Matthew Reed Baker

Now spinning at my house, an album that makes my home office in the early afternoon feel like a disco at 2am... Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub) (2001) by Groove Armada, 70 minutes of sleek wonder...house hiphop and funk one moment, then chill-out vibes, then orchestral magnificence...essential!

The-morning-after-the-Rush-concert lunchbox cartoons. What an inspiring and wonderful show, and to think that I was 11 years old when my parents gave me Exit...Stage Left on vinyl for my birthday, and decades later, last night I saw the band with my 13-year-old son. Time passes, music is life. Tues 15 Sept 2026

Now spinning at my house, as the amplifier for my new hi-fi stereo system arrived today, so I could finally use the new turntable etc: Ascension (1966) by John Coltrane, his free-jazz large-band colossal masterwork, is the first album I'm playing, and tonight its chaotic resplendence just sends me

Now spinning at my house, as I'm loving how music sounds on my new turntable and speakers: People & Industry (2021, special ed. 2026) by Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan..an LP of evocative electronics and poignant melodies that honors the workers of 1970s Britain, all "euphoric melancholy" as he calls it

BREAKING NEWS: Sleepy cat keeps Boston-area man company during late-morning breakfast, is wicked cute Somerville, Massachusetts. 1030am Thurs 17 Sept 2026