Thanks checking in. Everything is ok at low light headquarters. I’ve just had a ton of stuff going on that has sucked up my time. I am retiring soon so maybe I’ll have more time for mixes. Or maybe I’ll be too busy do nothing and taking naps. Lol Thanks for listening and for your kind words.
I’m enjoying coffee on a frigid morning. The coffee shop was not crowded and chill. And then…a group of ten middle school girls showed up. My noise canceling AirPods can’t keep up.
What are some of your favorite jazz albums from 2025?
Natural Information Society - Mediatation
Nels Cline - Consentrik Quartet
Phi-Sonics - Expanding To One
Rachel Kitchlew - Flirty Ghost
Sven Wunder - Daybreak
Tom Skinner - Kaleidoscopic Visions
Vega Trails - Sierra Tracks
Yazz Ahmed - A Paradise In The Hold
Gustaf Ljunggren - Mikroklima
Jan Bang & Arve Henriksen - After the Wildfire
M. Sage - Tender/Wading
Makaya McCraven - 4 EPs - Techno Logic, The People’s Mixtape, Hidden Out!, PopUp Shop
Marcel Luscher - Make Things Happen
mohs. - Baine
Moses Yoofee Trio - MYT
Favorite Jazz Albums 2025, alphabetical order:
Arve Henriksen & Elvind Aarset & Terje Isungset - Uncharted Waters
Charles Lloyd - Figure In Blue
Dickerson & Familiar - All the Light of Our Sphere
Flur - Plunge
Gregory Uhlmann, Josh Johnson, Sam Wilkes - Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes

“The Island” by The Decemberists is already a sort of prog tune so I’d love for them to do a new version that goes full on prog rock. Turn it up to 11 and with a bit more muscle. #progrock #prog
Thirstiest man on the planet
Sounds about right
Dylan - Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
Elvis Costello - Waiting for the End of the World
Michael Kiwanuka - Final Days
Bowie - Lazarus
Phoebe Bridgers - I Know The End
Radiohead - Idioteque
Brian Eno - En Ending (Ascent)
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SONGS FOR THE RAPTURE:
Father John Misty - When the God of Love Returns There’ll Be Hell to Pay
Talking Heads - Heaven
R.E.M. - It’s The End Of The World…
Pink Floyd - Great Gig In The Sky
Leonard Cohen - Going Home
Pink Floyd - Eclipse
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
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I'm delighted to learn that my new ambient piece was the inspiration for @lowlightmixes.bsky.social to create a brand new Blade Runner inspired ambient mix. 😊
Also featuring music by Martin Stürtzer, Logic Moon, deepspace, and more.
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What was the “song of summer?” One tune spent 10 weeks at #1 - “Ordinary” by Alex Warren. But there’s no way that abomination of a song is the song of summer.
Here are my nominations:
The Beaches -Last Girls at the Party
Σtella - Adagio
The Beths - Metal
Jay Som - Float
Silvan Estrada - Dime
3 fantastic new album just dropped today:
The Beths - Straight Line Was A Lie
Google Earth - for Mac OS X 10.11
Oren Ambarchi - Ghosted III
Donald Trump Jr - “Maybe we should roll out the tour to Portland, Seattle, the other what we’d call craphole cities of the country.”
These people don’t actually like our country, do they?
I thought liberals were supposed to be snowflakes. But right wingers losing their minds over the redesign of the Cracker Barrel logo is actually f-ing hilarious.
Check out this teaser for my latest mix on @mixcloud.bsky.social
Now playing the latest mix by @lowlightmixes.bsky.social
Thanks, Dave. Another wonderful show.
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What the hell is psychedelic social media pop?
My Spotify AI DJ this morning said last month I listened to 74,000 minutes of music which is interesting considering there’s only like 43,000 minutes in a month
Julian Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My Way
Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto - Electric War
Moma - Welcome to My Blue Sky
Prairie Scout - What’s Ahead Is Behind
Tamino - Every Dawn’s a Mountain
The Convenience - Like Cartoon Vampires
Yo La Tengo - Old Joy
Σtella - Adagio
What are some of your favs?
My favorite indie/pop/rock albums of the first half of 2025, in alphabetical order:
Blondshell - If You Asked For A Picture
Brain Eno & Beatie Wolfe - Luminal
Causa Sui - In Flux
Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart
Ganavya - Nilam
Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes
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Her math doesn't add up
This is a variation of what I hate about political reporting and punditry. Everything is treated like it’s an analysis at the halftime of a NBA game. Political reporting loves to put events in a winners and losers framework or its impact on poll numbers.
We on the left have to be careful to not promote misinformation. I have had several liberal friends forward posts that are clearly false. Take a few seconds and check before posting/forwarding. We don’t want to do the same thing the right has been doing for years.
This song just dropped today and it’s already one of my favorites of the year
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