☁️June NYC + LA Shows and Updates ⛅️
Two shows on two sides of the USA
Hello dear reader, listener, sensor of the world around you!
Here in Brooklyn we are having a weird spring that isn’t quite matching up with my romanticized vision of temperate sunny days bursting with blooms. Instead it has been an exercise of finding the unique charms of the not-quite-right heat spikes and grey cold spells.
In more exciting news, I’m playing a pair of bicoastal solo shows in the coming month that both look to be quite special. I'll be supporting my buddies in The Antlers for a free concert celebrating Le Poisson Rouge's 18th anniversary.
Then I'll be doing a set outside in LA at TreePeople with my favorite event bookers and naturalists Living Earth + a moonlight hike! I absolutely cannot wait.
After much musical pruning and inner spelunking, I’ve got the demos to a full new album and studio time booked in August! I can’t wait to talk more about it when the time comes but I can say it will be honoring my spirit animal, the humble turtle.
If you’d like to further support this project and change your free subscription to being a ($1+) paying subscriber you can do it in the options of my website. My next post will be a zine I’ve been making about re-enchanting the practice of finding and listening to new music, which is something I’ve had to relearn how to do over the past couple years.
As always, deep gratitude for your generous attention, always feel free to reach out with your own project or recommendations or collab ideas!
🐢 Jordy's Recommendation Corner:
Article: Gen Z But Two Centuries Ago- I guess Gen Z wasn't the first generation to have "full hearts in an empty world" during a time of societal and technological upheaval. I found this article about the youth of 19th century France by Emily Herring to be fascinating.
Albums: I’m obsessed with the lush shredding and thoughtful songwriting of Wendy Eisenberg, and loved their insightful interview with the Critical Listening podcast.
Books: I’m still savoring Moby Dick but had my mind blown by the first half of Immense World by Ed Yong which is about the ways that animals sense the world like a beetle that can only mate during forest fires and can sense radiation as well as the most hi-tech human equipment. I really liked Amusing Ourselves to Death which was written in the 80's against the effects of becoming a show biz society and has proved to be prescient.
Providence Popfest! I had a blast spending my birthday at this DIY festival and especially liked the fun harmonies of Jeanines and the upbeat jangle of Touch Girl Apple Blossom.
If you live in NYC, my friend Liz and I are booking all ages shows and have one coming up soon for Katie Alice Greer at Living Gallery with ANNIHIL. We hope to see you there!
Peace In and Out, j+