New music always goes down well and this episode serves up just that from the likes of La Crosse soul/rock duo Moth Mountain, oddball multi-instrumentalist Kasey McKee’s Circular Mercury project, and the sibling-fronted Guilt Ridden Pop act Brilliant Beast. Also in this episode: live music from Madison’s The People Brothers band, as well as choice back-catalog cuts from klezmer act Maritza, bluesman Joe Price, and slow-core Duluthians Low.
Congrats again to Brilliant Beast on documenting their “inspired evolution” on the aforementioned Guilt Ridden Pop label. I used to play bass in the Beast back in their folk-rock incarnation and am blown away by this new “distorted aesthetic.” For more on their new sound, album, and leather jacket aspirations, check out THIS PIECE in City Pages.
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I kick off this week’s show with a “lost” recording from a very limited edition EP jointly released by Jack Norton and Ben Weaver. This show also showcases cuts from classic country devotees The Cactus Blossoms, Winona native Joe Kujawa’s freak-folk & synth pop project Breakaway, Wisconsin-based Brit-poppers Neon, Winonans Pat Costello and Annie McLoone, Twin Cities indie-rockers Communist Daughter, and Winona progessive alt-rock act Wake Up Bedhead.
The debut episode of All Lights Off features new music from Winona-based Americana act Jaybone Bell & Restless Light that was recorded at the Winona Arts Center, in addition to tracks from Twin Cities’ fusion act Circle of Heat, R&B songstress Caroline Smith, La Crosse engineer Brett Huus, Lanesboro raconteur J.D. Hall, rockabilly femme group L’Assassins, and shoegazers Zoo Animal.