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Discover Music with AnEarful

By AnEarful

When was the last time you bought an album from an artist just starting out? When was the last time you became obsessed with a song by someone you never heard of before? Jeremy Shatan, the omnivorous listener behind AnEarful, will shine a light on a wide variety of music, helping you to find your next favorite, album, artist or song.
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Monthly Listening: February 2024

Discover Music with AnEarfulFeb 28, 2024

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Monthly Listening: February 2024

Monthly Listening: February 2024

Keep up with all my activities ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  The playlist for this episode is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

This episode includes an interview with Richard Aufrichtig. Discover his vast talents in my playlist, Richard Aufrichtig in Ten Songs.

Check out more of his music here and keep up with his activities here and here.

Music we discussed:

Alena Spanger

Ethan S. Woods & Michael Chinworth

Dissolves

The interview concluded with an excerpt from Richard's So Far Gone, which is on Perfume Cigarettes (2020).

The Episode also included:

Michael Hersch - Poppaea

Weston Olencki & Laura Cocks - Music For Two Flutes

Osnat Netzer - Dot : Line : Sigh

Nathalie Joachim - Ki moun ou ye

I-R - Detroit Densha Seikatsu

@ - Are You There, God? It's Me, @

Astrid Sonne - Great Doubt

Anika Pyle - Four Corners

Levitation Room - Strange Weather

Mary Timony - Untame The Tiger

Laney Jones - Stay At Home

Friko - We're We've Beeen, Where We Go From Here

Thanks for listening - please rate, review, and share. Much appreciation to all the labels and artists for the use of their music. The interstitial tracks are all from 1984 and are by me, a Casio keyboard, and a Roland drum machine, or my bass and drum machine with ⁠⁠Andy Gilchrist ⁠⁠on guitar. Thanks as always to The Droplets (Holly Miranda, Amb. Parsley, and Chris Maxwell) for my theme song. Keep up with ⁠⁠Eye Knee Records ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Feb 28, 202401:24:20
Monthly Listening: January 2024

Monthly Listening: January 2024

Keep up with all my activities ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  The playlist for this episode is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

This is only a selection of the goodness I heard in January 2024, including:

Talea Ensemble/Harlem Chamber Players - Julius Eastman: Femenine

Yu-Hui Chang - Mind Like Water

Jason Eckhardt - Passage

Dau - Gilly's Wood

Stefan Maier - PP-06

Bloooom - Dew Life

Or Best Offer - Center

Thanks for listening - please rate, review, and share. Much appreciation to all the labels and artists for the use of their music. The interstitial tracks are all from 1984 and are by me, a Casio keyboard, and a Roland drum machine, or my bass and drum machine with ⁠⁠Andy Gilchrist ⁠⁠on guitar. Thanks as always to The Droplets (Holly Miranda, Amb. Parsley, and Chris Maxwell) for my theme song. Keep up with ⁠⁠Eye Knee Records ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Jan 31, 202425:27
Monthly Listening: December 2023

Monthly Listening: December 2023

Keep up with all my activities ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  The playlist for this episode is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

This is only a selection of the goodness I heard in December 2023, including:

Live Concerts:

Tomberlin at Murmrr Ballroom

Nancy McArthur at Brooklyn Music Kitchen

Talea Ensemble at PS21

Albums:

Carrie Frey - Seagrass: Works For Solo Viola

Douglas Boyce - The Bird Is An Alphabet

Aunt Katrina - Hot

Dead Gowns - How (VMP Edition)

Buice - One Day You'll See The Sun

Also Discussed:

Best Of 2023: The Top 25

Thanks for listening - please rate, review, and share. Much appreciation to all the labels and artists for the use of their music. The interstitial tracks are all from 1984 and are by me, a Casio keyboard, and a Roland drum machine, or my bass and drum machine with ⁠⁠Andy Gilchrist ⁠⁠on guitar. Thanks as always to The Droplets (Holly Miranda, Amb. Parsley, and Chris Maxwell) for my theme song. Keep up with ⁠⁠Eye Knee Records ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Jan 03, 202444:08
Monthly Listening: November 2023

Monthly Listening: November 2023

Keep up with all my activities ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  The playlist for this episode is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

This is only a selection of the goodness I heard in November 2023, including:

Stephen Yip - By Moonflowers

Klangforum Wien - Lucia Dlugoszewski: Abyss and Caress

Jackson Greenberg - The Things We Pass On Through Our Genes

Eric Wubbels - If And Only If

David Bird - Wire Hums

Guilty Simpson & Uncommon NASA - Escalation

Sister. - Abundance (Subscribe to Gunkyard and check out their compilation For Palestine)

Ian Sweet - Sucker

Zooey Celeste - Restless Thoughts

Hannah Telle - Waking Up To Tomorrow

Scarlet Lastrapes - Shady Little Lady

Skyway Man - Flight Of The Long Distance Healer

Hotline TNT - Cartwheel

Outer World - Forms Of Knowing (Read more about this in On Repeat by Kevin Alexander)

Thanks for listening - please rate, review, and share. Much appreciation to all the labels and artists for the use of their music. The interstitial tracks are all from 1984 and are by me, a Casio keyboard, and a Roland drum machine, or my bass and drum machine with ⁠⁠Andy Gilchrist ⁠⁠on guitar. Thanks as always to The Droplets (Holly Miranda, Amb. Parsley, and Chris Maxwell) for my theme song. Keep up with ⁠⁠Eye Knee Records ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.


Dec 02, 202356:53
Monthly Listening: October 2023

Monthly Listening: October 2023

Keep up with all my activities ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  The playlist for this episode is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.

Tom Hawking in The Guardian on the Bandcamp sale

This is only a selection of the goodness I heard in October 2023, including:

Live Reviews, Etc.:

Live Log: The Music That They Made At Mercury

Albums:

Pathos Trio - Polarity

Austin Wulliman - The News From Utopia

Doug Bielmeier - Music For Billionaires

Lainie Fefferman - White Fire

Mario Diaz de Leon - Spark And Earth

Carlos Ferreira - Isolationism

Jeff Tobias - Music From Milky Way Underground

Angelika Niescier - Tomeka Reid - Savannah Harris - Beyond Dragons

Katie Dey - Never Falter Hero Girl

Madeline Kenney - A New Reality Mind

Historian - Glass On The Sea

Wilco - Cousin

Eddie Dixon - I Can't All Be Winners

Stella Kola - s/t

Mutual Benefit - Growing At The Edges


Thanks for listening - please rate, review, and share. Much appreciation to all the labels and artists for the use of their music. The interstitial tracks are all from 1984 and are by me, a Casio keyboard, and a Roland drum machine, or my bass and drum machine with ⁠⁠Andy Gilchrist ⁠⁠on guitar. Thanks as always to The Droplets (Holly Miranda, Amb. Parsley, and Chris Maxwell) for my theme song. Keep up with ⁠⁠Eye Knee Records ⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Oct 30, 202359:43
Monthly Listening: September 2023

Monthly Listening: September 2023

Keep up with all my activities ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.  The playlist for this episode is ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. This is only a selection of the goodness I heard in September 2023, including:

Live Reviews, Etc.:

Live Log 2023: Summer Catchup, Pt. 3

Appearances: Beastie Boys Square And Beyond

Albums & Singles:

Sarah Saviet - Spun

AndPlay - Translucent Harmonies

Madison Greenstone - Resonance Studies In Ecstatic Consciousness

Christopher Chandler & Heather Stebbins with Switch Ensemble & Carlos Cordeiro - Roots

John Aylward - Oblivion

Zeynep Toraman - In A Dark House

Davi Music - Good Morning Deja Vu

Paul r. Harding with Michael Bisio & Juma Sultan - They Tried To Kill Me Yesterday

Loraine James - Gentle Confrontation

Hannah Jadagu - Aperture

Very Nice Person - Chi Blockers

Nation Of Language - Strange Disciple

Leah Senior - The Music That I Make

Hiss Golden Messenger - Jump For Joy

Melody Fields - In Love

Frankie and The Witch Fingers - Data Doom

Thanks for listening - please rate, review, and share. Much appreciation to all the labels and artists for the use of their music. The interstitial tracks are all from 1984 and are by me, a Casio keyboard, and a Roland drum machine, or my bass and drum machine with ⁠⁠Andy Gilchrist ⁠⁠on guitar. Thanks as always to The Droplets (Holly Miranda, Amb. Parsley, and Chris Maxwell) for my theme song. Keep up with ⁠⁠Eye Knee Records ⁠here⁠⁠⁠.

Oct 02, 202301:00:43
Monthly Listening: August 2023

Monthly Listening: August 2023

Keep up with all my activities ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.  The playlist for this episode is ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. This is only a selection of the goodness I heard in August 2023, including:

Live Reviews:

Live Log 2023: Summer Catchup, Pt. 2

John Cale performing Helen Of Troy, 8/19/2023

Albums:

Dai Fujikura - Wayfinder

Rachel Barton Pine - Dependent Arising

Byrne:Kozar:Duo - It Floats Away From You

Issei Herr - Distant Intervals

Gina Izzo (Ladyybirdd) - Tomorrow's Yesterday

Meredith Bates - Tesseract

Mattie Barbier - This Is What People Think Mountains Look Like

Vines - Birthday Party

Charlotte Greig - Night Visiting Songs (Read The Guardian article)

Hollie Cook - Happy Hour In Dub

Aoife Nessa Frances - Fantasy

Mikaela Davis - And Southern Star

Sam Burton - Dear Departed

Dandelioness - Scorpio Ballads

Self Defense Family - Law Of Karma Live: Fake Shit Wins But Not Tonight

Billy Joseph & The Army Of Love - Shoulder To Shoulder

Lucinda Williams - Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart

Thanks for listening - please rate, review, and share. Much appreciation to all the labels and artists for the use of their music. The interstitial tracks are all from 1984 and are by me, a Casio keyboard, and a Roland drum machine, or my bass and drum machine with ⁠⁠Andy Gilchrist ⁠⁠on guitar. Thanks as always to The Droplets (Holly Miranda, Amb. Parsley, and Chris Maxwell) for my theme song. Keep up with ⁠⁠Eye Knee Records here⁠⁠.

Sep 04, 202301:13:39
Monthly Listening: July 2023

Monthly Listening: July 2023

Keep up with all my activities ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.  The playlist for this episode is ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. This is only a selection of the goodness I heard in July 2023, including: Live Reviews: Live Log 2023: Summer Catchup, Part 1 Albums: Christopher Cerrone - In A Grove Wet Ink Ensemble - Missing Scenes Louise Campbell - Sources Dana Jessen & Taylor Brook - Set Jon Nelson & Tom Kolor - Secret Messages Molly Joyce - Evolution of Perception Omar Ahmad - Inheritance Perdurabo feat. Roman Rappak - Cast Stones Glen Washington - Jah Children Anastasia Coope - Tough Sun Laura Wolf - Shelf Life Alice Phoebe Lou - Shelter Elana Low - Petrixora The Clientele - I Am Not There Anymore Thanks for listening - please rate, review, and share. Much appreciation to all the labels and artists for the use of their music. The interstitial tracks are all from 1984 and are by me, a Casio keyboard, and a Roland drum machine, or my bass and drum machine with ⁠⁠Andy Gilchrist ⁠⁠on guitar. Thanks as always to The Droplets (Holly Miranda, Amb. Parsley, and Chris Maxwell) for my theme song. Keep up with ⁠⁠Eye Knee Records here⁠⁠.
Aug 07, 202351:23
Monthly Listening: June 2023

Monthly Listening: June 2023

Keep up with all my activities ⁠⁠here⁠⁠

The playlist for this episode is ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.

This is only a selection of the goodness I heard in June 2023, including:

Live Reviews:

Live Log 2023: MATA Rocks Roulette

Live Log 2023: Florist For The Trees

Live Log 2023: Geese On The Hudson

Albums

Matthew Herbert - The Horse

Claire Chase - Density 2036 Part VI Part VII Part VIII

Julia Werntz - Someone Who Love You Throws Me At You

Lawrence Brownlee - Rising

Symphony Of Northwest Arkansas - New Canons

The Cry - The Cry

Ben Carey - Metastability

Arthur King - Changing Landscapes (Zompopa)

Jeffrey Silverstein - Western Sky Music

Anna St. Louis - In The Air

Big Blood - First Aid Kit

Youth Lagoon - Heaven Is A Junkyard

Hand Habits - Sugar The Bruise

Thanks for listening - please rate, review, and share. Much appreciation to all the labels and artists for the use of their music. The interstitial tracks are all from 1984 and are by me, a Casio keyboard, and a Roland drum machine, or my bass and drum machine with ⁠Andy Gilchrist ⁠on guitar.

Thanks as always to The Droplets (Holly Miranda, Amb. Parsley, and Chris Maxwell) for my theme song. Keep up with ⁠Eye Knee Records here⁠.

Jul 05, 202351:51
Monthly Listening: May 2023

Monthly Listening: May 2023

Keep up with all my activities ⁠⁠here⁠⁠

The playlist for this episode is ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.

This is only a selection of the goodness I heard in May 2023, including:

Live Reviews

Leal Neale Is The River

Tak Ensemble Takeover

A Long Play Triple Play

Album Reviews

Zibuokle Martionaityte & Synaesthesis - Hadal Zone

Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Archora / Aion

Yaz Lancaster - AmethYst

Seth Parker Woods - Difficult Grace

⁠Ben Vida with Yarn/Wire and Nina Dante - The Beat My Head Hit⁠

⁠Roomful Of Teeth - Rough Magic

Reiko Futing - Mechthild

Cassie Wieland & Vicky Chow - Hymn

Vines & Adrianne Munden-Dixon - Lung (Vines Version

Emmanuel Jacob Lacopo - Eastman

Taylor Brook - Dichroma for Guitar & A.I.

Michelle Lou - HoneyDripper

Gabby Fluke-Mogul & Nava Dunkelman - Likht

Narducci - Sunrise

Elana Low - Goldest Hour

Domenico Lancellotti - Sramba

Foyer Red - Yarn The Hours Away

Tiny Ruins - Ceremony

Cian Nugent - She Brings Me Back To The Land Of The Living

The Thing - Here's The Thing

[Jarret Wolfson's YouTube]

Vessels To Motherland - Process And Product

Richard Aufrichtig - One More Cup

Thanks for listening - please rate, review, and share. Much appreciation to all the labels and artists for the use of their music. The interstitial tracks are both from 1984 and are by me, a Casio keyboard and a Roland drum machine or my bass and drum machine with ⁠Andy Gilchrist ⁠on guitar.

Thanks as always to The Droplets (Holly Miranda, Amb. Parsley, and Chris Maxwell) for my theme song. Keep up with ⁠Eye Knee Records here⁠.

Jun 01, 202301:13:51
Monthly Listening: April 2023

Monthly Listening: April 2023

Keep up with all my activities ⁠here⁠

The playlist for this episode is ⁠here⁠.

This is only a selection of the goodness I heard in April 2023, including:

andPlay

Anthony Vine

Fruit Bats (Live Review Here)

Moor Mother (Ecstatic Music)

Zosha Di Castri

New York Philharmonic

Olivia De Prato - Panorama

Iceland Symphony Orchestra - Atmopheriques Vol. 1

Seabuckthorn - Inlandscape

Kalia Vandever - We Fell In Turn

Yaya Bey - Exodus The North Star

Queen Omega & Lions Flow - Freedom Legacy

London Brew - London Brew

100 Gecs - 10,000 Gecs

Them Airs - Viper Island

Summer Like The Season - Mental (Podcast: I Don't Heart Radio)

Boygenius - The Record (Reviewed here)

Yours Are The Only Ears - We Know The Sky

Lael Neale - Star Eater's Delight

Amb. Parsley - Dear Carlos,

Thanks for listening - please rate, review, and share. Much appreciation to all the labels and artists for the use of their music. The interstitial track is by me, circa 1984, with Andy Gilchrist on guitar.

Thanks as always to The Droplets (Holly Miranda, Amb. Parsley, and Chris Maxwell) for my theme song. Keep up with Eye Knee Records here.

Apr 30, 202347:19
Monthly Listening: March 2023
Apr 02, 202325:37
Monthly Listening: February 2023

Monthly Listening: February 2023

Keep up with all my activities here

A short but busy month! Covered within are: 

Talea Ensemble and Harlem Chamber Players performing Julius Eastman's Femenine - read more here.

Many of the albums and singles discussed can be found here - but not all, so check out the links below!

Guy Barash - Killdeer

Lei Liang - Hearing Landscapes/Hearing Icescapes

Brooklyn Rider - The Wanderer - Live From Paliesius, Lithuania

Weston Olencki/Tongue Depressor - Don't Tell No Tales Upon Us

Scott L. Miller - Coincident

John Calvin Abney - Storm Variations

Kelela - Raven

Gecko Turner - Somebody From Badajoz

Vanzo - Something Good

Sam Gendel - Cookup

Tropical Fuck Storm - Submersive Behavior

Bobbie Lovesong - On The Wind

King Tuff - Small Town Stardust

Hotspit - Memory Of A Mirror Image

Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World

Hiss Golden Messenger - Midsummer Night's Dream Live

Jenny O. - Spectra

Holly MIranda - Virtual Funeral

Many thanks to New Focus and Eye Knee Records for the excerpts from Scott L. Miller's Coincident Episode 5 and Book of Hearts respectively.

Thanks again to The Droplets (Holly MIranda, Chris Maxwell, and Amb. Parsley) for my theme song!

Feb 27, 202325:25
Monthly Listening: January 2023
Jan 29, 202320:40
Episode 2.5: Autumn Vibes
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Episode 1.5: How I Got Here
Sep 05, 202124:03
Episode One: How I Got Here

Episode One: How I Got Here

Episodes with music are only available on Spotify.

In this first episode I talk a bit about the music that led me on my journey to becoming an omnivorous musical obsessive. And then I introduce you to some of the recordings that have been making my 2021 a fantastic year for music.

Aug 28, 202102:25:34