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Random Album of the Day #102 – Tuesday, August 26, 2026

Posted by jayne k on August 26, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is I’ve never been in love before baby, pretend I’m sick from Zebu Fur, aka Frankie Cosmos. Frankie Cosmos is great! So this should be good. Frankie Cosmos is basically bedroom recordings of Slacker Rock or Indie Folk.

Like most Frankie Cosmos records this is very stripped down. Short songs with good melodies and emotive lyrics. Not polished at all but raw. Still the recording quality is okay mostly with occasional blips.

I’n not sure what makes this raw lo-fi music work for me but I suppose it’s a combination of the rawness and the melodies that sneak into their songs.

Rating: 9.0

Favorite Track(s): “The Infinity Days”, “fingernails”, “Walking tune 18”, “you used to be cool”, “I’ve never been in love before baby, pretend I’m sick”. Like a hardcore record, no time to do much but write down a list…

Keep or Trash: Keep.

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Random Album of the Day – Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Posted by jayne k on August 12, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is Clear Skies Over Black River from Liam the Younger, aka Liam Betson. This is melancholic singer-songwriter stuff. Rate Your Music lists it as Slacker Rock. It lists so many different things as Slacker Rock it seems. I think of it as Indie Folk.

This is heartfelt material. It’s quite good and appealing. A lot of the lyrics evoke powerful imagery or melancholic thoughts. The music is minimalist acoustic guitar mostly. It complements the emotive lyrics well. I like it. I’m an emo girl…

I like the album enough I played it twice!

Rating: 9.6

Favorite Track(s): “Leaving Black River” is sweet and sour and good. “Country Wide” evokes such imagery. I like that. “By The Pines” is also evocative. Love the perspective sung about in “Walking”. I won’t comment on every song, overall the album is very evocative. Even the closer “Clear Skies” hits my mood aptly. This album just works well for me.

Keep or Trash: Keep.

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Random Album of the Day – Saturday, August 8, 2026

Posted by jayne k on August 8, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is An Introduction to Elliott Smith featuring, well, Elliott Smith. I haven’t listened enough to Elliott Smith so here is an opportunity. Elliott Smith’s music is aptly described as melancholic. But it’s melodic and delightful too. I guess it’s Indie Folk or Indie Folk Rock.Whatever it is it is well regarded and for good reason.

I do enjoy his music. I think I tend to lose focus on it quickly. It’s not grab your attention music. It’s more I’m having a shitty day and let’s listen to some sad music that helps me somehow feel better music. And it works. It’s all unsurprisingly excellent. Definitely music I could get more into with more listens.

Rating: 9.5

Favorite Track(s): “Ballad of Big Nothing” is a good opener. Anthemic feeling. “Waltz #2” is just a good song. “Pictures of Me” is good unsurprisingly. By “Between the Bars” I’m good and depressed but in a good way. I really like “Last Call”. “Twilight” is gorgeous. “Angel In The Snow” is a song I think I knew before. But I like it. “Happiness” has a nice upward tilt to it.

Keep or Trash: Keep.

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Random Album of the Day – Monday, August 3, 2026

Posted by jayne k on August 3, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is ✦✧ from 100%. Yes that’s a symbol heavy title. And as you’d expect this music has an experimental edge at times. Otherwise it’s singer-songwriter indie folk.

I like this EP. I might explore more of their music. It is edgy without losing melody. But as much as I get the edginess of the album artwork – that could be better.

Rating: 8.9

Favorite Track(s): “Birds Bear no message” was melodic. “What do you” was emotive. I wish the sound was better on “Sled” but I think I like it based on what I could hear.

Keep or Trash: Keep. Definitely fits in the niche that is my taste in music.

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Random Album of the Day – Monday, July 13, 2026

Posted by jayne k on July 13, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is Crushing from Julia Jacklin. I adore this album so much.

Julia Jacklin is Indie Pop, Indie Folk, and Indie Rock wrapped into one. She has very good lyrics and great melodies. This is fantastic music.

Rating: 9.8

Favorite Track(s): “Body” is so cogent, so fitting lyrically and so good musically. On “Head Alone” I love the lyric “I don’t want to be touched all the time, I raised my body up to be mine.” This song is soooo good. Honestly the whole album is so good. So I won’t list every song but could…

Keep or Trash: Keep. I love her music!

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Random Album of the Day -Friday, July 10, 2026

Posted by jayne k on July 10, 2026
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The Random Album of the Day is On The Goddam Radio from Squinch Owl. This is really good indie folk if not straight up folk.

I really like Squinch Owl even if the recording quality on this isn’t super. The singer’s voice is awesome. This is recorded on a radio show which might explain the sound quality to some degree.

I suppose the songs blur together some but in a good way. Like it’s so consistent. Anyhow this is enjoyable music if you’re into this kind of folk music. The album also has a good flow to it. And the lyrics are really good.

For what its worth, their Homeware Bound album has a more normal recording.

Rating: 9.5

Favorite Track(s): “Think No Worse of Me” breaks out and you immediately notice her voice. “What We’re Going To Be For the Rest Of Our Lives” feels very anthemic. “We Will Do Great Things” is really great and well let’s hope we do! “Going Home”‘s stops and starts are great.

Keep or Trash: Keep. I love this.

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Random Album of the Day – Friday, June 26, 2026

Posted by jayne k on June 26, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is bee belly from saoirse. This is an indie folk band from Oakland, CA. I didn’t remember that I had this but I’m so glad I do have it.

This is really good. The singer’s voice draws me right in. And the guitar play is a perfect accompaniment. Overall I just find this short EP to be overwhelmingly pleasant.

It’s really enjoyable when the Random Album of the Day is something I forgot existed and which I find to be very good. I believe the last song is a cover.

Rating: 9.5

Favorite Track(s): “haircut”, “paper chain”, “grocery store”, “mountain kids by cayetana”

Keep or Trash: Keep. Wow do I love this!

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Random Album of the Day – Monday, June 22, 2026

Posted by jayne k on June 22, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is Living Together from Vermont. It’s listed as Midwest Emo / Indie Folk which fits.

Vocal harmonizing is big on this. There is a Christmas song from Vermont that I love and so I want to love this band more than I do. But I think in the end I think they are just okay. The Christmas song is so melodic but most of the songs on this album just doesn’t have that same melodic energy. Neither Jen or I loved this.

It’s tough when we don’t love an album. The band has talent. I like the singer’s voice. The instrumentation is tight enough. It just isn’t clicking with us. Even when I liked a song a little it tended to go on longer than I wanted it to.

Rating: 5.5

Favorite Track(s): Untitled, Bee Leave Me Be

Keep or Trash: Trash. It’s okay but we didn’t love it.

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Random Album of the Day – Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Posted by jayne k on June 16, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is a Daytrotter Session from Jenny O.. Daytrotter was a studio in the 2000s and 2010s that did live sessions with artists and then made them available for download for a cheap subscription.. But generally they aren’t available to stream now.

Rate Your Music lists Jenny O. as Indie Pop and Singer-Songwriter. I wouldn’t say those are wrong but I also feel she’s a bit Indie Rock/Folk on this album maybe. Anyhow it’s a good collection of songs. Two of them are particularly catchy. I would not say spectacular, but enjoyable. I’ve never listened to Jenny O. much but this gives me enough that I’m curious to listen to more.

Rating: 8.0

Favorite Track(s): Learned My Lessons or Lazy Jane

Keep or Trash: Keep. I like it.

As noted above the Daytrotter Sessions can’t be streamed to my knowledge but all of the tracks in this session are on this album. The tracks are Learned My Lessons, Get Lost, Lazy Jane, and Opposite Islands. For some reason Jane is missing the Y.

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Radio Shower Highlights Podcast #4

Posted by jayne k on June 13, 2026
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Welcome to the Radio Shower Weekly Highlight Podcast with Jayne. Issue #4. Leave your comments below…