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Chad Wakefield's avatar

Liked the Shallowater and Ryan Davis stuff.

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Nadu Ferreira's avatar

Time to feast indeed, you have great taste, Jared! This time, I knew one out of 12, so mine must be improving! Lol

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Jared Smith's avatar

Haha! I think Blood Orange may be my favorite of the year, interested in your thoughts :)

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Melted Form's avatar

Awesome list, Jared! Can’t wait to give a bunch of these a listen. One album I’ve been totally stuck on is Wisp’s “If Not Winter”… I’ve been in a shoegaze phase lately!

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Jared Smith's avatar

I loved last year's Pandora EP, didn't even know about this new album, I'm gonna give that a spin right now!

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Charles Walker's avatar

The new Big Thief record is incredible...I still haven't been able to find my socks yet

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Jared Smith's avatar

Lol. I'm hoping to listen this weekend!

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JB Minton 📺's avatar

Incredible list, as always

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Jared Smith's avatar

🫡

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Justin Steiner's avatar

The Liquid Mike is going to be really easy to listen to two or three times in a row.

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Jared Smith's avatar

Sounds like a helluva Saturday to me.

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

I’ll second the inclusion of Winter here! I wasn’t really in the mood to hear it when it first came across my radar, but it took about 10 seconds to change my mind.

Other picks this week have included Dar Williams’ new one, The Beths, and San Gabriel.

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Jared Smith's avatar

Those are both new names to me, thanks as always Kevin!

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Jared Smith's avatar

That Dar Williams album art is a beaut

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Right on! Hope you dig both of ‘em.

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Lacey Cohen's avatar

Essex Honey is absolutely awesome, and I can’t wait to listen to Adult Romatix! That one has come up on my Spotify recs more times than I can count and I, admittedly, judged the book by its cover and falsely assumed it was a pop album in which I wouldn’t have much interest. As a huge shoegaze/dream pop fan, I’ll definitely be giving this one a listen on your recommendation (not Spotify’s)

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Jared Smith's avatar

Let me know your thoughts, I think you'll dig it!

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Todd's avatar
Sep 12Edited

The Ryan Davis album has knocked my socks off. I also hear John Prine and Van Morrison in the DNA

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Jared Smith's avatar

Great call, Neil Young Crazy Horse coming to mind too, so good!

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Joi's avatar

That Kokoroko album is so good!

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Mackenzie O'Brien's avatar

I knew I could count on you to be on top of that Ryan Davis album - one of my faves this year!! I’m still working through this list, but, as usual, impeccable taste.

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Chris Page's avatar

Slowly making my way through this list and loving it, Jared! So much good stuff in here with some new discoveries for me: Kokoroko, OK Cool and Blood Orange. But I have lots left to dive in to and I already know it ends on a high note as I love the Beths. Thanks for this!

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