Greetings from Laurel Canyon!
(In good faith) Rocks are buried beneath tons of earth / To become diamond / (In good faith) With the gift of the sunlight / The kudzu vine goes climbing / (In good faith) Instruments play songs / Brought forth from the minds of their makers / (In good faith) These vibrations resound / Bringing union and joy to all takers
(In good faith) We open our eyes / To a parade of first morning’s breaking / (In good faith) We pray what we see and we hear / Might be ours for the taking / (In good faith) We rise every day / And we will ’till our golden star bursts / (In good faith) We open our hearts / And say, “Lord, do your best, do your worst”
Shortly after last week’s Idelic Hour posted, I started thinking about my year-end list. After all, this is the end of the second decade of the second millennium! Not only do we need a year-end list for this end of the decade, but we need an end of the decade list. Wow!
I guess I have a little time to gather my thoughts about 2019. This last decade…wow…IT’S A LOT TO CHEW ON! I better start now.
First thought: So much has changed since the dawn of this decade when I started posting and doing this online radio show. I guess the greatest gift of the whole experience has been to share music. Sometimes I do give a fuck who is paying attention, and THANK YOU because so many of you have. The act of sharing music is part of who I am, and this is the week I’m on my annual journey, flipping through my music files (the record crates in my mind), compiling and organizing my favorite songs released this year. I’ve noticed in past years I’ve seemed to average about 60-80 artists and/or songs that have made the year…
…worth rocking on!
Thankfully there are way too many cool artists releasing great new music to play in an hour, let alone three! I’ve spent all week listening to hours of solid, great music from 2019. In the face of an often “smoky future,” 2019 produced so much great music. My heart goes out to all the artists—you’ve brought me great hope and joy.
By tradition, I’ve split my favorites into two Idelic sessions, and next week I’ll tell you about who I think is the artist of the year. (OK, who cares—I know—but I do!) Hope you dig it. Love to you all.
2019’s Idelic Hits #s 27-52:
Sleaford Mods
Temples
Guards
Baltazar Girl
In Red
The Growlers
Metronomy
King Gizzard
Moon Duo
Idles
Paper Idol
Big Thief
Cherry Glasserr
Allah Las
The Big Moon
(Sandy) Alex G
Doe
Lemon
White Fence
Japanese Breakfast
Turnover
Weyes Blood
Night Beats
Chrisse Hynde
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
Idelic Single of the Week: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – In Good Faith
