“Strangelove” – and Wicked Gloves

While tending to some routine maintenance of these websites, I noticed that one of the tracks I included in the “Strangelove” playlist I put together a few months ago had been removed by the band, the

The Soundcloud Round-Up: Some Hours Earlier Than Usual

This time around, the Soundcloud round-up will be more of a brief and a belatedly weekend affair. First off is a new instrumental track, “Saturday Morning Blues,” by a guitarist in

People Get Ready

Another recent EP release is Zelda Maria, put out earlier this month by the Brooklyn band People Get Ready (there is also evidently a band going by the very same name from

The Sunday Soundcloud – Dash?

As regards this and the other Musicuratum website, the last week has largely been absorbed by the work after the work, which proved to be somewhat less protracted than the former but

The Work at Last Is Done!

Another Sunday evening’s come, and after several long weeks of work on the websites, I’m happy to announce that both of them are back in order and ready for action again – each now I hope

Adam Cuthbért’s EP: “Dream World”

April is the season for album releases, it seems; several have made their debut on Bandcamp (with parts or the entireties thereof being offered on Soundcloud by way of publicity), and

Buke and Gase: “General Dome”

A Brooklyn band I wrote about back on the first of the year, Buke and Gase, will be playing in Paradiso later this month (in fact, tickets for the concert went on sale today) – one of a

The Sunday Evening Round-Up on Soundcloud

For this evening’s round-up I’ve cast a larger net, and so have one track, one set, and one mixtape to offer. To start with the mixtape, “1n+rødµk+1øn +ø §Y§+(3)m§ øf §øµnd§”: it’s the at times

Spring Is Here, Today

And it’s about time, too – this winter has dragged on and on. Well, on the occasion and to put some sprightliness into everyone’s step, here are three vivacious tracks found on

The Neil Jansen Playlist: Some of the Bordogni/Rochut “Melodious Etudes for Trombone”

The euphonium player Neil Jansen has recorded several performances of the “Melodious Etudes for Trombone,” drawn from Marco Bordogni’s “Vocalises” and arranged by

Pop Noir

An up-and-coming band based in Huntington Beach, though this fraternal duo, the lead singer Luke and the lead guitarist and producer Joe McGarry, hails from Manchester

A Late Winter’s Night’s Tour Around Soundcloud

After nearly a week in which it seemed the new season was at last arriving in these parts, the winter returned in force during the day and is striking back now in the form of a hailstorm – and

The Sunday Round-Up on Soundcloud

This Sunday, for a change, the Soundcloud round-up is occurring early, very early in the morning; I have a lot on at the moment and may as well send it forth now. First up, thanks to a kind

Landon Gadoci: “Tie Me Up”

On the Austin singer’s Youtube channel, Landon Gadoci – having announced the release some weeks ago – has uploaded the audio of a single, “Tie Me Up,” one which

The Sunday Evening Round-Up on Soundcloud

Sunday evening has rolled around again, and so it’s time once more for a Soundcloud round-up – though not, I hope, of any by now usual suspects. An older project of the London singer, songwriter

The Musicians of Billband, Considered Individually

As a coda to the previous text about Bill Ryan’s new album, it occurred to me to roll out an omnibus post featuring one or two recordings from each of the musicians that performed on it

Bill Ryan

Around a week ago in New York, thanks to a tip by Adam Cuthbért, I was able to devote at least a little time to music and could attend a concert at Le Poisson Rouge heralding the release of the

Sunday Evening Wrap-Up on Soundcloud: Nature’s Jokes (Birmingham), Floating Admiral (Lille), and Hess Is More (Copenhagen and New York)

Sunday evening is arrived, and so it’s time once more for what may (or may not) become something of a regular feature on this site, namely, a round-up of some music I’ve encountered on

Maxwell Demon’s “Tears”

Around a month ago, the Bellport, New York singer-songwriter Maxwell Demon uploaded a track called “Tears” onto his Soundcloud page, and I intended to post something about it here in Continue reading →

Tracks to Travel by: A Playlist for the Road

While I am traveling, what could be better, in lieu of a more regular schedule of posts on this site, than an international playlist of twenty-five tracks meant to fill those empty

Another Sunday Evening Wrap-Up on Soundcloud: Paris, Milan, and New York

Even though I’m on the road at the moment and absorbed by a few other matters, music is still very much on my mind; and so on this Sunday evening, it seems right to share some tracks to