
#NewMusicFriday: January 31, 2025
I had been hoping to avoid it forever, but I finally came down with covid. Coronavirus? Whatever’s it called these days. I had never had it.
I had been hoping to avoid it forever, but I finally came down with covid. Coronavirus? Whatever’s it called these days. I had never had it.
I like every Bonnie “Prince” Billy record, even the bad ones.
Imagine a luxury ocean liner competing in America’s Cup. And winning.
My TAD memories go back, way back, to a CES past where I first heard their Compact Reference CR1 stand mounts and was even more excited about their sound than the fine single malt Japanese whiskey being poured in the TAD room. And that’s saying […]
In the mechanics of music reproduction, the only good vibrations are no vibrations.
There was a moment early in my infatuation with Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS when it occurred to me that I could be listening to [cue Beethoven’s Symphony No.5: dun-dun-dun DUNNNNN…] My Favorite Album of 2025.
What is Eusexua?
I’ll let you in on a little secret—while I have Favorites, within those favorites I have favorites.
Greg Roberts’ Volti Audio first developed their Vittoria Horns in 2010. The New Vittoria are bigger and, according to Volti, even better.
With completely customizable looks, Auralic’s new LightningCast next-gen multi-room streaming protocol, Lightning DS, TIDAL Connect, Qobuz Connect, AirPlay II, a CD transport, a DAC, line level input, and optional Phono input, the Aquila X3 Streaming Media Processor sure has a lot to offer.
Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest, and Qobuz have made it even easier to experience Stephen’s 50 favorite albums from 2024.
For me and my interests, there is no new record I’ve been looking forward to more than FKA twigs’ Eusexua which arrives this Friday through Young and Atlantic Records.
“Hero” is a word that rarely comes to mind.
When it comes to death, I’d like to think I’m more Irish than Italian.
Do you remember that famous photo of Picasso drawing with light in air? From the Light Drawings? Here, I’ll remind you:
After bemoaning last Friday’s dearth of notable new releases, I was pleasantly surprised when Bad Bunny released his latest album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos, on Sunday, the 6th — just in time for Three Kings Day, a holiday enthusiastically celebrated throughout Bad Bunny’s home island […]
“It’s easier to bleed than sweat, Mr. Motes.” ~ Flannery O’Connor, Wise Blood
Imagine it’s another sleepless night and you’re scrolling through cable stations well into the thousands and you come across a TV Evangelist espousing the dangers of hifi lust.
OK. I’m not normally an earbud kinda guy, mainly because I never leave (the Barn).
Let me count the ways.
What a lovely surprise.
The start of any new year is a relatively slow period for new music releases. So, rather than offer 15 new titles for this first Friday of 2025, I’ll share 15 titles that could have easily been included in my List of 50 from 2024.
I’m happy and we’re fortunate this kind of music is being made today.
I’m not a maker of big plans for the New Year. No diets (although I should), no new exercise routines (ditto), no abstinence, no resolutions other than to keep on keepin’ on.
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