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Ever find yourself in need of music to get you pumped for a good adventure?

Whether you’re like me and getting on a plane to fly somewhere to Hike or just need some good adventuristic music for your day then just give this indie/indie rock playlist a go. You won’t be disappointed (and if you are I’ll blame my secretary).

The playlist entails:

1. Time to run- Lord Huron

2. Ride the wave-jimkata

3.green mountain state- Trevor hall

4. Ride- twenty one pilots

5. Sunstroke- wylder

6. Something wild- Lindsey sterling ft Andrew McMahon in the wilderness

7.Wyoming- friends and family

8. Another night on Mars- the Maine

9. Wildflower- the national parks

10. Istanbul- new politics

11. Road trip- convent bonfires

12. Lost in the wild- walk the moon

13. Kings of summer- wylder

14. As we ran- the national parks

15. Radical- awolnation ft grouplove

16. safe if we don’t look down- mutemath

17. Skin and bones- cage the elephant

18. Drive all night- NEEDTOBREATHE

19. Dark horses- switchfoot

20. Portugal- walk the moon

21. Northern lights- death cab for cutie

22. The mountains- Jon foreman

23. The edge of the earth- switchfoot

24. Budapest- George Ezra

25. Golden skies- seabird

26.wanderlust- james bay

27. Rivers and roads- the head and the heart

28. lonesome dreams- lord huron

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I was tagged by the lovely @joyyride to list the top ten things I’m listening to right now.

1. LCD Soundsystem - all of it. Every. Single. Song.

2. Die Digital (album) by Jimkata

3. (Nothing but) Flowers by Talking Heads

4. I Don’t Want to Fall in Love by She Wants Revenge

5. Movie Crush (podcast) by Charles W (Chuck) Bryant

6. Fake Doctors Real Friends (podcast) by Donald Faison and Zach Braff

7. Future Starts Now by The Kills

8. Repetition by TV on the Radio

9. We Used to be Friends by The Dandy Warhols

10. Eats the Light by Lotus

Adirondack Independence Music Festival Sunday 2023

You’ve got to love this band! Jimkata,  is a three-piece synth-based pop band, that transcends that label, mixing in echos of Motown, modern-rock and funk, within that framework. It’s a formula that definitely works, as demonstrated by Roots Down (seen / heard here), a single that was released back in March. This track is full of dance-beat goodness, but not the thump-thump of the modern DJ driven spinners, replacing that instead with a genuine beat that compliments the music perfectly. The band’s vocals are very pleasing. 

If you are looking for information on the band members, all I can say is that the three piece is made up of Evan Friedell, Aaron Gorsch and Packy Lunn, friends since middle-school. They’ve been making music together since at least 2009, with their most recent long-player (aside from a “hits” album) 2016′s In Motion. Coming up (perhaps even released by the time you read this) is the band’s 2021 release Bonfires. Hopefully that will include Roots Down. 

The band’s web site is fairly complete, aside from a sketchy biography and a missing link to their bandcamp.com site. Otherwise the social and streaming links are there. 

“Hard Headed” by Jimkata

We’re digging electro-rock trio Jimkata’s latest single “Hard Headed”. The song “explores perseverance in the face of adversity, strength, and how sometimes being too stubborn to give up is a good thing.” Lead singer Even Friedell gives us deep soulful vocals that effortlessly flow over the courageous melody backed by signature analog synths. The visuals, created by lighting designer and visual…