Sunday, 19 April 2026

The Listening Club - 19th April 2026

Greetings folks,

Hope you're doing good. @kleptones here, back in the chair after a quick soujourn down to Den Haag for Rewire festival, a kind-of more electronic-leaning and academic cousin to our fave rave Le Guess Who, and a pretty fine weekend it was indeed, nice to explore the city and its venues, bars and restaurants in more depth. Back in Amsterdam it's bright but still rather cool, which is not stopping either the lilac nor the wisteria, which are both coming out in full force simultaneously for a change. Hoping for a full bloom by Kings Day on the 27th, which should make the place look extra-special for a bit of a knees-up, as long as we can avoid the fun police who seem more determined than ever to shut down our one-day-a-year bit of joy. Wish us luck, yeah?

Right before that, next Sunday 26th will of course be the last of the month, which means #vortex time, so bring forth your themes and ideas to the hashtag later today and let's see what we can come up with...

Last Sunday, whilst I was indulging in the aforementioned noise-fest, @JimMcCauley had their hands on the reigns as @vinomadic delivered a 1-2 punch as only they can, with Prince's debut album "For You" from 1978 swiftly followed by "Controversy" from 1981, both of which getting the assembled bopping as only the purple one can. Thanks to both for the helming and the pick, and for the shuffling of the frisb across the global board to @david, who's here, fresh from my spam bin (doh) with today's intro...

"This is an artist who has been honing his craft for some time, and he's come a ways from his "big production" early days, and that hit single I had picked up waaay back.

On a whim, I looked him up to find that he's been morphing whether I cared whether he still existed or not.

Samplers, Americana, Folk, Big pop? He's done it, but mainly he's a tight lyricist and it pays to pay attention.

My choice was between his most recent (with its sharp critique of everyone's favorite target l'Orange), but I went back a few years for a release with a bit more mellow and love.  And who doesn't need that?"

Right then, download's here, stream's below:

See you 20:00 BST (GMT+1)

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