5 Albums I Can’t Live Without
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Steve Conte of the New York Dolls
Name Steve Conte Best known for Playing lead guitar in the New York Dolls, being a solo artist on Little Steven Van Zandt’s label Wicked Cool Records, and singing on Japanese anime soundtracks like Cowboy Bebop and Ghost In The Shell. Current city Bronx, NYC Really want to be in Rome, Italy…eating penne pasta marinara, drinking Amarone (Italian red wine) and not getting fat from it. Excited about My new album, Bronx Cheer dropped November 5 on the Wicked Cool Records label. (It can be ordered on Bandcamp.com via the Wicked Cool page or my Steve Conte page there.) My current music collection has a lot of Everything!! Bebop jazz, punk/garage rock, funk, rockabilly, blues, soul, classic rock, early rock ’n roll, bossa nova, flamenco, dub reggae, singer...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October
Name Justin Furstenfeld Best known for Frontman of Blue October Current city San Marcos, TX Really want to be in My dream city would be Prague or New York City. New York to live and work as a musician/poet/actor/playwright. Prague, I would love to own a loft where I can go to unwind and be inspired with romance and architecture. Excited about I’m excited about the new songs Blue October is currently working on. We’ll be in the studio in January and February recording this new album. I’m also excited about touring overseas next March and then coming back home to tour with the Goo Goo Dolls next summer. My record collection Is packed full of old jazz and classical like Dave Brubeck, Chet Baker and Mendelssohn. I love sampling jazz a...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Buzz Osborne
Name King Buzzo/Melvins Best known for Music to some degree. Most of the world has no clue who I am at all and they’d most likely be turned off by what I do anyway. I can’t worry about that. I’ve played in a band called the Melvins for the better part of 40 years. Current city Los Angeles. It’s like living in a lot of different cities actually. I enjoy the enormity and anonymity. Really want to be in Los Angeles with nobody there except me and a load of weird anti-science zombies who want to kill me. I’d be on the freeway most of the time going 110 mph in whatever kind of car I wanted and if the zombies fucked with me I’d do my best to execute them all. Just watch the movie The Omega Man. That’s my dream… Except I don’t die at the end. Ha! Excited about We have a n...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Julian Lennon
Name Julian Lennon Best known for A number of things… Current city Los Angeles Excited about Music, film and photography projects, coming in 2022. My current music collection has a lot of Eclectic choices. And a little bit of Fusion. You wouldn’t expect me to listen to Opera, as such… Preferred format I actually like listening to the radio, as that’s the only time I get a chance to discover new talent, solo artists and bands. [embedded content][embedded content] 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without 1 The Köln Concert, Keith Jarrett I fell in love with this album the moment I heard it. Jarrett plays, near enough, every chord and melody I have ever loved within music… My heart melts every time certain sequences are played… Always Goosebumps… And when ...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Laura Jane Grace
Name Laura Jane Grace Best known for My sense of humor and comedic timing. Current city Chicago, IL Really want to be in In my experience, no matter where I go there I am. Every place is what you make of it. I just would like to be with family and friends. That’s the best place to be. Excited about I’m excited about getting out on the road and playing shows. Have now released a full-length LP and an EP over the course of the pandemic. Lots of new songs to play live for the first time and also lots of old songs to play that feel new again too! My current music collection has a lot of Variety! I listen to everything! And a little bit of I don’t know how to answer this question. I just have a lot of records. You wouldn’t expect me to listen to I ...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Robbie Grey of Modern English
Name Robbie Grey of Modern English Best known for “I Melt With You,” the song that launched a million bedroom romps. Current city London, UK Really want to be Playing midfield for Manchester United as they seem to be in real need of me. Or at my house in Thailand sitting by the ocean, listening to the music of the waves. Excited about 2022 touring over the year playing the whole of the After the Snow album live for the first time. Also, recording our new album which I am really excited about. Best creative period for a long time. During the first lockdown, I worked with a young composer named Alex Cook on a new project, Man a Monster, and there will be music to hear very soon. My current music collection has a lot of Film music. Air (The Virgin Suicides)...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Danny Klein, SPIN Creative Director
Name Danny Klein Best known for Creative Director, SPIN. Recording artist Robot Sunrise. Optimist. Current city Los Angeles Really want to be in The Indian Ocean, surfing the Mentawai Islands. Excited about Robot Sunrise. doll machine. dreamfreak. Indie electronic festivals, SCIFIGHTER, Off the Grid. My current music collection has a lot of Electronic music. And a little bit of Shoegaze, synthwave, hip hop. Don’t judge me for Listening to the same loop or track over and over. And over. Preferred format Vinyl for the warmth, experience and visuals. Streaming cause it’s all there. [embedded content][embedded content] 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without 1 HVOb Trialog The Austrian electronic duo paints aural mindscapes that transport. The sound of pe...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam
Name Jeff Ament Current city Missoula, MT Really want to be in Essaouira, Morocco Excited about Top secret soundscape scoring gig. My current music collection has a lot of EG Records stable, US hardcore 1978-1984, NY avant, Windham Hill. You wouldn’t expect me to listen to Marillion’s Misplaced Childhood. Preferred format Vinyl by far, but I’m lazy so MP3s in the car. [embedded content][embedded content] 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: 1 Discreet Music Brian Eno I just get lost in these pieces and hear different rhythms and melodies every time I listen…perfect companion for a fella by himself on an island. 2 Bitches Brew Miles Davis So many layers, incredible shifts and colors. Bill Laswell remix is stunning. 3 Agaetis Byrjun Sigu...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind
Name Stephan Jenkins Best known for Peeling oranges. All citrus one peel, including that center thingy every time. My friends all marvel. Current city San Francisco en route to Los Angeles. Really want to be in Berlin, walking the streets at 2:00 a.m., dreaming of surf trips in Morocco. Excited about The release of Our Bande Apart (September 2021). You people are about to get freaked. My current music collection has a lot of Adrianne Lenker. Every song, she shows up with her whole self. And a little bit of Massive drum and bass. How does anyone jog without it?! Don’t judge me for It’s a tie. Doobie Brothers’ Minute by Minute vs. that fucking U2 album I can’t get off my phone. Preferred format Prefer vinyl, but end up strea...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Curt Smith of Tears for Fears
Name Curt Smith Best known for Here’s the thing about being in a band, normally people don’t call you by your name: “You’re that guy from Tears for Fears.” My wife was in the record industry. At MTV, they literally used to call me Mr. Pennington, because my wife is Francis Pennington, who was a big publicist at the time. Everyone at MTV knew her more than they knew me. Then you get to where you meet young people and they’re saying, “Aren’t you Diva’s dad? Aren’t you Wilder’s dad?” So, you become known as a dad. Now younger people refer to me as “That guy from Psych,” because I’ve been on this TV show a bunch of times. I get recognized a lot for that. Current city Los Angeles, CA Really want to be in Well, there’s two places. Tuscany, I just feel at home. We normally are t...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Brian Wilson
Name Brian Wilson Best known for My music and good looks. Current city Beverly Hills, CA. Really want to be in Los Angeles, CA, making music. Excited about My new documentary Brian Wilson: Long Promised Roadand my new album At My Piano. My current music collection has a lot of Classics: ‘60s, ‘70s and actually ‘80s, too. You wouldn’t expect me to listen to I like the song “Eyes Without a Face” by Billy Idol. LOVE that song. Preferred format Streaming…its easy. [embedded content][embedded content] 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without 1 Pet Sounds The Beach Boys I love the music…of course…and the album means LOVE. 2 Between the Buttons The Rolling Stones At least for today…I’m thinking about this album. The song “My Obsession” is, well…I’m obsessed wit...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Erika Wennerstrom of Heartless Bastards
Name Erika Wennerstrom Best known for Fronting the band Heartless Bastards. Current city Austin, TX Really want to visit Marrakesh. I’ve had some friends do a caravan that rides out into the desert and you sleep under the stars in the Sahara. Also getting to listen to some live Tuareg music from that region similar to Tinarwin or Bombino. Sound like a cool trip to me. Excited about The new record that came out September 10th! I’m so proud of it, and can’t wait for people to hear it. We’re touring all through the fall. Happy to get back out there after this crazy f*@king year and a half. I don’t think I’ve ever been this excited to play. My current music collection has a lot of JJ Cale, Nina Simone, Cass McCombs, Night Beats And a little bit...
