Most of the time, I’m musically adventurous. I spend a lot of time stepping outside of artists I know and consuming a large amount of new releases in the hopes of finding new favorites.

One of the things that has seemed to ebb with my depression returning in 2018 (though it feels like it may be on the way out), though, is this adventurousness.

What’s your “finding new music” plan? Radio? Here? Elsewhere? I tend to line up somewhat neatly with Pitchfork, and use their Best New Music section as a jumping-off point. And yes, I use this place as well.

This week's music discovery: Locust Fudge, an early-90's alternative group from Germany, half of which was Dirk Dresselhaus, the man who would later record as Schneider TM. Their first two albums would have fit nicely between the Beck and Sonic Youth albums released at the time (1993 and 1995). Their third album was released last month. I've mostly listened to "Relativity Check" as the title sounds close to the Schneider TM hit "Reality Check", and as Schneider TM recorded it solo a few years back for a soundtrack. For more cred, I'll mention that J. Mascis plays guitar on the first track! I totally would have been into this band when those first two albums came out if they had been on a DGC records compilation or similar.

I think we can all agree that summer is pretty much done no matter how you look at it. Now that it's over, what would you say was the Song Of The Summer™? Or, at least, what was your song/album/bird call of the summer?

And drop some lists too.

Hello, gals and ghouls.  We had the Holiday Mix last year, so this year why don't we do a Halloween Mix*?  The rules for submitting should be pretty similar to the Holiday Mix.

Here are the guidelines:

• • Place up to TWO songs in a 'Spoiler' box. Unlike the Summer Mix, the first choice does not automatically get in.
  • As with other mixes though, popularity reigns, so multiple nominations with increase the likelihood of selection.
  • Obviously there are plenty of different versions of the same song out there. If you want a particular performance, please note which artist you'd prefer (links wouldn't hurt just in case). If no artist is nominated, it will add weight if someone else did pick a specific performance of the same song.

So, drop your lists, nominations, and any music news below!

*We kind of did this in the past, but it was even more half baked than usual.  As promised, let's give it one more go.