Thrice

Spirit of Eden

Talk Talk ·1988

"They made these two records at the end of their career. They're both six songs long. Both really kind of atmospheric and layered. They're beautiful records."

Ocean Roar

Mount Eerie ·2012

"Really beautiful kind of chaotic, noisy records. It's kind of like all the things mixed in one. Singer in the band's name is Phil Elvrum. He just has a really cool sense of like creating a vibe and his voice is really sweet and kind of quiet."

Late For the Sky

Jackson Browne ·1974

"I really like him. He's got a really great sense of melody. Dare I say underrated? Maybe a little bit. Feel like he's not super recognized. I don't know. Yeah, for some reason this is the record that like I've just ended up listening to the most of his and I don't have it on vinyl so."

The Gilded Palace of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers ·1969

"Some good dots here but yeah, featured Gram Parsons before he was doing solo stuff. Kind of early alt country western stuff. It's a really good cover of Dark End of the Street. Highly recommend."

CRAWLER

IDLES ·2021

"I think it's my favorite record of theirs. This one is the one where they like really clicked for me. This record came out in 2021 during like COVID's height... and this record was the soundtrack to like miles and miles and miles of running. So kept me sane and I love it."

End Hits

Fugazi ·1998

"The desire to be a band that can make music more like Fugazi has just become more something I strive for and I know a lot of people connect with their early records but I feel like their later catalog is what I like."

Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star

Black Star ·1998

"One of my all time favorite hip hop records. I just really love this record and I'm stoked to find it."

Zombie

Fela Kuti ·1977

"I love playing it at my house and like parties and stuff like that. Just like feels good. I wish I knew more about him, but I do know that like his music is beautiful and rhythmic and awesome."

Sixties Japanese garage-psych Sampler

Various Artists ·2014

"I'm Japanese and so I've been getting into like these older just obscure Japanese, I guess like folk and kind of rock records. I found this 60s Japanese garage psych sampler and it just sounded amazing."

Gorilla Biscuits

Gorilla Biscuits ·1988

"Man, yeah, this is very dear to my heart. Very formative in the early years of getting into punk and hardcore. This doesn't get you going in the morning, I don't know what will."

Crooked Songs

Jens Kuross ·2025

"It's just him in a Wurlitzer. You can hear like all the artifacts, like his feet moving around, like just the emotion in his voice. It's just a beautiful record and it's so simple and so cool."

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu ·1994

"Drive Like Jehu Yank Crime... kind of helped shape our band. Another like band that was in skate videos and kind of influenced how I think we desire to energize our band, I guess. Like it's like a certain type of heavy and chaotic energy that feels better than tough energy."

The Story of Ethio Jazz (1965-1975) [New York - Addis - London]

Mulatu Astatke ·2009

"Yeah, I don't know. Something about the mixture just really works and is really interesting and cool and all the recordings sound really cool to me. Like it's pretty lo-fi, but I kind of dig that."

Bone Machine

Tom Waits ·1992

"If you've never heard it, it's real weird. Tom Waits is one of my very, very favorite artists."