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"The Drop with Danno" on GFN 광주영어방송 98.7FM in Gwangju & 93.7FM in Yeosu, Korea. An eclectic radio curation of all things musical spanning the spectrum every week. Broadcasting 8-10pm KST nightly.
Dec 8, 2022
The Drop with Danno
Object Heavy – Righteous Walk
Swatkins – Don’t Tell You That Enough
Adrian Quesada feat Ikebe Shakedown – Spirits
Dustbowl Revival – Set Me Free
Say She She – Prism
Mark Evich – Prime
Danielle Ponder – Some of Us Are Brave
Bobby Oroza – I Got Love
Robohands feat Aleh – Wildflower
Young Gun Silver Fox – Rolling Back
Lyves – Shame
Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad feat Phil Ranelin - Genesis
I.
It is 20 hours past midnight after a cold day crisp enough to snap something off, and we are ready steady go to warm you up and begin the end for this year with tonight’s programming, scribbled into the clear cold sky as December 8, 2022. Danno here welcome welcome welcome and thank you for joining us on part 1 of our favorites for this year. It is Thursday and that means we get funky for the first half as Dan Lloyd joins us in hour 2 for our AMPED rock weekly. With us just a few weeks away from Christmas and just a skip past that into 2023, it’s time to begin wrapping the gifts and our own favorites for here in 2022 for the full show tonight. Dan Lloyd this week & next will be highlighting some of his favorite singles in the rock realm, while we’re kind of doing a triumvirate of such shows for our funk & soul first hour up until the time Santa’s sleigh starts getting warmed up. So, it’s part one of our favorites for this year for the entirety of the show this week & next, and I’ll continue to do so for a part 3 on the funk & soul side to cover each trimester of goodies from 2022. So, let’s get right into the heavy stuff and go merrily from there, this is Object Heavy incoming so look out below, cuz this is The Drop.
Object Heavy – Righteous Walk
Our Sampled funk & soul Thursday night is on the air proper with part 1 of our triumvirate of shows covering our funky faves for this year. Dan Lloyd is doing the same for this week & next, but he’s got a little review of the reviewers to finish off the year with a little bit of shade before we hit Christmastime and take our year end break.
We just started with Object Heavy, which is a killer band out of Northern California, and that tune was called Righteous Walk to start the show. This is one of the lead singles released thus far to their upcoming album Love & Gravity, which was produced by Kelly Finnigan. Hopefully once they have a release date on the LP, we’ll have them on the gig to bump with us, but the band are still feeling that out so we’ll just have to wait on that.
Sounds very good, though. Once again, Object Heavy love & gravity…keep an ear out on that.
Duly noted, just a quick reminder…#9870 (50/100)…stream
So let’s continue with some more of our funky favorites for this year’s end, and up next we have a trio of tunes from Swatkins, Adrian Quesada and Dustbowl Revival, all of which we’ll discuss further after they, respectfully as listed, do their thing. THIS is The Drop on your Sampled funk & soul favorites Thursday.
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The Drop returns as we begin the end of the first fourth tonight. Danno here, beginning to go through our funky favorites, which we’ll do in three parts up until Christmas for this year, and Dan Lloyd will join us to start his two parter of rock faves for this year starting tonight in part 3 as well. Got that? Mayyyyyybe…anyway, let’s power through, that was…
Swatkins – Don’t Tell You Enough (… so, we finally have a debut LP from the studio master of the keys and talk box as of October 28. The album is called Friends & Other Necessities and features a lot of the artists Swatkins has worked with over the years like Allen Stone, Moorea Masa, and many others. Do check.)
Adrian Quesada feat Ikebe Shakedown - Spirits (…one of the busiest men in music just continues to light up the Christmas tree, and the Black Pumas co-founder just released Jaguar Sound on November 18, if you’d like to check that in full. Really amazing Afro-Latin old school vibes there.)
Dustbowl Revival – Set Me Free (…this is a band that’s hard to put in one category, but is even harder to deny. This is the title track to the band’s EP released on October 28, and that was courtesy of Anti-Fragile Records.)
Quick …#9870, social media.
Alright, so we still got real estate and that’s good because we’re about to throw props to a couple of our favorites. Up next is Say She She with the title track off their stellar debut album Prism, and then we have one of our main men in LA, but certainly the only Russian there we call fam in Mark Evich and we’re going back to April with a tune we debuted right here on The Drop, and part 1’s final cut is called Prime. THIS is The Drop on your Sampled funk & soul faves.
Say She She – Prism
Mark Evich – Prime
II.
Back on The Drop, and we just opened with a rare triangle to get the 2nd can of our nightly four pack cracked right there. Danno here, going through part one of our funk & soul favorites for 2022, and Dan Lloyd will be doing the same with his rock jams of this year coming up in hour 2. As to what just comprised that rare triangle, let’s get into it...
Danielle Ponder – Some of Us Are Brave (…the title track to an absolutely supreme debut album from September right there. The artist used to work as a public defender in upstate NY prior to going for it and moving to the city and becoming a full-time singer. The album, once again is called Some of Us Are Brave, by Danielle Ponder.)
Bobby Oroza – I Got Love (…this was the lead single to our favorite Finnish crooner’s sophomore LP Get Into The Otherside, released on July 10. Another very well-rounded LP from Oroza that we highly recommend, who appears courtesy of Big Crown Records.)
Robohands feat Aleh – Wildflower (…another one of our favorites here, who appeared on the show a couple of years ago. This tune appeared on the artist’s latest LP Violet, and big up to Robohands still doing the do over in London.)
So moving along tonight we took up some real estate with the rare triangle here at the beginning of part 2, and we only have a couple of tunes to play up next from Young Gun Silver Fox along with Lyves. We’ll of course discuss things further after they spin out, but for now this is The Drop on your Sampled funk & soul Thursday night.
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Moving along tonight towards the end of the first half, and for those of you just now getting with the program, it’s the beginning of the end for this year here in 2022. This is part 1 of 3 for our funk & soul favorites here in 2022, and Dan Lloyd will follow with the same, but he’s doing his in two parts this week & next, then throwing some shade at the critical picks for album of the year. As to what just kissed the sky & came back, let’s talk about both of those…
Young Gun Silver Fox – Rolling Back (…the duo of Shawn Lee & Andy Platts are out with a follow-up to the smashing 2020 album Canyons. Their latest and career fourth LP is called Ticket to Shangri-La, another bit of very well-composed funk & soul absolutely drenched in sunshine.)
Lyves – Shame (…this is the tune off the Italia-born, London-based artist’s latest EP Change. If the music feels emotional, it certainly is according to the artist, who says that this mini record is their own heart and soul. Do check in full, always poignant stuff.)
So, we’re heading towards the buzzer and up next we have something very recent from Jazz Is Dead, the label run by Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad. Honestly, we could have just thrown a dart and been perfectly contented with whatever came up, as this is a label truly doing some special stuff this past year and just celebrated their 10th album release. So, we’ll close with a cut called Genesis that features the legendary Phil Ranelin accompanying the Jazz Is Dead crew, and that’ll do it for the first half tonight. This is The Drop and that’s a wrap for our volume 1 favorites.
Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad feat Phil Ranelin – Genesis
III & IV AMPED
Titus Andronicus – I’m Screwed
Placebo – Hugz
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Eddie
Paramore – This is Why
Callous Daoboys – Star Baby
Sanchez. – Feeling
Yard Act – Dead Horse
Wet Leg – UR Mum
Big Thief – Simulation Swarm
PUP – Relentless
White Lung – Date Night
Fontaines DC – I Love You
Titus Andronicus – I’m Screwed
From 7th album The Will to Live (September 30th). Not the band’s finest effort but still a good release that mixes the band’s punk roots with a more accessible arena rock sound.
Placebo – Hugz
From 8th album Never Let Me Go (March 25th). Something of a return to form from the 90s alt rock heroes. It was written and recorded after a 2 year-long Greatest Hits tour, and as a result is more experimental and more of a departure from the band’s best known work. It’s not perfect, but it’s full of highlights, like this one.
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Eddie
From Return of the Dream Canteen (album 13, out in October). This is my favourite of everything the Chili Peppers have put out this year (which is a lot of music!), a terrific tribute to Eddie van Halen complete with a magical guitar solo from John Frusciante.
"Doing that solo was a mind fuck, I'll tell you that. And it was the last solo I did out of all the 48 songs we recorded. I saved it for last, because the idea of having a song about Eddie Van Halen, you're basically saying to people, "Think about Eddie Van Halen." And then when it comes to this long guitar solo at the end, you're going "Now watch this!" And I did not like that idea. I was even thinking of cutting the solo entirely, because I did not know how to go about it. I was trying for a while, and I wasn't happy with anything I was doing. I was either going too far in the Eddie Van Halen direction, to where it was too busy and there was too much two-handed tapping and it didn't sound like me, or I was just doing it and it only sounded like me... in a song about Eddie Van Halen. I just turned off my mind and stopped thinking about it. I stopped being self-conscious about the idea that the song was about Eddie Van Halen and just did what was natural. We were recording, and I took maybe a 15-minute break. And when I came back in, I just did the whole thing in one take. Whatever Eddie Van Halen is in there, it's just there because of my love for his playing since I was eight years old." John Frusciante - Guitar Player Holiday 2022
Paramore – This is Why
Lead single from upcoming eponymous album, out in Feb 2023. Best thing the band has ever done. I’m glad they’ve abandoned the synth-pop of the last couple of releases and even more glad they haven’t gone back to their pop-punk roots. Instead this is a very mature, excellently written and performed indie rock track.
Callous Daoboys – Star Baby
From 2nd album Celebrity Therapist (September 2nd).
Although the band’s genre-defying music sometimes veers to much into novelty territory, there’s no denying the creativity and talent that’s on display in a tune like this. The song starts with vocalist Carson Pace screaming “I want my ice cream!”. That alone warrants a place on this list.
Sanchez. – Feeling
It won’t make any other critics lists, but I’m still really proud of how this turned out. From debut album Burgundy, which came out in February.
Yard Act – Dead Horse
From debut album The Overload (January 21st). I said at the time this was going to be my favourite album of the year, and 11 months on, it probably still is. Definitely my most listened-to. They’ve had an amazing year; Mercury-nominated, performing on US network TV and collaborating with Elton John. It’s nice to have been along for 99% of the ride with this band, and the sky’s the limit for them going forward. Can’t wait to see what they do next.
Wet Leg – UR Mum
From the self-titled debut (April 8th). I don’t think it’s as good as the Yard Act debut, but clearly I’m in the minority as Wet Leg became the indie breakout band of the year. It’s not hard to see why with tracks as catchy as this, and underneath the hooks and clever lyrics there’s a real breadth of indie rock influences on this record. I feel a bit foolish for calling this band a one hit wonder after Chaise Longue’s initial success, but I’m happy to admit being wrong.
Big Thief – Simulation Swarm
From 5th album Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You. Enough superlatives have been used to describe Adrianne Lenker’s songwriting and performances on this album, but it’s the bassline on this song that makes it one of my favourite tunes of the year. It’s absolute genius. The rest of the band doesn’t get half the credit they deserve, but their creativity and cohesion really makes this band special. Singer’s alright too.
PUP – Relentless
From 4th album The Unraveling of PUPTheBand (April 1st). Not their best album, kind of all over the place tonally which makes it hard to enjoy from start to finish, but they’re so far ahead of most of their peers that even a 6/10 from them is a highlight of the year. Quite a few standout songs on this album; Waiting, Matilda, Robot Writes a Love Song, and this one.
White Lung – Date Night
Only came out a few days ago, but 5th (and last) album Premonition is just too good to not mention. It goes hard and fast, the production is so great, straddling the line perfectly between clarity and raw power, and the guitar work from Kenneth William is some of the absolute best you’ll hear in the entire genre. It’s sad we won’t get any more music from this band, but what a way to go out.
Fontaines DC – I Love You
From 3rd album Skinty Fia (22nd April). The more I listen to this song, the more I’m convinced it’s the band’s finest work to date. Like Yard Act’s Dead Horse, it’s a biting critique of the band’s homeland, though the tone could not be more different. Instrumental is a mix of Stone Roses and the Cure, and Grian Chattan’s vocals and lyrics are some of the year’s best. Stunning.