Tag: alternative
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This year continues to be an amazing year for music – and now, all the more so, as a new tune from Phosphorescent was released this morning! Check out “New Birth in New England“: Been waiting five years for new music from Matthew Houck aka Phosphorescent! This upbeat, sunny tune, with a nice little space…
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A special Music Extra! Just heard on WBKM.org… Mike Luoma welcomes musicians Matt Hutton and Sean Toohey into his living room for a conversation about their 25 years of making music together in Spray 9, Envy and The Red Telephone. It’s in honor of a special gig Matt and Sean play at Radio Bean in…
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One of the things I pride myself on as a Music Director is my “Ear” – an ability, based on years of listening, observation, training and instinct, to find music people will like. Sometimes, they’re songs I don’t even like myself… but I know a lot of other people will. I can hear a potential…
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Kyle Craft’s new album Full-Circle Nightmare arrived back in February, with “Heartbreak Junky” – the lead single – appearing back in November. So this song has been out for a little while. This is one of those catch-up tracks I wish more people knew about. The “rule” in radio and music releases is that you can’t…
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Speaking of music… before we begin, a plug – please give a listen to my new radio home WBKM.org – I’m on weekdays at Noon! Onward… Ethereal. Love that word. Been getting a little too much use lately, however. It’s not a rugged word, one must treat it delicately, like gossamer and meringue. I blame…
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I love this song… before I get into it, though – in case you haven’t heard, or to remind you – I’m back on the radio! AND you can listen to me all over the world – on WBKM.org! Noon Eastern time every weekday. PLUS I’m helping program the station even when I’m not on…
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OK – no new Song of the Day Spotlight today, but for a very good reason – I’m prepping for my first show at my new stomping grounds, WBKM.org! I’m getting into internet radio with a station that founder Tony Gallucci helped shepherd through the last 10 years, building an impressive musical entity. Now, I’m…
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If you’re a writer, you’ve no doubt heard the phrase, “kill your darlings.” I’ve seen it attributed to William Faulkner. Whoever it originates with, the idea behind the phrase is that you have to edit yourself. You’ll write sentences, dialog, scenes, which you love – your “darlings” – but which often must be edited out –…
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Hey – do you like these Song of the Day Spotlights? Haven’t seen a whole lot of reaction. I’m not sure I’m going to keep posting them. Please let me know, either with a comment, or by sharing/mentioning on social media, or shooting me an email at glowinthedarkradio -at- gmail -dot- com. There are other…
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What the world needs now… U.K. folk-punk-rocker Frank Turner’s new album Be More Kind comes out May 4th. There’s a great interview with Frank about it this week in The Sun. He was inspired by poet Clive James, who closes his poem Leçons Des Ténèbres with “I should have been more kind. It is my fate.…