo “Call Box (1-2-3)” b/w “Full Of Tension” ©️1981 I.R.S./Illegal Records Happy birthday, Stanard Ridgway…

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Diana Ross “Love Hangover” b/w “Kiss Me Now” ©️1976 Tamla/Motown Records Requiescat, James Gadson…

If there is one thing that can bring our horribly divided nation together, it’s “𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘋𝘶𝘬𝘦.” Let the healing begin with Prefab Sprout, Lee "Scratch" Perry vs. Mouse On Mars, Black Box Recorder, Chris Cohen & Cass McCombs, Holger Czukay, Kim Gordon and more. www.mixcloud.com/LordAlgae/ho...

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Minutemen “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love”/“The Red And The Black” b/w “Green River”/“Lost” ©️1985 Reflex Records Happy birthday, D. Boon…

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Cass McCombs & Chris Cohen “Steel Reserve” b/w “Ignis, Fatuus, Hinkypunk, Sharkfins And Ambergris” ©2026 Hardly Art / Domino Recording Company Opening night of 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘖𝘢𝘬 tour was the best Cass McCombs show I’ve ever seen after a half-century or so of them.

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Hüsker Dü “Sorry Somehow” b/w “All This I’ve Done For You” ©️1986 Warner Brother Records On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the release of 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘺…

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Le quarante-cinq du jour: Eddy Grant “Electric Avenue” b/w “Time Warp” ©️1982 Ice/Portrait Records Happy birthday, Eddy… and don’t sleep on the underrated b-side. Pure electro bliss.

The musical mood’s been a bit dark here lately at 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘖𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 HQ, I must admit. In the meantime, let’s commiserate with Bill Orcutt, Let’s Active, Cootie Catcher, Phyllis Hyman, Nathan Fake, SOFTJAW and a whole lot more. www.mixcloud.com/LordAlgae/ho...

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Aztec Camera “Walk Out To Winter” b/w “Set The Killing Free” ©️1983 Rough Trade Records First proper blizzard in fifteen years… NYC is so soft and lovely in the moment.

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Catapult “Let Your Hair Hang Down” b/w “Performers Prayer” ©️1974 Polydor Records

The karma for Trossard’s shithousery at the end of the Arsenal/Wolves match is delicious.

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Charli xcx “360” b/w “360” featuring Robyn & Yung Lean ©️2024 Atlantic Records

Le quarante-cinq du jour: The Pogues “London Girl”/“Rainy Night In Soho” b/w “The Body Of An American”/“Planxty Noel Hill” ©️1986 Stiff Records Requiescat, Andrew Ranken…

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Bell Telephone Laboratories 𝘏𝘦𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘸 𝘋𝘩𝘶𝘩 𝘒𝘢𝘦𝘵 7” EP ©️1963 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.

This month's 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘖𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 is live and direct... and chock full of new and obscure tracks this month, but pleasantly so methinks (Sure there's a few classic jams thrown in for good measure): www.mixcloud.com/LordAlgae/ho...

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Pat Kelley “How Long Will It Take” b/w “Try To Remember” ©️1970 Ember Records

Le quarante-cinq du jour: The Strapping Fieldhands “Albacore Heart” b/w “Neptune’s World” ©️1995 Siltbreeze Records Worth the price of purchase for the David Mitchell cover illustration alone…

Oh shit… #olympic curling is underway. 🥌

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Chronophage “Self Education”/“We Must Be Evil” b/w “Swords ‘n’ Sandals”/“Anti-Miracle” ©️2025 Post Present Medium Records

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Kate Fagan “I Don’t Wanna Be Too Cool” b/w “Waiting For The Crisis” ©️1980 Disturbing Records But seriously, screw this polar vortex.

Le quarante-cinq du jour: The Remains “Don’t Look Back” b/w “You Got A Hard Time Coming” ©️1966 Epic Records Pinch me, I’m dreaming… one of all-time favorite singles after years for searching.

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Midnight Oil “Best Of Both Worlds” b/w “Kosciusko” ©️1985 CBS Records Requiescat, Rob Hirst… powerhouse drummer and integral part of the Midnight Oil songwriting team. 𝘙𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘐𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘵 sounds as extraordinary as it did forty years ago.

This month's 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘖𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 is filled to the brim with lots of great relatively new music: Good Flying Birds, James K, Tyler Ballgame, Oneohtrix Point Never, Chronophage, Kathryn Williams, Andrew Wasylyk, and Green Eyes, Witch Hands and more. www.mixcloud.com/LordAlgae/ho...

Le quarante-cinq du jour: The Doobie Brothers “What A Fool Believes” b/w “Don’t Stop To Watch The Wheels” ©️1978 Warner Brothers Records …and a happiest of birthdays to A-side co-author, Mr. Kenny Loggins.

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Graham Parker & The Rumour “Hotel Chambermaid” b/w “Don’t Ask Me Questions” ©️1976 Vertigo Records

Le quarante-cinq du jour: David J. “I’ll Be Your Chauffeur” b/w “The Moon In The Moon” ©️1990 Beggars Banquet Records Requiescat, Peter Millson, p.k.a. Max Eider. Such an underrated guitarist. Right up there with Maurice Deebank and Neil Scott. This song features his incredibly ornate lead play.

My musical love letter to The Clash’s 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢! on.soundcloud.com/BRlVGfpCH6cI... Happy 45th birthday, 𝘍𝘚𝘓𝘕1!

This month's 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘖𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 is comprised of some of my favorite covers from the likes of Elizabether Frazier, Eddie Hazel, The Minutemen, The Remains, Scott Walker, Julia Holter and more. www.mixcloud.com/LordAlgae/ho...

Le quarante-cinq du jour: The Church “Disenchanted” b/w “Trance Ending” ©️1985 EMI Records Today marks the 40th anniversary of the criminally underrated 𝘏𝘦𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 album.

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Jimmy Cliff “Wild World”/“The Harder They Come” b/w “You Can Get It If You Really Want”/“Wonderful World, Beautiful People” ©️1976 Island Records Requiescat El Hadj Naïm Bachir, a.k.a. Jimmy Cliff.

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Baccara “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie” b/w “Cara Mia” ©️1977 RCA Records This one goes out, of course, to the Scottish National Team and that fantastic match yesterday. The hangovers in Glasgow today must be epic.

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Rufus featuring Chaka Khan “Tell Me Something Good” b/w “Smokin’ Room” ©️1974 ABC Records

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Echo & The Bunnymen “Bring On The Dancing Horses” b/w “Over Your Shoulder” ©️1985 Korova Records Released forty years ago today…

This month's 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘖𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 is as unpredictable and potentially dangerous as a religious zealot with a rainbow afro. Joni Mitchell, Raymond Scott, Efdemin, Asher White, Soft Cell, The Groundhogs and A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd plus a whole lot more. www.mixcloud.com/LordAlgae/ho...

Le quarante-cinq du jour: Squeeze “Up The Junction” b/w “It’s So Dirty” ©️1979 A&M Records Requiescat, Gilson Lavis…

Le quarante-cinq du jour: G.W. McLennan “Easy Come Easy Go” b/w “Make It Right For Her” ©️1991 Beggars Banquet Records

Le quarante-cinq du jour: The Rakes “22 Grand Job” b/w “Strasbourg” (Live At Reading) ©️2005 V2 Records Released twenty years ago this week. My first gig “in the city” was a 24 grand job, but close enough…

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Le quarante-cinq du jour: forty winks “liadfg”/“commie bf”/Faith” b/w “noise”/“Spurs” ©️2025 Crafted Sounds