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Best of the year music lists will start popping out a little before Thanksgiving and they will continue to trickle out into the first week or so of December and then a few stragglers towards New Years.It's looking like 4 best of '24 podcasts for The Magic Organ and maybe an honorable mention if I can squeeze one out. Those shits take time (I've already begun downloading and contemplating my choices), so there will be one or two more non best of '24 episodes before that. Hence the beginning of the end.Best of year lists are the best time of the year to be a music fan, at least one like me where I listen to the choices on a lot of these lists. If I had two suggestions for budding music listeners, one would be to ignore anything the NY Times puts on a list, the odds of finding a banging record in the paper of record is almost zero, their music writers have always been the worst. Ignore NPR, what a bag of soft ass over there.The other is just life advice, don't listen to Wilco, Wilco is one of the most boring bands ever, right up there with The National, don't listen to them, man that shit is energy vampire music, awfulness incarnate.Enjoy, and thanks for listening.Excerpts from this episode:Black Decelerant: SixAJ Lee & Blue Summit: City of GlassThe Zawose Queens: MaishaDJ Muggs and Raz Fresco: Memory LaneMAVI: tetherAngelica Garcia: MirameFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin' on over there, it's beyond #epic. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!! I think it just moved.I'm always open to listener suggested playlists if you feel you can hang with the host.You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests -- contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

There are many things we don't do here at The Magic Organ. We don't discuss tits and ass, we embrace ugly ass musicians. We don't celebrate rich musicians, in fact we think they're boring and they shouldn't listen to. We don't stay in our lane, we listen to all the genres and musicians who play all the notes!We do one thing, we bring the bangers, we let 'em out, we drop the mic! I get that might be more than one thing but just blur your eyes and pretend it's one thing, that's what 'Merka does.So kick back, enjoy the variety, don't sleep on the New Regency Orchestra record, it is absolutely a certified bag of bangers.Thanks for listening, always looking for musical guests as in people who can put up a custom playlist and defend it, let's do this!!!Excerrpts from this episode:New Regency Orchestra: Para Los Papinas:Laura Jane Grace: All Fucked OutHiatus Kaiyote & Niki Yang: BMO is BeautifulSideshow: RIP TY RIP RICCOLos Campesionos!: Long ThroesMalignancy: Irradiated MiscreationPrevious Industries: Montgomery WardPedro the Lion: It'll All Work OutFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin' on over there, it's beyond #epic. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!! I think it just moved.I'm always open to listener suggested playlists if you feel you can hang with the host.You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests -- contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

This episode, set to go last week, was interrupted by Covid. It is never nice to have the 'vid, but it's receding and we're set to get the Magic Organ back out there.We kick it off with some metal from Thou (heavy metal is good for you, as is eating bitter vegetables), and head out with some funky and poppy hip hop from Rapsody, then a track from Fenya Rai, a group updating older Catalan folk songs. From there we get some some heavy post love diva dancefloor banging from Becky Hill and we must not skip the Northern Irish hooligans Kneecap trafficking in a variety of themes on their track, Drug Dealin Pagans.Thanks for listening, keep your masks on cuz Covid blows.Excerpts from this episode:Thou: Emotional TerroristRapsody: Black PopstarFenya Rai: La GalindainaBecky Hill: Outside of LoveAndra Day: NarcosKneecap: Drug Dealin PagansU-Ziq: Imperial CrescentFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin' on over there, it's beyond #epic. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!! I think it just moved.I'm always open to listener suggested playlists if you feel you can hang with the host.You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests -- contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

Oh, we've got an episode perfectly matched to the mood of late summer.Kick it off with some super funky techno, into some wild ass video game flavored African music, onto some highlife, into some Moroccan gnawa music, build towards the finish with some modern party reggae, and go out on the cumbia tip.You can't beat it with a stick, tbh.If you want to be on the show, if you're a music obsessive, hey just do it, hit me with 6 of your banging-est bangers and see if you make the grade. That's how we do it here on The Magic Organ.Excerpts from this episode:Logic 1000: side by sideSisso & Maiko: KibokoOkwy Osadebe and Highlife Soundmakers International: IfunanyaAsmaa Hamzaoui and Bnat Timbouktou: Lalla RkiaJahill & Marina P: Miss & Mister Rub-a-dubKumbia Boruka: Santa SuerteFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin' on over there, it's beyond #epic. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!! I think it just moved.You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests -- contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

This summer has been fruitful in terms of new music and this episode is the kickoff of a flurry of episodes to conclude this season of listening. Whereas I found a ton of amazing African music last summer this summer the action has been spread across more genres.We kick it off with some funky techno, head into some sweet roots reggae, back into techno but a bit more raucous, into the indie, take a turn with some stripper pole electro funk and end up with some weird mostly acapella indie.Thanks for listening, spread the word and stay safe out there.Excerpts from this episode:Lil Silva: Done HeavyMighty Joshua: SometimesM. Wagner: Marcy AvShannon & The Clams: Big WheelLindigo: TiakoNikki Nair: ProwlerAnastasia Coope: Woke up and No FeetFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin' on over there, it's beyond #epic. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!! I think it just moved.You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests -- contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

Episode 82 kicks off with some minimalist instrumental funk, segues into medium laidback African music out of Senegal, dips into some dark indie from Big Brave, and on and on it goes for 13 minutes. The episode concludes with some electronic metal out of Kenya and nothing signifies where The Magic Organ is at more than a tune by an African metal musician that is distorted and aggro but surely is not typical metal! The Magic Organ is unaffiliated with the corporate bastards who are presently running the music business deeper into the toilet, it is an independent effort focused on quality over genre. Ask yourself who else is trafficking as widely as The Magic Organ? C'mon now, the answer is nobody, nobody comes close to The Magic Organ in terms of what's in the flavor packet.Thanks for listening.Excerpts from this episode:Karate Boogaloo: One Hand One BounceTidiane Thiam: Neene AfricaBig Brave: Not Speaking of the WaysFacta: EmelineSam Gendel and Same Wilkes: Rugged RoadLord Spikeheart: DjangiliFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin' on over there, #epic. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!! I think it just moved.You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests -- contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

There was music before the internet and a lot of it was really good. This week we feature tracks from Portugal, Russia, America, Israel, and Sweden. All bangers but the opening track is especially hot.Thanks for listening and stay safe out there.Excerpts from this episode:Shegundo Galarza: O PezinhoIvan Rebreff: Cossacks Must RideLionel Hampton: Flying HomeLev Ran Choir: N/A (record face is in Hebrew)Ake Gronberg: Calle Schewens ValsDisco Around the Globe (Compilation): DancingFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin' on over there, #epic. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!! I think it just moved.You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests -- contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

A response to our last episode focusing on the sad ass music department picks at the New York Times. This by no means exhaustive set of bangers is part of The Magic Organ's continuing mission to present music that moves people, both asses and minds.We kick off with some delightfully funky dumpster electronic, pop out a nugget for all the rockers out there, head into some pumped up dancefloor melancholia, get the horns up with a track from Gatecreeper's new record, on and on and on. 13 minutes of blast furnace levels of heat, Death Valley heat, etc.The focus is not on genre or marketing budget but whether it gets you moving.Thanks for listening.Excerpts from this episode:Nikki Nair: ProwlerCharles Moothart: Hold OnBecky Hill & Sonny Fodera: Never Be AloneGatecreeper: OblivionShabazz Palaces: AngelaFlowdan: Do My TingFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin' on over there, #epic. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!! I think it just moved.You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests -- contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

Imagine if the New York Times recommended passionate music, extreme music, and music reflecting the human condition. But alas it is not to be. Today we cruise through the 8 of the NY Times' best tracks of the first half of 2024. If you disagree with my assessment of this bag of tracks, I will invite you on the podcast to discuss it if you make sense. Part of what makes being a sports fan great is the trash talking of athletes, journos and fans, while in the sphere of music the vast majority of fans lap up whatever gruel is placed in front of them. Next week I will push up some of my favorite tracks from the first half of the year and it will not be a flaccid playlist, it will be bumpin'.Thanks for listening.Excerpts from this episode:Sabrina Carpenter: EspressoTyla: SaferAriana Grande: we can't be friendsBillie Eilish: THE GREATEST Zsela: Fire ExcapeKacey Musgraves: Deeper WellBeyonce: 16 CARRIAGESMk.gee: Little Bit MoreFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin' on over there, #epic. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!! I think it just moved.You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests -- contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

There's the good heat from bangin' new music and there's the bad heat that will f*cking kill you and sometimes we have both. Let's hope for more heat between the musical humans and the listening humans and less heat from the planet (which is our fault, the fossil fuel humans). Stay safe out there.Summer 2023 was full of world music hot rocks and we can only hope for a repeat of that in 2024. We kick it off with the eternally partyistic Omar Souleyman, hit a little hop from Armand Hammer, some indie from Lord knows where (because I listen to so much music), some retro funk from the Silver Skylarks, and we take you out with a 5 minute double shot of my favorite jazz record thus far this year, the 58 minute monster shot from Ahmed out of the UK. It's hard to explain how these guys take jazz and blow it to the moon and back so please check that out.Thanks for listening!Excerpts from this episode:Omar Souleyman: Male AtabArmand Hammer: When It Doesn't Start With a KissBlue Bendy: Mr. BubblegumSilver Skylarks: Number One Set and Sound(Ahmed): Wood BluesFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin' on over there, #epic. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!! I think it just moved.You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests -- contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

Welcome back and we are on the threshhold of the summer of '24. The new music is heating up not quite as fast as the climate but we're just pretending climate change isn't happening because it's a #sadface bummer.Another 13 minute music bomb from all over -- hip hop from Shabazz Palaces, traditional Mexican music from Cana Dulce y Cana Brava, onto some guitar driven world music/rock from Somaliland, some ambient cello business from NYC (go 5 boroughs!!), to some pop punk from Minneapolis, to the cradle of dub/electronic music from long standing reggae superstars The Aggrovators! Yikes, what a sentence.Thanks for listening and stay hydrated, it's gonna be a hottie!Excerpts from this episode:Shabazz Palaces: AngelaCana Dulce y Cana Brava: El PalomoSahra Halgan: Som hanyariMIZU: Realms of PossibilityVIAL: Bottle BlondeThe Aggrovators: Press the Dub AlongFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin' on over there, #epic. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!! I think it just moved.You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests -- contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

Episode 76! Could be a soft launch for summer '24 as we kick this episode off with the UK/Caribbean dancehall stylings of Flowdan with the track Do My Ting. He does his ting, I do my ting here at The Magic Organ, and hopefully you get in the ring and do your ting out there wherever you are.For the 80th gabillionth time, we are committed to quality and not genre, I would play more new indie rock and white people rock if there was more high quality indie rock and white people rock being released. I have to run an affirmative action program for indie rock some episodes that's how lacking some of the indie rock is out there. Take it up with my fellow flour rangers making the indie rock, I go where the quality is. Excerpts from this episode:Flowdan: Do My TingSPRINTS: HeavyPiper Street Sound: A Shadow in AugustMIKE & Tony SeltzerAngelica Garcia: JuanitaAdrianne Lenker: No MachineFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin' on over there, #epic. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!! I think it just moved.You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests --contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

As I initially was constructing this episode I noticed the excellent space rock on offer from Okavango African Orchestra in track 3, and how the Brazilian MCs take American sounds and make them their own in the final track. All these various sounds and sonic subcultures slurping around the interwebz, picked up and checked out by other folks in other places and thereby changed even a wee bit as they spread. It's cool to see creativity in action.I ended up titling this episode Skills and Vibes as it came out whilst I was spieling over the faded tracks and I liked it a whole bunch with it. The crosstalk will continue to occur, it's near the heart of what music makes it onto The Magic Organ.Thanks for listening -- tell your stupid friends.Excerpts from this episode:Tiken Jah Fakoly & Tiggs Da Author: Les MartyrsCharles Moothart: Clock RatsOkavango African Orchestra: Selam KiblakiJohn Thayer & Chris Cochrane: ExcavationMama Sissoko: SafiatouMC L da Vinte & MC Gury: Parado no BailaoFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin' on over there, #epic. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!! I think it just moved.You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests --contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

The Magic Organ returns and if you don't grok the whole 13 minutes (I estimate that to be 1 and one half to 2 toilet sittings depending on diet) make sure you peep the opener by Ahmed Ben Ali as I've been listening to this Liberian reggae dancehall gent do his thing and it is stylish. As usual lots of world music, but not exclusively world music and as we say at the Magic Organ it's not about genre it's about quality. If you want to guest on the show, hit me up, I would love to have a music obsessed guest on the show, otherwise peep and enjoy.Excerpts from this show:Ahmed Ben Ali: Ya Ghalian AlakheeraThe Ex: Requiem For a Rip-OffLoving: MedicineDieuf-Dieul De Thies: AriyoAiace: Se Voce Se For/Citicao: Meia HoraBen Okafor & The Liberators: Beware of the SnakeFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin' on over there, #epic. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!! I think it just moved.You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests --contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

Last week 90+ indie artists pulled out of South By Southwest (SXSW) as it's sponsored this year by defense contractor Raytheon and the U.S. Army.This episode features 6 of those indie artists. I understand my podcast has a small audience but anybody who hears these artists should support them and spread the word about them because they did something good and should be supported for it. Passing up money and high quality exposure is not common these days among musicians, in fact more often than not large corporate artists will happily take gigs with connections to janky death dealing institutions. Beyone, ahem, looking at you.This week you won't get the genre variety but hey folks gotta stick together in these difficult and violent times.Excerpts from this episode:Squirrel Flower: StickThe Armed: Modern VanityRachel Chinouriri: All I Ever AskedHorse Jumper of Love: Gates of HeavenTomato Flower: DestroyerKharma: By Any MeansFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin' on over there, #epic. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!! I think it just moved.You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests --contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

Greetings Magic Organ devotees!! Regular listeners know this is the part where I ramble in an entertaining manner, apologize for mistakes made in the recording of this fine podcast, and talk about how awesome this podcasts is. I believe I put the emphasis on the wrong syllable in the second track Basilisk, quality and transparency matter here at the Magic Organ (unlike Boeing!) and maybe I misprounced Mr. Andrew Ashong's name (track 5), I'm not sure.We kick it off with some energetic shit kicking music from the Dead South, head into some instrumental fund from Orgone, hit the techno dancefloor with the track 'Protection', check out some Latin/electronic drama with a track called Ranita Verde and we just go on and on from there, boom all genres out the window it's just a question of quality.Excerpts from this episode:The Dead South: 20 Mile JumpOrgone: BasiliskJohn Tejada and Silent Servant: ProtectionBarzo and Guadalupe Urbina: Ranita VerdeRian Treanor and Ocen James: AgoyaAndrew Ashong, Kaidi Tatham and Shy One: Learning LessonsThe Dead South: Where Has The Time ComeFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin' on over there, #epic. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!! I think it just moved.You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests --contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

Episode 71, you can't stop the underground bangers -- it's a tidal wave!!! I can barely contain these 13 minute podcasts as they are bursting with farm fresh musical flavors and creativity.We kick it off with some outstanding guitar work out of the Congo, head into to some dub from a Puerto Rican musician, onto some ambient shitkicking out of Virginia, more reggae-dub flavors out of the UK, indie out of Washington DC (I make a little fun of the indie conceit but I do dig the tune), then wrap it up with some heaviness out of Toronto.Once again proving The Magic Organ is nothing if not worldwide. Tune in, tune out, can you dig it?Excerpts from this episode:Vumbi Dekula: ZukuPachyman: Trago CoquetoDaniel Bachman: Till the Roses Come AgainCreation Rebel: Salutation GardensSoft Punch: FineThantifaxath: Hungry GhostsFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin' on over there, #epic. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!! I think it just moved.You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests --contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

America hates everything that doesn't make a ton of money, music maybe most of all. Who cares if 'Merka hates underground music, maybe deep down they realize what an utter crock of shit corporate music really is? Worse and less satisfying than a McDonald's burger, flatter too. We do what we do during every episode, we kick it without regard for genre, location, race or class. Starting with some female led hip hop, moving on to some more African music from '23, into the metal chaos, out into a mash of Mexican music and American banjo playing, hit the dancefloor and out on a world music stylistic mash.Who could ask for more? Please keep in mind you won't like this unless you let go of the idea that the quality of a piece of music is tied in any way to money.Excerpts from this episode:H31R: BackwardsChouk Bwa & The Angstromers: Vini We MFabricant: Demigod PrototypeLarry & Joe: Caballo ViejoSurusinghe: BetLadaniva: ManoushakFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin' on over there, #epic. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!! I think it just moved.You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests --contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

We continue with the celebration of all the great music that came out in 2023. Billy Woods continued with his sizzling string of hot records, the Kara Jackson record is beautiful, Homeboy Sandman is completely underrated and The Coral, so far into their career, released a great The Coral record.I'm a finicky fckr so for me to go on and on about how much great music came out in 2023 is a sign of how much great music came out in 2023!Check it out, spread it around. #culture #newmusicExcerpts from this episode:billy woods & Kenny Seagal: Rapper WeedBandit: Butterfly KnifeKara Jackson: no fun/partyZiur & Abdullah Miniawy: MalikanHomeboy Sandman: Off the RipThe Coral: Wild BirdTeke::Teke: Gotoku LemonFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin on over there. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!!You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests --contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

Part 3 of The Magic Organ's end of year roundup is here and now. Be careful and don't shit your pants in complete and total amazement.Summer 2023 was an avalanche of incredible African music but other genres, most notably electronic music, were bumping along as well. And don't sleep on the Liturgy album, it's a banger.I say unto ye focus on quality and not on genre and that will produce much happiness for you in 2024.Excerpts from this episode:Groundation: Between Earth and ZionLCY: BelieveLiturgy: DjennarationAlogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy: Doose MamAltinbas: Second Wind Nana Benz du Togo: TousseFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin on over there. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!!You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests --contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

I am a finicky ass mofo and yet there will be many more rounds of The Magic Organ Roundup as 2023 was an incredible year for new music.This episode does the usual Magic Organ thing, lots of energy, lots of genres and feelings. The whole point is not to make money but to feel something.Enjoy your holidays and find some new music!Excerpts from this episode:Alex Figueira: Blowing Up GatesAngel Bat Dawid: INTROIT Joy n' Suffrin'Conjunto Media Luna: Pajarito GolindrinaSkech185 & Jeff Markey: East Side SummerNathan Fake: Crystal VisionKing Ayisoba: Namba SonneFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin on over there. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!!You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests --contact me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org

Let it begin! The Magic Organ Best of 2023 Part 1. I picked all the records for this episode but especially rocked the Son Rompe Pera record and the Liv.e record in early 2023. Just so you know.Excerpts from this episode:Son Rompe Pera: ChuchaBlak Flower: Magma Liv.e: Heart Break EscapeHorse Lords: Comradely ObjectsMizmor & Thou: Myopia schroothoop: Cheval OrangeFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin on over there. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!!You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests --contact me at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org

The episode title says it all, the Year End Roundup comes after this episode but do not sleep on this episode as a couple of the tracks here are from records that will make the year end list, the James Holden recording and the Justin Walter ambient solo synth record.In addition we got a little slinky hip hop, some cumbia (that record could make the list too!), a tasty track from PJ Harvey -- oy, I believe I got the song title and the record title confused during my overdub action, and finally Open Mike Eagle who we try to spin frequently.We (me) love to celebrate not the monolithic artists like Taylor Swift and the Beyonce and the Drake -- it's a bit of a tough sell to define them as artists these days, but the indie and everyday artists putting out inspirational tracks.Behold the Magic Organ as it sprays its bounty of fat tracks all over the peasants of this world.Excerpts from this episode:James Holden: Contains MultitudesOtis Mensah and the intern: bruiser bbNemegata: Cumbia en MarteJustin Walter: New PadsPJ Harvey: All SoulsOpen Mike Eagle: mad enough to aim a pyramid at youFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin on over there. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!!You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests --contact me at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org

Inspired by ongoing events in the world The Magic Organ is opposed to all warring and violence. We approve only of dropping the bomb on one's own self and moving towards being a better person with better values and less violence inside you. Of course, by this we mean killing as there are many among us who could use a good dirtnap/adjustment.We kick it off with a track from the new Dengue Fever record, move onto a track off an amazing reissue of East African Music on the Coloimbian Coast, into some pumped to the max UK-Carib dancefloor banging, into more UK betwixt genres but a lot of improv, into some mind washing ambient music and finishing out with another positive dancefloor number.Tell your stupid friends about this episode. Hey I heard this new music podcast, homie knows his shit, check it out. Excerpts from this episode:Dengue Fever: Macho Purple HotspotOrchestre Shika-Shika: DiabanzaEVM128: UK BrukersAlabaster Deplume: To That Voice and SayLia Kohl: The Moment a ZipperLogic1000: Grown On MeFeel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin on over there. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!!You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Questions, comments, review requests --contact me at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org

First off the mistakes. I say in this episode that the Nihiloxica tune is off a remix album and it's not, it's off their new record called Source of Denial which just came out on Crammed Discs and you should check that record out. That's how it works with the mistakes, those folks who get victimized get some added mentions in the show notes.The Hella record is called Hold Your Horse Is and that just mentally hosed the voice changer which didn't understand the joke/pun so if you get that far that's the reason for that mangle. If that's any indication of the humorlessness of the incoming AI then we are f*cked. #sadfaceOtherwise we got a whiter, more Anglo episode, it's not purposeful, what you get is the best of what I hear and I listen to a lot, a whole lot. The new Coral record is banging, they have a way with the arranging that is special, we go into the Roisin Murphy record which sports tasty sounds, head out to Eastern Europe ambient jam action, some reissue math rock/punk straight into the ramped up Cali singalong punk, starting to push across the finish line with the hand drumming electronic outfit from Togo/Benin Nihiloxica and finishing up with some retro folk action from P.G. Six.Enjoy all the sounds and the genres and you know appreciate musicians, you can't do what these folks do.Excerpts from this episode:The Coral: Wild BirdRoisin Murphy: Hurtz So BadAndra Ljos: Gemerzek SettlementsHella: Been a Long Time CousinJeff Rosenstock: HeadNihiloxica: Source of DenialP.G. Six: Leaves Hey, feel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin on over there. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!!You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Tell your stupid friends about this episode. Hey I heard this new music podcast, homie knows his shit, check it out.Questions, comments, review requests --contact me at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org

Released Monday September 4, 2023 -- Labor Day!!! So let's honor the labor of musicians who in our current music business regime often labor for fractions of pennies. Oh no politics!I freeball all my commentary and alas I make mistakes. I mistakenly say in this episode that the second group Teke::Teke is from Japan because they have a female singer with a Japanese accent. This outfit is from Canada and their new record sounds like Captain Beefheart's car smashed into a bus with some Japanese flavors in it. I say on the spot that it's a Shonen Knife-Captain Beefheart car crash but it's more art school rock than punk rock. So be it.We kicked it off with some hot dancehall, segue into some retro art school rock from Teke::Teke, pack the summer of '23 with more awesome African music, cough up a little bit of indie flavor for the white folks out there, sample some nihilistic stoned out hip hop from the non-normie artist name ICYTWAT, and wrap it up with some metal from Horrendous'new album, Ontological Mysterium. Yowsa what a mouthful.All good stuff, always multi-genre.Excerpts from this episode:Vybz Kartel: Weed SmokerTeke::Teke: Gotuko LemonAheema Nwomkro: Yebre Ma Owuodream TX: in too deepICYTWAT: They don't hear meHorrendous: Neon LeviathanYou can reach me at skeptical.chimp@disroot.org or not. Or you can get bent, I'm fine with that as well.

Oh man, late summer 2023!!! Hot enough for you? The sheer volume of insanely great music out of Africa has been the listening highlight of this summer for me, but let's be honest most folks are not that sophisticated or adventurous enough to listen outside of the various lanes and channels created for them by the music industry. I urge you not to stay in your lane, it's boring, and you create a boring life.Still, we get a little North Africa in the hizzy with the Charif Megarbane track Tarator in the third position I say don't sleep on Homeboy Sandman's new album Rich, he's a clever MC, funny and smart. Otherwise the episode kicks off with a track out of Berlin, an interesting mash of electronic and other sounds, a little Caribbean dancefloor bangin', old school punk it goes on an on and cuz that's how the Magic Organ rolls.As for the title I recently read a blog post where the writer described large music stars in America as cult leaders, actively cultivating their fans (no pun!), and it ends up more about some weird relationship and status thing, and oy The Magic Organ is vehemently opposed to that. That's why the Magic Organ hates both Drake and Tay Tay, it's a cult!!! Music is music, it's something humans have done for centuries, once and still with drums, but also with whatever tools they have humans have they will make music. And it doesn't have to be some weird cult. Enjoy the music (not the cult!)Excerpts from this episode:Ziur: MalikanHomeboy Sandman: BiologyCharif Megarbane: TaratorBAMBII: Wicked GyalSnooper: Bed BugsNicolas Bougaieff: Recursive 4of Tropique: Great Booga LoogaHey I usually put a bunch of spiel down here but let's not do that. If you want to reach the Magic Organ email skeptical.chimp@disroot.org.

I got the idea for this episode in the middle of a global heat wave and though the scorching temps seem to be dying down a bit, the music out of Africa this summer has been hot hot hot.With the exception of the third excerpt from BKO the rest of these records were released this summer and that's pretty damned impressive. I can't say I've heard five rock records out of the U.S. or the U.K. that come close to this level of funkiness, entertainment and listener satisfaction.From the toasting, Devo-esque tunes of the first group, Nana Benz du Togo to the variety on the new African Head Charge record, to the sheer prog like virtuosity of the new record from Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy feel free to get your peep on.Excerpts from this episode:Nana Benz du Togo: TousseYamaya: KarmaBKO: BamakoAfrican Head Charge: I'm a WinnerAlogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy: Doose MamJantra: OzaliHey, feel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin on over there. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!!You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Tell your stupid friends about this episode. Hey I heard this new music podcast, homie knows his shit, check it out.Questions, comments, review requests --contact me at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org

Have you ever hung out with an investment banker? I have had that great misfortune and it does indeed make you appreciate musicians because bankers are boring af. So if you can get your head arount that comparison and manage to get around the stereotype that musicians are lazy do nothings, try to appreciate musicians who do something to make the world more tolerable.This week we do what we do, we roll around genre wise kicking it off with some hip hop, roll into some cumbia out of Colombia, a rare indie electronic track, some reggae and we spin out from there.Hey Happy July 4th, don't blow your fingers off!Excerpts from this episode:Kool Keith: E-L-V-I-S 2Conjunto Media Luna: Conjunto Media LunaJohn Grant & Creep Show: MoneybackGroundation & Brain Damage: ForgivenessRufus Wainwright: Going to a TownLCY: Bad BloodLiturgy: Before I Knew the TruthHey, feel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin on over there. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!!You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Tell your stupid friends about this episode. Hey I heard this new music podcast, homie knows his shit, check it out.Questions, comments, review requests --contact me at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org

It's been a bit, I was out going to multiple Taylor Swift shows as part of her gigantic, man what an artiste!!!!We are back in the saddle for the summer and bringing the flavors. We got some South Asian ambient music kicking us off and then we just shred, shred away into some African into the metal in and out of some this and that, it's action packed you shitheads!Excerpts from this episode:Ruhail Quaisar: The Abandoned Hotels of ZangstiInna Baba Coulibally: Asina LeyleBernice: Second JudyDemonstealer: The Fear CampaignBeta Librae: Dance ClassAlex Figueira: Longe Westerman: GiveHey, feel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin on over there. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!!You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. God forbid.Tell your stupid friends about this episode. Hey I heard this new music podcast, homie knows his shit, check it out.Questions, comments, review requests --contact me at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org

Episode 57! Peep the fancy Latin episode title this week and bask in the old school vibes. It translates to 'against endless repetition' and it's a sentiment worth spreading around. It was inspired by the short except in this episode by Angel Bat Dawid: 'This endless repetition is like a Chain around the Spirit. And it is a reflection of the denial of the future to the Negro in the American way of life.' In the episode I left out the second part of the title due to a screenshot I do of the playlist every time I record an episode. That is the whole title, it's awesome, all the titles and the music on the record are great and I have given Ms. Dawid extra space in the show notes here as a form of amends for my error. There's other great music in this episode and I hope you enjoy it and appreciate both the variety and the quality.Excerpts from this episode:Benefits: WarhorseNathan Fake: Boss CoreProtoje: HillsGEL: BitchmadeAngel Bat Dawid: This endless repetition is like a Chain around the Spirit. And it is a reflection of the denial of the future to the Nego in the American way of life.Bassidi Kone: Wawe A HereModern Cosmology: Consent for LifeHey, feel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin on over there. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!!You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you.  Tell your stupid friends about this episode if you even have any friends, no offense.Questions, comments, review requests --contact me at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org

Episode 56: Winter 23 Besties!When it comes 'round to the best of/end of year lists for music the lists are tilted towards releases from the second half of the year. The Magic Organ aims to rectify that sitch with this episode, Winter '23 Besties.Mistakes, I always rectify my mistakes in the show notes. I got my band name and album name mixed up for the the band Son Rompe Pera and the album entitled Chimborazo. My apologies to the band and they get an extra shout out.Excerpts from this episode:Skech185 & Jeff Markey: East Side SummerSon Rompe Pera: Cumbia is the New PunkLa Roche: Esperimante AbbeKing Ayisoba: People Talk Too MuchLiv.e: ClownsDepraved Murder: False AdorationHey, feel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin on over there.  Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!!You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org

Episode 55: Give 'Em the Business! The internet's only 13 minute multi genre new music podcast returns with another backpack full of bangers. We kick it off with some organic, janky electronic music from Japan, head into some junk funk from the Netherlands, get down for a bit of roots and culture, give a quick shout to Satan, get a little Brazilian lushness oozing across the brain pan, and head out with some chill sitch country music from a Canadian gent.Yes, yes the Magic Organ is worldwide. Enjoy this music if you can, spread the word if you can, stream these artists if you can!Excerpts from this episode:YoshimiOizumikiYoshiduO: yO Meschroothoop: Cheval OrangeEarthKry: Soon ComeAn Abstract Illusion: SlavesAna Moura: CalungaDoug Paisley: Rewrite HistoryHey, feel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. Or 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!!You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org

Episode 54! The War Against Boring. I guess the most boring thing to do right here in this space is to say everything sucks and it's boring but if I've joined the fight against boring I wouldn't do the predictable boring thing but say hey there's a lot of reasons why things can get so boring, have some sympathy for all the folks out there who struggle to get by and you're a jerk asking them to entertain you, and that the machine (our society) that produces all this boring, predictable culture is very complex. Whew, boring may be boring but the reasons why are certainly not.I hope this episode doesn't bore you!Excerpts from this episode:Arif Merbaghi: Begging the MoonMizmor & Thou: Drover of ManShovel Dance Collective: II: In Charlestown there Dwelled a LassChrisman: Haaa-HoooMaxo: Both HandedHorse Lords: Mess MendsHey, feel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. Or 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!!You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org

Episode 53! Always be projecting, as in always be pushing new flavors out there into the world. Kinda random title, but hey there's a lot of randomness going on out there.This episode kicks off with a new favorite record just released by Liv.e, a rich stew of funk/r&b/soul/electronic music. It's a great record full of bangers. Then some Mediterranean dancefloor banging into some proggy, funky shredding and on and on it goe, you know how the Magic Organ does it.Excerpts from this episode:Liv.e: Wild AnimalsSatellites: Disko ArabesquePolyphia: GenesisScreaming Females: Brass BellAcid Arab: Ras El AinGaston de la Cruz Quintet: HamalHey, feel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. Or 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!!You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org

Episode 52, a celebration of a music podcast episode without any Grammy award winners or nominees. I thnk Fantastic Negrito was nominated for a Grammy award last year and I like his last record but it's not often that I traffic in it!Why be proud of being Grammy free??!! Cuz you know a lot of this mainstream music business is about booty and money and drama and business and not so much if at all about music. Musicians who shall remain nameless using their records to sell clothes and sneakers and intimate apparel. Weird.In this episode we kinda roll in the chill sitch part of town, some nostalgic jazz from Sam Sadigursky, some ambient (I love me some ambient music), some Latin Jazz and we finish up with Oddisee, an incredibly musical hip hop gent who stuff his arrangements almost beyond belief.Excerpts from this episode:Leikeli47: Chitty BangLila Tirando a Violeta: Tungsten TearsSam Sadigursky: Fallsburg StepsBen Bondy: WishDavid Virelles: PorticoBlack Flower: Half LiquidOddisee: Already KnewHey, feel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. Or 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!!You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org

Episode 51, first episode of 2023! It has been a while and we are now (hopefully) up with our new podcast hosting service. The Magic Organ is a one person operation so all administrative, technical, creative, editing and plumbing issues all flow downhill to one sap.Episode 51, Mixed Bangers, is the result of a lot of year end list listening. We kick it off with Systema Solar out of Colombia, get into more dancefloor banging with some NYC techno from Louie Vega and it just goes on and on from there.Excerpts from this episode:System Solera: Comer de VerdadLouie Vega: All My LoveLa Roche: Liye LiyeAshenspire: Plattenbau Persephone PraxisKassmasse & Protoje: Mela MelaWesli: Kay Koule TroubaHey, feel free to follow me on the Insta as themagic_organ. Or 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!!You can find these artists on bandcamp and streaming outlets. You can support them by listening and telling your friends. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org!

Episode 50! It would be a wee bit extra to go for the Best of 2022 Part 4, so we end the year with a Christmas metaphor of wrapping something up and opening something up. Happy New Year and good ridd

Episode 49: Best of 2022 Part 3! People are grooving on the Magic Organ best of year episodes, we appreciate all listeners joining the party, and we're sporting a different look than a lot of the othe

Episode 48: Best of 2022 Part 2! First off the mistakes. I pay tribute to the Spanish language World Cup broadcaster, I don't know his nationality but I don't think he's Spanish. Secondly, the last

Episode 47: We kick off the best time of the year to be a music listener -- year end best of lists and podcasts! And I know we're early but the plan is to have 3 best of 2022 episodes to finish off

Episode 46! Free Speech. What with the sale of Twatter to the world's richest man there's a lot buzz about free speech or the lack thereof. What to make of it? More beefing I'm guessing.What abou

Episode 45! The Magic Organ Bucket 1! I have a playlist called Magic Organ bucket and I toss tunes into that bucket as I listen when the playlist for the current podcast is already full up. This epi

Episode 44! Entitled Brisk, no fucking around, we just get in there spinning and spinning. Same party spirit served up with a little bit less random nonsense.Hey, feel free to follow me on the Ins

Episode 43!!! The Guardian is running a series of articles about changing music listening habits and they suggested asking friends (aka the human algorithm) for music recommendations. I'm your rando

Episode 42!!! When you realize there's a lot of shit to listen to and ask are you growing those two things are related and shit.Most of me is in this podcast for the shits and giggles and a small p

Episode 41!!! We celebrate Labor Day 2022 in a variety of ways. First, I'm still working on delivering the Magic Organ fresh to your device in the wake of my summer accident. Second, and more impor

Episode 40!!! I fell off an 8 foot high roof and broke some ribs, dislocated my shoulder, and punctured a lung. #sadface Oh Lord it has been a painful coupla weeks but better late than never as we a

Episode 39!! That's so close to 40. Like 1 away from 40, oh what a trip we've been on with the Magic Organ. Today we rock a super innovative concept -- we play music from different places in differ

Episode 38! I can't be the only one out here feeling it. The stagnation, the loss of rights, the peak stupidity, and the cruelty of our society. What can be done? A podcast to podcast battle to kee

Episode 37! Many of the songs in this week's podcast relate to the extreme bullshit going on all around us. Cracker Island? Yes sir! Violent by Design? Yes! New Wage Slavery? You betcha! Don't

Episode 36! Upon listening to an episode of Useful Idiots and hearing a podcast ad describing a podcast as 'actionable frickin content' I dropped everything, shat my pants, and howled at the moon 'Th

Episode 35!! The massive organ part that opens up this episode inspired the title. All hail the Magic Organ!!! And if thou artst inclined to hail The Magic Organ feel free to cough up 5 shits on th

Episode 34!! From the very beginning the Magic Organ has been about enjoying the full spectrum of music in the face of our collapsing society. Not just the climate change and fire seasons and the br

Episode 33!! There's nothing finer than a 13 minute podcast comprised of half dollar bin vinyl record jams and half new jams. You get the variety, the excitement, the celebration of various musical

Episode 32!! Bangers here, get your bangers here!! We got ambient music from Colombia, hip hop from NYC, free jazz from Sweden, fra fra from Ghana, metal from the UK and instrumental hip hop from Pa

Episode 31! Today's episode kicks off with some worthy sentiments from hip hop artist Ibiss. He says, 'Here are three principles we could at least check out -- silence, giving you room to listen.

Episode 30! Just takin' a break from this toilet world. Excerpts from this episode: Kalisway: Hit 'em with the Funk VTSS: Propaganda of Success Moonchild Sanelly: Covivi King Jammy: Track and Trace Dub Thiago Franca & A Espetacular do Franca: Carnaval Arco Iris Lalalar: Abla Deme Lazim Olur Azu Tiwaline and Labdi: Hewa As for the usual spieling do we not mix it up genre wise? Uh, duh! Do we not honor all the folks making all different types of music? Absotitly. We all about all the music and bake that into every loaf of the Magic Organ. You can find these artists on bandcamp and elsewhere. You can stream them, you can support them. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast inspire you. If you feel the urge gimme 5 shits on the iTunes and render unto me my cyber cookie. Join your host, The Magic Organ Guy aka The Skeptical Chimp aka Rando Music Guy for devastational fades and spot on nonsense. As usual we're hung up on quality, not on genre. Thanks for listening! Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

Episode 29!!! Regular listeners of The Magic Organ know that we don't do themes -- songs with the word 'bleed' in them, best songs about love, yadda yadda yadda. This week we refer to the impact of c

Episode 28!!! Inspired by a recent viewing of the 2019 music documentary White Riot (a musical movement against racism in the UK in the late '70s and early '80s) Episode 28 is entitled Music Against S

Episode 27!!! I did not make any major artist/band name fuckups while commentating this episode so there's that. The music in this episode helps with the coming down from the end of one wave while waiting to see what's gonna happen next. Big ambient feels people. As always the focus is not me and my brand of stupid but the music. If you feel the urge gimme 5 shits on the iTunes and give me my cyber cookie for my efforts. Excerpts from this episode: Pan Daijing: Ran Combo Chimbita: Oya Okkyung Lee: In Stardust (For Kang Kyung-ok) Shinichi Atobe: Love of Plastic 6 Tim Hecker: Left On The Ice Jake Blount: Roustabout You can find these artists on bandcamp and on streaming stores. You can stream them, you can support them. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast push you in that direction. Join your host, The Magic Organ Guy aka The Skeptical Chimp aka Rando Music Guy for devastational fades and spot on nonsense. As usual we're hung up on quality, not on genre. Thanks for listening! Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

Episode 26! I roll the music in the episode and freeball my commentary, if you can call it that! This week I made multiple freeballing mistakes. First off, I said Had Palmer when it's Hap Palmer in

Episode 25! Our first episode of 2022 and we're calling it PMA Cafe! Positive Mental Attitude. We're friggin' deep in a Covid wave but The Magic Organ keeps on spinning the high quality jams to help

Episode 24! Last episode of 2021 and it's appropriately entitled Wipe and Flush! All manner of shits happened this year but The Magic Organ just kept on spinning the high quality jams to help you thr

Episode 23! Hey hey hey, here we are at 2021's second to last episode. We have big fun waiting for the new Covid variant to show up and kill tons of people. It's a classic mix and match sample pack this week with some chilll retro r&b from Nick Hakim, First Peoples dancefloor banging from DJ Shub, some metal (horns up!) and on and on we go. You can find these artists on bandcamp, you can stream them, you can support them. You can celebrate what they do! Let this shitass 13 minute podcast push you in that direction. Excerpts from this episode: Nick Hakim: Qadir DJ Shub: Calling All Dancers Knocked Loose: God Knows aya: dis yacky Nilotika Cultural Ensemble: Ghetto People Doran: Our Captain Called All Hands Join your host, The Magic Organ Guy aka The Skeptical Chimp aka Rando Music Guy for devastational fades to help you face the collapse of human civilization. And as usual we're hung up on quality, not on genre. Thanks for listening! Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

Episode 22! For those not well served by the American school system, a squeegee or squilgee is a tool with a flat, smooth rubber blade, used to remove or control the flow of liquid on a flat surface. It is used for cleaning and in printing. And the J-Man is Jesus, son of God. This episode is about both a children's tune for a childish society and a few tunes with God in the title. Please remember The Magic Organ's master plan is to celebrate music based on its quality and how it moves listeners, not with themes such as best guitar solo ever, sexiest singer, etc. You, the listener, can always step outside the buffet line and explore, learn about yourself and what you like and what moves you. You can do that! And let this shitass 13 minute podcast help push you in that direction. Excerpts from this episode: Squeegee the Happy Clown Mwanke Ndosi and Body MemOri: underinside climbing Eli Keszler: God Over Money Portrayal of Guilt: Sadist Marisa Anderson and William Tyler: News About Heaven Kari Faux: While God was Sleepin' (Remix) Join your host, The Magic Organ Guy aka The Skeptical Chimp aka Rando Music Guy for devastational fades to help you face the collapse of human civilization. And as usual we're hung up on quality, not on genre. Thanks for listening! Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

Episode 21! It's just above 40 degrees in the Magic Organ podcast headquarters but the music is, as usual, hot hot hot. With the inclusion of the illuminati hotties towards the end of this episode and previous references to QAnon (I am indeed Q) the question remains 'is there some nefarious plan vis a vis the Magic Organ?' Yes, the plan is there's no plan and the goal is to celebrate music, give much needed exposure to hard working musicians and pour some new shit into the domes out there. One more note -- I mistakenly referred to the artist who made the second track as Intra-I. The track is by Theon Cross and the album is called Intra-I and I give an extra shout out to him and his music with this correction. Check him out! Excerpts from this episode: Spencer: Want U Back Theon Cross: We Go Again Moor Mother: Iso Funk Mopcut: Oak Tranche Alewya: Sweating illuminati hotties: Threatening Each Other re: Capitalism Natik Awayez: Barren Cities Join your host, The Magic Organ Guy aka The Skeptical Chimp aka Rando Music Guy for devastational fades to help you face the collapse of human civilization. And as usual we're hung up on quality, not on genre. Thanks for listening! Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

Episode 20! It's Magic Organ time again and this week we do two things. One, we bring back second listens of some of our favorite records of the year thus far and two we fade the shit out of them over the course of 13 minutes. Not just ordinary fades but boom pow dome poppin' fades. Jazz, hip hop, bluegrass, electronic bumpin' and abstract both, and world music we cram it in tight in hopes of getting it into your system. Celebrate music people, not the business of music which is a bag of dicks! Hit me up with your love and your hate as it's such a thin line. Join your host, The Magic Organ Guy aka The Skeptical Chimp aka Rando Music Guy for a bucket of hot nugs to help you face the collapse of human civilization. And as usual we're hung up on quality, not on genre. Thanks for listening! Excerpts from this episode: James Brandon Lewis: Chemurgy L'Orange: I Am Different Sturgill Simpson: Just Let Go Jana Rush: 3 Sarah Terral: Léau fraiche Okute: Quiera La Rumba Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

Episode 19! Whilst I believe I've delivered this podcast episode without file mishaps and with accurate show notes, I did forget to mention during my commentary the Lionmilk excerpt, Morning Conversation as it was playing. It's a chill funk sitch. Otherwise we have a great episode kicked off with solo vibes from, Patricia Brennan, big lyrics from Buffalo's Every Time I Die with 'Planet Shit' and then some bouncing around from hip hop to electronic to North African rock music and out with some Aussie dancefloor bangin'. Hit me up with your love and your hate as it's such a thin line. Join your host, The Magic Organ Guy aka The Skeptical Chimp aka Rando Music Guy for a bucket of genres to welcome the autumn weather, if it goes like that where you are. And as usual we're hung up on quality, not on genre. Thanks for listening! Excerpts from this episode: Patricia Brennan: Blame It Every Time I Die: Planet Shit L'Orange: OK Not Perfect Lionmilk: Morning Conversation Hamdi Benani: Achek Mamhoun Mashd N Kutcher: Get on the Beers Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

Episode 18! Bustin' straight outta the gate with Jana Rush's Moanin' the Magic Organ Guy drops a big ol' bucket of varied funky formulas this week. Lots o' horns, from the opener to the DIY jazz cat Vasconcelos Sentimento, to the Balkan horns or Fanfare Ciocarlia. We conclude the episode with the big horn, the horny as Desire Marea drops a romantic banger to take us out. Hit me up with your love and your hate as it's such a thin line. Join your host, The Magic Organ Guy aka The Skeptical Chimp for a bucket of funk to welcome the autumn weather, if it goes like that where you are. And as usual we're hung up on quality, not on genre. Thanks for listening! Excerpts from this episode: Jana Rush: Moanin' Vasconcelos Sentimento: Movimento Fanfare Ciocarlia: The Patron's Funeral Mick Jenkins: The Fit Dereck Higgins: Flowbe Lord RAJA: Darwin Desire Marea: You Think I'm Horny Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

Episode 17! This week's episode is inspired by Kenya Eugene's opening track 'Bun It.' Crab in a bucket mentality, we bun it. Social injustice, we bun it. And it just rolls on from there. #FreeDanielHale Join your host, The Magic Organ Guy aka The Skeptical Chimp for a respite from all that's going on. And as usual we're hung up on quality, not on genre. Thanks for listening! Excerpts from this episode: Kenya Eugene: Bun It Cryptosis: Death Technology Dijah SB: New Balance JJ Gray and Mofro: Country Ghetto LAttirail: La Main Du Mort Kelly Moran: Helix Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

Episode 16! Despite our inability to act collectively in the middle of a shitass pandemic, forest fires, heat and evacuations of all manner, we can still cyber-congregate and celebrate the human spirit in music. For real. Join your host, The Magic Organ Guy for a respite from all that's going on. And as usual we're hung up on quality, not on genre. Thanks for listening! Excerpts from this episode: Ornette Coleman: Ramblin' Dua Saleh: Sugar Mama Grand Analog: Mutations Prince Fatty: Deep Sleep Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra: Shukri Dvojka Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela: Coconut Jam Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

Episode 15! Situacion de frio. Sociedad colapsada. It's a chill sitch this week with an emphasis on Latin tracks, aka a chill sitch-ito. And as usual we're hung up on quality, not on genre. Thanks for listening! Excerpts from this episode: Nikolaj Hess: Piece Deem Spencer: Stuck on Me Las Cafeteras: La Serena Acid Coco: Siempre En Mi Suenos Quantic & Nidia Gongora: Ballada Boracha Helvetia: Rocks on the Ramp Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

Episode 14: This week we do what we do. We get in, we get out, commando style. We spin tracks, conversate over excerpts, and we try to expand minds through exposure to different combinations of frequencies and voices. Thanks for listening! Excerpts from this episode: Teke Teke: Yoru Ni Sault: Fear Surf Gang: Don't Wanna Wake Up Mad Lib: Great African Leaders Dub Mad Lib: Loose Goose Chris Corsano and Bill Orkutt: Thirteen Ways of Looking Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

Episode 13! We hope music lovers out there are having a great summer. Not exploding from the heat and not swept away by floods. In this timely episode we celebrate former Amazon honcho Jeff Bezos and his upcoming journey to the upper sky in his Blue Origin Penis Rocket. Alexa, fetch me a bald oligarch man-child hurtling skyward. Thanks for listening! Excerpts from this episode: Portia Nelson 2-fer: Out of this World/Take Care of Yourself Julio Jaramillo: Migajas (Crumbs) Sweet Adelines: A Good Man is Hard to Find Cyanide Pills: Can't Get it Up Jah Shaka: Chant Down the Wicked The Magic Organ 2-fer: Sugar Daddy/We Have to Suffer Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

Episode 12! Dedicated to Britney Spears and her struggle to gain control over her life, we acknowledge that America, indeed, loves to eat its own, many of whom make great music. But we also move asses with a banging multi-genre episode. Thanks for listening! Excerpts from this episode: Kid Millions & Jan St. Werner 'Dark Tetrad' James Brandon Lewis 'Jesup Wagon' Demuir 'The Soul That is Techno' Sikka Rhymes 'Love di People' fra fra 'Destiny' Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

Episode 11! We kick off the hot vax summer with five varied bangers designed to activate your insides. Speaking of hot, those of you in Phoenix can listen to episode 11 as the thermometer tickles 120 degrees! Hot enough for ya? Hey, we could do something about this. Excerpts from this episode: Faianatur 'Be Wise' Soul Glo 'Mathed Up' Anz 'Unravel in the Designated Zone' A Tribe Called Red 'Look at This (Remix)' Rim Kwaku Obeng 'Funky Drummer' Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

Episode 10! It's enough to make you tear up. That's okay, grab a tissue, daub those moist eyes, I feel the same. I forgot to mention in my intro that this is a fair use podcast, I'm not in this for the cake. What cake you say? That's right, where's the cake, there ain't been no cake for a long ass time. Excerpts from this episode: Ziwe 'Stop Being Poor' Ruby Karinto 'Ai is a Pencil' Cannibal Corpse 'Slowly Sawn' Dawn Richard 'Voodoo (Outermission) Xenia Rubinos 'Cogelo Suave' Fringe Candidate 'Attention Merchants Zieli Band 'Alley Kat' Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

A reprise for DJ Voices and Deep Creep as I was light in Episode 8 and a return to the end Secondly, when demolishing the microphone I often mangle artist names. The show notes are always correct-- the band name, the tune etc. When you are unleashing Hiroshima levels of energy on the microphone the details can end up less attended to. Excerpts from this episode: DJ Voices and Deep Creep (up on Soundcloud and Youtube) Eddy Current Suppression Ring 'Future Self' Jim Noir 'Upside Down' RAM 'Papa Loko (Se Van)' Anthony Joseph 'Neckbone' The Los Sundowns 'Al Final de la Tarde' Henry Tobias and David Ormont 'The King of the Jungle' Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

This week your host Mr. Chimp praises and celebrates the sonic pu pu platter -- kick back, nibble all the genres and just enjoy the flavors. Other folks refer to the pu pu platter as Cosmo's tidbits and my addled mind changed that to Cosmic tidbits. FYI! Excerpts from this episode: DJ Voices and Deep Creep (up on Soundcloud and Youtube) Yaadcore, Jah 9 and Subatomic Soundsystem 'Police in Helicopter' Matt Wilson 'In the Moment' Feral Ohms 'Value on the Street' Shannon and the Clams 'It's Gonna Go Away' Henry Tobias and David Ormont 'Monkey Business' Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

Join your host Skeptical Chimp this week with a sesh for the normies -- you know, the accountants and the insurance claims adjusters out there, people with cubicle jobs who shower in the morning. Cubicle jobs, the cause of and solution to all of America's problems! Excerpts featured in Sesh 4 Normies: Forro in the Dark 'Forro da Casa Grande' Jake Xerxes Fussell 'Have you ever seen Peaches growing on a sweet potato vine?' Floating Points 'Requiem for CS70 and Strings' Insolito UniVerso 'Pajaro' Canalon de Timbiqui 'De Mar Y Rio' Iglooghost 'Big Protector' Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

Join your host Skeptical Chimp this week for a hip hop flavored empowerment session. You do have the power to listen to new non mainstream music! Believe it. Excerpts featured: Karol Conka 'Gandaia' Open Mike Eagle 'Qualifiers' Serengeti 'The Punks' Homeboy Sandman 'Trauma' Nikki Nair 'Pah' Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

Join your host Skeptical Chimp this week to honor the fighting spirit of the people of Hong Kong by spinning some heavy metal. We also denounce China's dictator Xi 'Winnie the Pooh' Jinping. Who would ever have thought Winnie the Pooh would morph from a children's literary character into a foul dictator? Excerpts featured: Carcass 'The Master Butcher's Apron', Pig Destroyer 'Dirty Knife', Body Count 'Civil War', Baptists 'In Droves, Ultramantis Black 'West Siberian Plain' Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

This week we continue to celebrate how much shit there is to listen to, including bird song vinyl records. Excerpts featured: Azu Tiwaline 'Tight Wind', Billy Nomates 'Hippy Elite', Guy One 'Estre' (featuring Florence Adooni), Drama 'Forever and a Day', Donald J. Borror 'Common Bird Songs' Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

This week we ponder the question: Is More Cheese the Answer? We compare Justin Bieber's latest track 'Anyone' to the ideal grilled cheese sandwich Musical excerpts featured in this episode: Justin Bieber 'Anyone' Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

This week we ponder the question: are their teams in music? If there are teams we do not ponder the repercussions of that in this episode. Musical excerpts featured in this episode: Nihiloxica 'Tewali Sukali' mmmonika 'Don't Do It' Macka B 'Cucumba to Di World' Sturgill Simpson 'Call to Arms' The Ambassador Strings 'He Has to Go' Samora Pinderhughes 'For Those Lost, For Those Taken' Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →

Musical excerpts featured in this episode: Homeboy Sandman 'Extinction' Rando Christians 'Jesus was not an Establishment Man' La Misa Negra 'Misa de Medianoche' Nate Baldwin 'A Great Day to Die' Babylon Trio 'My Crazy Lover' Lou Stallman 'It's Not What You Say' Questions, comments, review requests -- hit me up at skeptical.chimp @disroot.org! Continue reading →