Play an album from an artist from Chicago or an aggressive album.
how about a Chicago band covering an album from another Chicago band. I never was much of a Smashing Pumpkins fan but this cover record is pretty good.
Day 6: Chicago Bulls
Play an album from an artist from Chicago
Nnamdi Ogbonnaya – Drool
Given the obnoxious number of times I've played his latest single and video over the past few days, Nnamdï was the obvious Chicago pick for me - the only difficulty was deciding which album. I'm pretty sure I stumbled into this back before Google Music went downhill and forced us into the horseshit that is YouTube Music. I discovered a lot of cool stuff thanks to the ability to browse new releases by genre on Friday, Nnamdï being a prime example. I happily scored this signed(!) copy of the original orange cream limited pressing (500 copies) during a digging session at my local with @jamieanderson1968 while he was in town a while back.
Nnamdï's forthcoming album is one of my most anticipated releases for the second half of this year!
My first spin of the brand new one from Robert Pollard and the gang reveals, unsurprisingly, a winner. At ten tracks, it might seem like the length of an EP from Dayton's GBV, but each track is a bit more complex and lengthier than is typical for them. A very strong case could be made that in the past five years or so, they have been the best rock band in America. Not bad for a group that broke up in 2004.
Below is Pollard's 2019 Upper Deck card, not his rookie year, mind you.
Rosali - No Medium Philly is a great basketball and music city. Daryl Dawkins, Moses Malone, Dr. J, Charles Barkley, Allen Iverson, the list goes on and on. In regards to their rich music history, you have to the Philly Soul movement, Hall & Oates, Sun Ra, Boys II Men, The Roots and the Neo Soul Revival that they helped spearhead most recently Philly has become an incubator for some excellent Indie Rock. Similarly to how young creatives, priced out of Manhattan turned Brooklyn into an Indie Rock incubator during the early 00s, Philadelphia became that place over the past decade. Cheap(er) rent and proximity to NYC made an ideal place for upcoming to congratulate. Waxahatchee, Kurt Vile, Sadurn, Steve Gunn, The War On Drugs, are some of my faves that have come out of that Philly scene. That also Includes Rosali, whose 2021 album No Medium has been a constant mainstay on my turntable over the past year.
Alvvays - Antisocialite
Since I don’t have any Drake albums.
Also, here is a video of VC resting his sack atop a 7 footers head in International competition.
And Carter’s legendary 2000 Slam Dunk Contest performance.
