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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Joe Price
“100 Miles”
25 Below
Trailer Records
1996

Moth Mountain
“Warrior”
Always Never Again
Independent
2013

Circular Mercury
“Masquerade”
Circular Mercury
Passing Strange
2013

Brilliant Beast
“A Child on Fire”
Where Do You Want
Guilt Ridden Pop
2013

Maritza
“Jove Male Mome”
Fires on the Shore
Independent
2003

The People Brothers Band
“KC Strut”
Live
Independent
2012

Low
“Lazy”
I Could Live In Hope
Vernon Yard
1994

Theme Music:
Mike Munson
“Over Now”
Mike Munson
Independent
2013