106. Highlights from #MWE

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This year, for the first time, Al took part in #MWE — aka Music Writer’s Exercise — listening to and writing about a new album every day throughout the month of February. Al discusses 10 of his favorite albums out of the total of 28, explaining why he chose them for the project and what he liked about them.

Al mentioned the Sara Lund interview on the Tour Stories podcast, where she discussed Alice Coltrane’s Journey in Satchidananda. You can listen to that episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-check-in-with-sara-lund-unwound/id1482193534?i=1000575099615.

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0:48 A #MWE primer

2:06 How Al picked his 28 albums

Highlight albums

4:06 Television, Marquee Moon

6:54 Tacocat, Lost Time

9:17 Tool, Lateralus

11:42 Alice Coltrane, Journey in Satchidananda

13:19  Horsegirl, Versions of Modern Performance

15:31 Obey Robots, One In A Thousand

18:38 Quasi, Breaking the Balls of History

20:10 Caroline Polachek, Desire, I Want to Turn Into You

23:21 The Black Tones, Cobain & Cornbread

25:02 Bruce Springsteen, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.

28:06 Al sums up his #MWE experience

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