Music Diary, Vol. 92
For the rationale behind this mad effort, the initial post is here . The full series of Music Diary posts are here . The full playlist is above, and also here . Week of Oct. 6-12, 2025 LYRICS: Neko Case, "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood" SONG: It's now most famous because Nujabes sampled Laurindo Almeida's tasteful guitar version, but this elegant repurposing of Ravel's "Pavane pour une infante défunte" is worth hearing in Mildred Bailey's smoky, evocative original vocal rendition from 1939 . Listen for the marimbas. ALBUM: They lead with their celestial vocals, obviously. What I wasn’t prepared for, on Lucius’s most recent record , were their rockier edges and 1970s sounds; at times they evoke Abba covering Fleetwood Mac. Key track for me: the groovy “Gold Rush.” LYRICS: Andrew Bird, "A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left" SONG: It's theoretically possible I would have fallen in love with The Replacements even if this all-...
