Welcome To Music City

From Ireland, please enjoy some music from Music City and a few tracks from their debut, "Welcome To Music City."

The press release states,"Music City have toured with Sheer Mag and Parquet Courts, and recently returned from Spain and Italy supporting The Lemon Twigs. Put those names together and you'll start to hear where Music City are coming from."

 

Maybe.

I don't hear Parquet Courts, and if writing hook-filled pop tunes with fantastic harmonies is an automatic comparison to current hot shots The Lemon Twigs, well okay then. Music City, at times, reminds me more of the days of skinny tie power pop, while a few songs, the ballads, have a Laurel Canyon vibe. I had a difficult time finding a bad song on this record. And I was completely hooked after the gorgeous coda of "A Little Favour."

Your miles may vary. But you should listen.

(h/t Dr. Wu) 

 

 

Phil Thornalley Is "Stacked"

Phil Thornalley has been involved with many of my favorite records going back well over 40 years. Engineering classics by The Jam, XTC, the Psychedelic Furs and Paul McCartney, as well as producing the likes of The Cure, Duran Duran and Prefab Sprout, among many others, and co-writing Natalie Imbruglia's hit "Torn." But I began paying closer attention after he released 2017's "Astral Drive," a not so subtle homage to his hero and mine, Todd Rundgren.

Now comes "Stacked," a new record being described as "an affectionate nod to the unsubtleties of early 2000's U.S. pop rock," which I think is hilarious, and actually, a very accurate description of what is to be heard within.

The downside for me is, much of it reminds me of Weezer and I have never been a fan of Weezer. But I really enjoyed a good chunk of it. What I liked reminded me of Mike Viola, Fountains Of Wayne and Cheap Trick. I also love that he covered "Hold Me," an old standard written by "Little" Jack Little, and covered by many including P.J. Proby and my old friend Stew Lane with his Untouchables in 1980, which is actually the first time I heard the song.

If you like what's here, you might like it all.  

 

Songs Of The Week, 2026: 2/7-2/13

 

Rockin' On The Stage- Roy Wood & Phil Lynott
A Certain Girl- Warren Zevon
A Gain- A Loss- The Plugz
Falling For You- Rose Maddox
The Same Thing Again- Billy Preston
(Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star- Bill Wyman
We Will Not- Bad Brains

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Here is a nice mix for you nice people. You may like some. You may hate some. That's okay. We like what we like. We are all brothers and I appreciate everything. Lah-di-dah. Lah. Di. Dah.

 

66/67: THE WEEKEND MIX

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TRACKLIST:

I'm Waiting For The Man- Velvet Underground
Movin' Man- Dion & The Belmonts
Don't Make Promises- Tim Hardin
There She Goes Again- Velvet Underground
Loserville- Dion & The Belmonts
Green Rocky Road- Tim Hardin
Sunday Morning- Velvet Underground
All I Wanna Do- Dion & The Belmonts
How Long- Tim Hardin
Come To My Side- Dion & The Belmonts
Beginning To See The Light- Velvet Underground
While You're On Your Way- Tim Hardin
Here She Comes Now- Velvet Underground
My Girl The Month Of May- Dion & The Belmonts

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Mingo Lewis, 1953-2026