Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 324, 1/6/24

The first Twaddle of the nascent year includes dazzling new sounds from The Lovely Basement, Red Sleeping Beauty, SAVAK, Lupo Cittá, The Half-Cubes feat. Rob Bonfiglio, Svenssen, Herr Wade feat. Mark Monnone, Camille Bénâtre, The Happy Somethings & Slovenly Boy, Maria T, The Lemon Twigs, House Of All, Zenxith, Cynthia Nelson Band, group_inou, Ducks Ltd., Minhwi Lee, Sundae Painters, The Bevis Frond, Mary Timony, Schwund, and David Nance & Mowed Sound. Less than a week into 2024 and there’s no paucity of excellent releases thus far this year!There are also tracks from new collections from The Bordellos and The Motifs.  And from newly reissued LPs there are selections from Santa Sprees, Blue Orchids, and Strapping Fieldhands.Older but every bit as exciting: The Yellow Balloon, Modular, The Thought Criminals, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Half Man Half Biscuit, The Paley Brothers, Marie And The Atom, The Quasars, Euros Childs, The Orange Humble Band, Gayle Haness, Razorcuts, Go-Kart Mozart, Chris Gunning, and Beulah.