A ROUTES & BRANCHES GUiDE to FEEDiNG YOUR MONSTER (November 28, 2024)

A ROUTES & BRANCHES GUiDE to FEEDiNG YOUR MONSTER

good news about good noise

November 28, 2024

Scott Foley, purveyor of cranberry relish

Among our favorite online destinations is Largehearted Boy. While they've altered their site over the years, their year-end Best Books of 2004 aggregator is an essential stop for book lovers, updated regularly with lists from hundreds of sites, familiar and otherwise. Bookmark it!  

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Father John Misty's Mahashmashana will likely appear on our year-end favorites list on December 27.  Always a thoughtful interview, you can check out his set at WXPN's World Cafe. 

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New York Times shares an update on Jesse Malin's planned return to the stage on December 1 and 2, following a tragic stroke. 

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Back in the halcyon days of September, when we were all much more innocent, the Americana Honors & Awards Ceremony was convened in Nashville. Austin City Limits and PBS have cleaned everything up real nice, and is presently streaming much of the to-do online. 

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Another new site from a past Pitchfork contributor, see/saw checks in with Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse as they tour with MJ Lenderman and prepare new music. 

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David Lowery talks to Glide about the new Cracker anthology, Alternative History. 

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We've just observed the fiftieth anniversary of the passing of Nick Drake. Stereogum published a terrific longform story about the songwriter and the influence of his mother.

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More from Last Donut Of the Night. The blog touches base with Alynda Segarra from Hurray For the Riff Raff, who has recently relocated to Chicago from her longtime New Orleans base. 

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Record Store Day celebrates the independent record stores among us. RSD will be releasing many indie exclusives for the observation of Black Friday. Check out their offerings, as well as their accounting of indie stores near you. 

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On this Thanksgiving Day, we're deeply grateful for the artists, labels, promoters, and blogs who continue to create and write about the new music that populates our pages. If you share our appreciation, you could do worse than bookmark A Routes & Branches Guide To Feeding Your Monster, our rousingly updated release calendar. This week, we've added something new from John Calvin Abney. The songwriter has announced Shortwaving, his first self-released EP in some time (Dec 6). Echolalia is an outfit featuring Andrew Combs, Spencer Cullum, and several other Nashville luminaries. Expect their self-titled debut on February 28, via the Full Time Hobby label. Celebrated vocalist Mike Farris has set March 7 as the street date for his next project. Backed by the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, The Sound Of Muscle Shoals marks his first release since 2018 (Compass). We're also celebrating the return of Jason Boland & the Stragglers. They've announced The Last Kings Of Babylon, due on March 14 (Proud Souls). Finally, we're looking forward to a new live set from Joe Pug. Expect Live At the Old Town School Of Folk Music, recorded live at Chicago's Old Town School Of Folk Music, on April 18. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

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