Better Out Here

Pluto Gang

They Call Me Disco

Ric Wilson &Terrance Martin

Cool. This album just oozes cool out of every hallowed out snare drum hit, every soul hook and every nasally lyric that Terrance Martin utters. The Chicago Rapper teamed up with the L.A. based producer Ric Wilson to create this groovy summertime rolling with the windows down type joint. It has funky soul beats layered underneath clever Chicago-style rhymes. They even invite fellow Chicago rapper BJ The Chicago Kid to join in on the album. Wilson has close connections to the Chicago rap scene and even formed the collective of artists that produced artists like Chance. The Rapper. I mean, just look at the album art to give you a sense of what you're getting into.

If there's one thing we love at Album Daily it's disco music and what disco culture brought us. Despite not being disco itself, the album definitely encapsulates what the disco movement was all about. Speaking of what the disco is all about, check out this podcast by Gimlet Media if you're curious about the night that was designed to kill disco music once and for all. You'll learn about what really went down that Chicago night that the phrase "disco sucks" was coined, as well as the wide-reaching implications that it had. 

Wolf Saga

Wolf Saga

This is an Album Daily Get-In-On-The-Ground-Floor alert! If you’ve been jamming out to The Weeknd’s Blinding Lights for the past year… we think you’ll really enjoy this album. Wolf Saga’s self titled album is a perfect amalgamation of indie-pop and 80's synthesizer that creates a freeing sound to frolic around in your kitchen to. Get out your slidy-est pair of socks and enjoy 30 minutes of non-stop hits. Wolf Saga sports an underrated 50k monthly listeners on Spotify so we’d bet your best friend hasn’t heard of this guy yet… let them know who sent ya!

Wolf Saga has unique influence: When listening to this self-titled album, you might think Wolf Saga looks to electronic or pop artists for influence. Well, just like Bobby Boucher in The Waterboy… Momma’s WRONG again. Johnny Saga (aka Wolf Saga) is most influenced by 80's bands such as Boston, Duran Duran, and U2. It doesn’t stop there. Wolf Saga enjoys David Bowie so much that he decided to tattoo Bowie’s face on his arm. Read the linked article by CBC to see this tattoo yourself.

J.T.

Steve Earl

There's an expression in guitar playing that says "your left hand is what you know but your right hand is who you are". The expression, albeit rather discriminatory against left-handed guitar players, is meant to suggest that your left hand (which is the hand that presses down on the fret board to make a particular note or chord) is something that anyone can learn. With enough practice, most people could probably figure out the correct finger patters to actually construct the chord. Then it's just a matter of memorizing the patterns. Your right hand, however, is the hand that keeps the rhythm. Rhythm is something that's a good bit more intuitive and difficult to learn. I, for one, have none of it. Just ask my junior year prom date. 

All that to say that this Steve Earl album goes a step further than even the right hand. If the left hand is what you know and the right hand is who you are, I'd suggest that the voice allows through what you feel. 

That's because, on the album J.T., Steve Earl is probably feeling quite a lot. The album J.T. is a tribute album that Steve Earl performs that consists entirely of his son's songs. His son, Justin Townes Earle, died of accidental drug overdose in August of 2020. You can hear the pain not only come through in each guitar stroke but more evidently in Steve having to sing the words his late son wrote. The album is a special insight into their bond that was broken all too soon. You can check out Justin Townes Earle's discography right here.

Talon of the Hawk

The Front Bottoms

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