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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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Random Album of the Day

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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Random Album of the Day

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…

Random Album of the Day – Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Posted by jayne k on June 10, 2026
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Today’s Random Album is The Truman Sho from Flashlight O. Flashlight O is Colin Alexander – an artist From Baltimore. And this album is basically indie folk meets slacker rock with some experimental-ness.

I had no idea I had this album. I must have found it in one of my scans of Bandcamp. But I really like it. The buried vocals are aesthetically perfect – though some songs would stand out more if the vocals did, We’ve got catchy little indie folk tunes with a random slacker rock song here and there. Instrumentally I really like how things are mixed. The percussions is great.

Overall I really enjoyed this. A nice little find that I already found at some point but then proceeded to forget about. I like that there is basically endless good music out there in the world. Keep it coming world…

Rating: 8.7

Favorite Track(s): Wooden Flooring or Thanksgiving.

Keep or Trash: Keep. I quite liked this.

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Random Album of the Day – Sunday, June 7, 2026

Posted by jayne k on June 7, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is Crocus from The Ophelias. The Ophelias are definitely indie music – some indie folk, some indie pop, and some indie rock. Rate Your Music includes Chamber Pop which seems apt I suppose. They formed in 2015 and Crocus (2021) is their third full length album. They also have a newer album released last year so they remain active.

The violin really helps give their sound this consistent ambiance. So much so that the songs can blend together sometimes. This can be good or bad I suppose. But I think it all works overall. The Ophelias have a very pretty sound. They are sometimes catchy, sometimes solemn, and sometimes passionate. It all works for me on a certain level but also sometimes feels like background music. I guess I want it to be bolder somehow. But it is quite good.

Rating: 8.0

Favorite Track(s): Spirit Sent or Mastermind or Neil Young on High

Keep or Trash: Keep. It is very pretty and enjoyable.

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