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Suggested Listening ’20: Brian Koscho

Posted on: Thursday, January 14, 2021

What a year 2020 was! Since it is doubtful anyone even believes in linear time anymore, it seems fitting that WOUB Culture is rolling out our Suggested Listening feature in January instead of December. The world is a hard place, and aren’t we all so grateful to have music to make it a little more bearable!

Brian Koscho is a long-time Athens resident and currently an MFA Candidate in Communication Media Arts at Ohio University. Currently he hosts the podcasts Invisible Ground (about local history) and The Western Reserve (about Ohio music), plays bass in the Athens band Unmonumental, and helps run Aquabear Legion, an Ohio music and art collective he co-founded in 2004. His various other projects include work with the WOUB Public Media Our Town series and his work as a Folkways Reporter for Inside Appalachia.

Gunn-Truscinski Duo / Soundkeeper (three lobed)

<a href="https://threelobed.bandcamp.com/album/soundkeeper">Soundkeeper by Gunn-Truscinski Duo</a>

Hum / Inlet (earth analog)

<a href="https://humband.bandcamp.com/album/inlet">Inlet by Hum</a>

Luke Stewart / Luke Stewart Exposure Quintet (astral spirits)

<a href="https://wfubaa.bandcamp.com/album/luke-stewart-exposure-quintet">Luke Stewart Exposure Quintet by Luke Stewart</a>

William Tyler / New Vanitas (merge)

<a href="https://williamtyler.bandcamp.com/album/new-vanitas">New Vanitas by William Tyler</a>

Horse Lords / The Common Task (northern spy)

<a href="https://horselords.bandcamp.com/album/the-common-task">The Common Task by Horse Lords</a>

Jeff Parker & The New Breed / Suite For Max Brown (international anthem)

<a href="https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/the-new-breed">The New Breed by Jeff Parker</a>

Daniel Bachman / Green Alum Springs (three lobed)

<a href="https://threelobed.bandcamp.com/album/green-alum-springs">Green Alum Springs by Daniel Bachman</a>

Magik Markers / 2020 (drag city)

<a href="https://magikmarkers.bandcamp.com/album/2020">2020 by Magik Markers</a>

Sault / Untitled (Black Is) (forever living originals)

<a href="https://saultglobal.bandcamp.com/album/untitled-rise">UNTITLED (Rise) by SAULT</a>

Yo La Tengo / We Have Amnesia Sometimes (matador)

<a href="https://yolatengo.bandcamp.com/album/we-have-amnesia-sometimes">We Have Amnesia Sometimes by Yo La Tengo</a>

Six Organs of Admittance / Companion Rises (drag city)

<a href="https://sixorgansofadmittance.bandcamp.com/album/companion-rises">Companion Rises by Six Organs of Admittance</a>

Phoebe Bridgers / Punisher (dead oceans)

<a href="https://phoebebridgers.bandcamp.com/album/punisher">Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers</a>

Jason Molina / Eight Gates (secretly canadian)

<a href="https://jasonmolina.bandcamp.com/album/eight-gates">Eight Gates by Jason Molina</a>

Jim White + Marisa Anderson / The Quickening (thrill jockey)

<a href="https://marisaanderson.bandcamp.com/album/the-quickening">The Quickening by Jim White and Marisa Anderson</a>

Elkhorn / The Storm Sessions (beyond beyond is beyond)

<a href="https://elkhornbbib.bandcamp.com/album/the-storm-sessions">The Storm Sessions by Elkhorn</a>

Nathan Salsburg / Landwerk I + II (no quarter)

<a href="https://nathansalsburg.bandcamp.com/album/landwerk">Landwerk by Nathan Salsburg</a>

Mary Lattimore / Silver Ladders (ghostly international)

<a href="https://marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com/album/silver-ladders">Silver Ladders by Mary Lattimore</a>

Golden Retriever + Chuck Johnson / Rain Shadow (thrill jockey)

<a href="https://chuckjohnson.bandcamp.com/album/rain-shadow">Rain Shadow by Golden Retriever and Chuck Johnson</a>

Powers/Rolin Duo / S/T (feeding tube)

<a href="https://feedingtuberecords.bandcamp.com/album/st-2">St by Powers / Rolin Duo</a>

The Avalanches / We Will Always Love You (modular recordings)

Jerry David DeCicca / The Unlikely Optimist and His Domestic Adventures (self released)

<a href="https://jerrydaviddecicca.bandcamp.com/album/the-unlikely-optimist-and-his-domestic-adventures">The Unlikely Optimist and His Domestic Adventures by Jerry David DeCicca</a>

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy / I Made A Place (drag city)

Water Liars / Roll On (self released)

<a href="https://waterliarsrollon.bandcamp.com/album/roll-on">Roll On by Water Liars</a>

Suggested Listening '20