106. Highlights from #MWE

Send us Fan MailThis year, for the first time, Al took part in #MWE — aka Music Writer’s Exercise — listening to and writing about a new album every day throughout the month of February. Al discusses 10 of his favorite albums out of the total of 28, explaining why he chose them for the project and what he liked about them.Al mentioned the Sara Lund interview on the Tour Stories podcast, where she discussed Alice Coltrane’s Journey in Satchidananda. You can listen to that episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-check-in-with-sara-lund-unwound/id1482193534?i=1000575099615.Al is on Twitter at @almelchiorBB, and this show has accounts on Twitter and Instagram at @youmealbum. Be sure to follow @youmealbum to find out in advance about upcoming guests and featured albums for this podcast.You, Me and An Album: The Newsletter is free to all subscribers! https://youmealbum.substack.com/If you are interested in supporting this podcast, please check out the show’s Patreon site, https://www.patreon.com/youmealbum. Your contributions are greatly appreciated and keep this show going.0:48 A #MWE primer2:06 How Al picked his 28 albumsHighlight albums4:06 Television, Marquee Moon6:54 Tacocat, Lost Time9:17 Tool, Lateralus11:42 Alice Coltrane, Journey in Satchidananda13:19  Horsegirl, Versions of Modern Performance15:31 Obey Robots, One In A Thousand18:38 Quasi, Breaking the Balls of History20:10 Caroline Polachek, Desire, I Want to Turn Into You23:21 The Black Tones, Cobain & Cornbread25:02 Bruce Springsteen, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.28:06 Al sums up his #MWE experienceSupport the show