See Moir Music: July is here
And so is Bandcamp Friday
Where I’ll Be
Relaxing with a good amount of time off work and nowhere to spend it but still at home. Wear your masks, friends. Also celebrating Bandcamp Friday tomorrow. Another month, another excuse to support musicians! I share some favorites in the Shazamming while Dancing section.
Just Announced
Sat July 4 @ 1PM — Blond:ish, Gab Rhome, and others streaming on Twitch.
Thu July 9 – Mon July 13 — Rave Family Block Fest featuring A-Trak, Above & Beyond, Ape Drums, Atish, Ben Böhmer, Benny Benassi, Benny Bridges, Big Gigantic, Blond:ish, Cat Dealers, Catz’n’Dogz, Chrome Sparks, Claptone, Claude VonStroke, Dezza, DJ Tennis, Dom Dolla, Dombresky, Dosem, Durante & Hana, Eats Everything, Eli & Fur, Eli Brown, Felix Da Housecat, Flux Pavillion, Galantis, George FitzGerald, Griz, Gryffin, Hotel Garuda, Icarus, Ilan Bluestone, J. Worra, jackLNDN, Jerro, Jody Wisternoff, Junior Sanchez, Justin Jay, KETTAMA, Lane 8, Le Youth, Lee Burridge, Louis the Child, Luttrell, Maceo Plex, Matthew Dear, Maya Jane Coles, MK, Moon Boots, Nora En Pure, Nox Vahn, Oliver Smith, Oona Dahl, Party Pupils, Purple Disco Machine, Qrion, Rinzen, Rodriguez Jr, Sébastien Léger, Seth Troxler, SIDEPIECE, Snakehips, SNBRN, STRFKR, The Knocks, Tinlicker, Todd Terry, Tom Trago, Tony Romera, Too Many Zooz, Vnssa, Walker & Royce, Will Clarke, Wolfgang Gartner, Zhu, and many more! You have until next week to figure out how to attend a music festival inside Minecraft.
Livestream highlights
Still tuning into my quaranstreams playlist on YouTube every so often.
This set from Ameme was an expected delight after I caught him DJing at Blond:ish’s Abracadabra festival a bit ago. I recommend it. (YouTube, 1.25 hr).
Finally listened to Verlk’s full set from the SET Underground virtual festival last month. It’s nice. (YouTube, 2 hrs)
Other notes
Recent great releases
Last time I forgot to mention that Da Capo put out an album, and it’s excellent. I couldn’t decide if it was an album or an EP but 9 songs is probably an album. But sometimes it’s an EP! Primarily digital distribution for music blurs these lines heavily and it becomes more about the story you’re trying to tell with the tracks. I like it.
Cassian also put out a 9 song LP/EP, Laps. Lots of excellent tracks on it.
Tourist put out a new single with The Range called Last and it’s amazing.
Hyenah put out a track with Lazarusman called Not Enough. I heard it in the Africa is Not a Jungle DJ set where he played, immediately tried to track it down, and eventually messaged him on Instagram to ask when it would be released. He said probably September, but clearly realized it would be a good time to seize the moment and release it sooner! And here it is.
Shazamming while Dancing
Still keeping my quarandjed playlist updated with my favorites from all the live and recorded streams I’ve been watching.
Not many lately, so here’s my Buy Music Club list of albums and tracks I think you should buy tomorrow instead!
Read Moir Music
Thanks to Jessica, I can recommend this article in the NYTimes: The Music Industry Is Wrestling With Race. Here’s What It’s Promised.