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Random Album of the Day #168 – Saturday, October 24, 2026

Posted by jayne k on October 25, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is Magnetkingmagnetqueen from New Madrid. This is an Indie Rock band from Atlanta.

I like this band. They overuse reverb, but it kind of works for them. Overall their sound works for me but it all sounds similar from song to song, and it’d be better if songs stood out more with their melodies. But overall it’s a good I guess but it’s not overall memorable either. It doesn’t grab me the way I want it to.

Rating: 7.2

Favorite Track(s): The songs blur together some but one that stood out to me are “Darker Parts” with its shoe gaze guitars. “Shades” is also good. I liked “Dress Up”. Overall lots of good songs but nothing spectacular either. Maybe “Dugout
is my favorite though… No, check that, “Guay Lo” is I think an instrumental and its the best so far.

Keep or Trash: Trash. The music is fine but it won’t make it into my listening cycle…

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Random Album of the Day #167 – Saturday, October 24, 2026

Posted by jayne k on October 24, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is Long Hair in Three Stages from U.S. Maple. They are a experimental noise rock band out of Chicago.

U.S Maple is well considered when it comes to noisy math rock bands from the 1990s. And I like them. Not my favorite per se but they are good.

Rating: 9.4

Favorite Track(s): I honestly zoned out through the first couple of songs. “You Know What… Will Get You You…” is excellent. “Aplomado” has some cool guitar riffs. “The State is Bad” is an accurate description of current events and it’s a solid song! “Magic Job” might be a favorite on the album. The album is pretty consistently good.

Keep or Trash: Keep.

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Random Album of the Day #166 – Friday, October 23, 2026

Posted by jayne k on October 23, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is Different Section Wires from Uzeda. Uzeda was a noise rock / math rock band from Sicily, Italy and they are fantastic!

This record is notable for a few reasons. It has awesome guitar riffs, stupendous bass lines, excellent vocals, and it’s just an overall treat. Turn it up loud and dance to it kind of music. I wish I could still dance! I had this on vinyl going back to the 1990s and my biggest issue was always moving too much and causing it to skip.

Rating: 9.9

Favorite Track(s): “Big Lies” opens it up with intensity. “Female” carries that forward with some art-rock styles. “The Milky Way” is so good! And “Ten Stars” continues that. There isn’t a bad song on this album. But this one does stand out! Realy though I just love the whole album!

Keep or Trash: Keep. I will cut anyone who tries to take away my Uzeda!

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Random Album of the Day #165 – Thursday, October 22, 2026

Posted by jayne k on October 22, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is New Morning Changing Weather‘s Self-Titled LP. This is not the album from The (International) Noise Conspiracy which is all that google wants to bring up. This is a Screamo Hardcore band from Michigan. However, if you are interested, the phrase “New Morning Changing Weather” is an old one related to the Weather Underground political movement. Something you can research if interested.

They balance this uber aggressiveness with these nice rhythms. While I definitely need to be in a certain mood to listen to this I actually quite like this album. Musically they are both tight and loose. They are in sync but loose with the song writing can be loose at times – I think on purpose.

Rating: 8.5

Favorite Track(s): “Moss Flower” was both too aggressive for me and perfect at times. Interesting how the song wasn’t what I wanted but I liked it anyhow. “Life Rock” is similar. The whole album flows between aggression and a more chill vibe in a good way. “Osawatamie” does a good job with the spoken word that you get here and there on the album.

Keep or Trash: Keep.

I could not find a streaming version. So sorry!

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Random Album of the Day #164 – Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Posted by jayne k on October 21, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is the Daytrotter Session from Yellow Ostrich. Yellow Ostrich are an Indie Rock/Pop Band that also gets the Slacker Rock tag. They are good. I like them, though am not crazy about their music. So it’s more of a like, than love situation. I don’t get “Slacker Rock” as a genre. I’ll have to read up on it more.

I think they are a solid Indie Rock band but they don’t stand out to me basically. They are clearly talented musicians so that’s not an issue. Anyhow, it is good music overall.

Rating: 8.0

Favorite Track(s): “Marathon Runner” works for me. It has a good angularity to it. “Whale” is catchy.

Keep or Trash: Keep. It was possibly Trash. I didn’t necessarily see myself ever seeking out this EP. But I started listening to their Mistress album and I do like their music. So I decided to keep. Maybe their studio album is just better than this Daytrotter but since I overall like them I’ll keep this as well.

You can listen at this link.

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Random Album of the Day #163 – Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Posted by jayne k on October 20, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is Zonic Shockum‘s Self-Titled LP. Zonic Shock is a band I knew from Philadelphia back in college. Rate Your Music lists them as Grunge or Alternative Rock. That fits really perhaps with a punk edge at times. Perhaps Noise Rock is most apropos.

Zonic Shockum has a nice clean sound. And apparently had a new album in 2024 though looking at the track list some of those tracks go back to the early days. I distinctly remember “No You Suck”. Great song btw!

The Zonic Shockum folks were friends as well as a band I loved. I had them on the radio a couple of times and Steve helped book my band. After we got banned he offered to book us under a different name but we never did do that.

Rating: 9.6

Favorite Track(s): “Between the Sixes” has a good mix of clean rock and angsty noise. I really like the noisiness of “Castilla”. The starts and stops are nice. I remember bopping to “Dirty Old Car”. Good song. I’ve always loved the guitar riff on “Ultraman”. No bad songs really but “Lugy” always stuck out to me as one of their best. “Labor” is pretty great too. This is a great album all the way through “Tooth”.

Keep or Trash: Keep.

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Random Album of the Day #162 – Monday, October 19, 2026

Posted by jayne k on October 19, 2026
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Today’s Bonus Album of the Day is Boozoo Hoodoo! The Songs of Boozoo Chavis. This is a compilation of bands covering Boozoo Chavis’ songs and obviously a tribute to Boozoo Chavis. Boozoo Chavis was a Zydeco musician.

I love to dance to Zydeco, or at least I used to before I became chronically ill. I have many fond memories of the all night Zydeco tent at the Great Blue Heron Festival. But those days are long past and the truth is I don’t casually listen to Zydeco. Still nice to have some around though and this seems like a solid album. But with all that said, I am absolutely no expert when it comes to Zydeco. I barely know it. So take opinions herein with an even greater pinch of salt than usual.

And so I like this. I wish I could still dance to it. Hopefully yinz enjoy this compilation! I did.

Rating: 9.6

Favorite Track(s): To no surprise, Beausoleil does a good version of “Bye Bye Jole”. Marcia Ball does an excellent job with “Dance All Night” which is a great tune. Honestly it all sounds fine to me. Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys do a great job with “Uncle Bud”. As I said, it pretty much all sounds good.

Keep or Trash: Keep.

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Random Album of the Day #161 – Monday, October 19, 2026

Posted by jayne k on October 19, 2026
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Today’s first Random Album of the Day is a compilation of tribute songs to Bjork called Hush. I’ve always liked this album and it is very apt as we just did a Band Jam league round with Icelandic music and of course Bjork was ever-present…

Why do so many compilations have the artist information listed weird? This is another one where I have to manually fix it. But it’s a great album. Lots of great musicians. I would have thought that covering Bjork would be hard with her uniqueness – but her songs clearly hold up with a diversity of styles and sounds. Not everyone pulled it off but none of the songs are bad.

For whatever reason several of these songs are on our Christmas list. They just have the right treble I guess for Christmas-time.

Rating: 9.6

Favorite Track(s): “It’s Oh So Quiet” from Noise for Pretend is well done! “Hyper-Ballad” is excellently done! “The Hunter” is another impressive cover. “You’ve been Flirting Again” from Corrina Rapp is great. “Human Behavior” from the Decemberists is so Decemberists meaning it’s good. “Unravel” is well done by Bobby Birdman. “In The Musicals” is also excellent.

Keep or Trash: Keep. A worthwhile compilation.

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Random Album of the Day #160 – Sunday, October 18, 2026

Posted by jayne k on October 18, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is the Christian Television 7″ from Field Day. This is basically Post-Punk or Post-Rock I think. It has a bit of a punk edge but definitely has the elements of post-rock.

My only complaint is I wanted it to last longer. I really enjoyed this!

Rating: 9.6

Favorite Track(s): “The Fast” rips. Love the use of repetition in this with the over distorted guitar. “And Bi-Curious” is excellent. But “Barbie With Gun” is the best track.

Keep or Trash: Keep.

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Random Album of the Day #159 – Saturday, October 17, 2026

Posted by jayne k on October 17, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is Technicolor from Covet. Genres for Covet include Math Rock, Math Pop, Post-Rock, and Acoustic Rock though this album isn’t particularly acoustic.

I love Covet! Instrumental bands are growing on me and Covet is often instrumental with occasional vocals. I just love the guitar work a lot on their music. Yvette Young’s playing stands out to me.

Covet may be at their best with the instrumentals. “Parachute” has vocals but kind of misses for me until the vocals are done. Then it hits after that. They seem to be at their best when they are creative with the guitar work. “Farewell” I like a little better than Parachute but it still hits hardest when the vocals are done.

Their songs can blur together at times with the similar guitar styles from song to song, But overall, very good!

Rating: 9.4

Favorite Track(s): “Good Morning” is lovely. Covet does pretty pretty well. “Atreyu” is great! It has good flow, great guitar parts, and catchy melodies. “Nero” is quite good! “Ares” sticks out to me. “Parrot” continues with that solid Covet sound. “Odessa” is a solid song. And “Farewell” is a solid song.

Keep or Trash: Keep. I like covet. It’s a good, somewhat mellow but still electric listen.

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