Suffering Jukebox

This morning's episode features an interview with George Brennan & Ian Lynch from One Leg One Eye. Crone, One Leg One Eye's latest album was recently released throgu the UK label AD93. You can find out more about One Leg One Eye (and purchase their music) here; https://onelegoneeye.bandcamp.com/

Nick's Pick of the Week is Sick Gazelle's Veld, released Friday June 26th. You can hear it in all the usual places, or purchase it here; https://sickgazellechicago.bandcamp.com/album/veld and my review can be read below.

Sick Gazelle: Veld (Vampire Blues)

Released June 26th 2026

Sick Gazelle’s first album, Odum, was released back in 2019 and featured Eric Block (Veloce) on guitar and bass, Bruce Lamont (Yakuza) on horns and vocals and Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) on drums.They make their return in 2026, with their latest record, Veld, and a new bassist in tow, Tortoise’s Doug McCombs. Veld’s sound is rooted in improvisation and runs a whole gamut of styles, touching on everything from free-jazz, post-rock, krautrock, noise and more.

At thirty-seven minutes, Veld is relatively quick listen, despite this, its songs are expansive, with only one song —the jazzy, lead-in single Hippies— coming in under seven minutes. February, a somewhat mellow, mildly dissonant number opens the record and, much like most of the other tracks on Veld, it doesn’t rush to reach its destination. This spacious approach to songwriting means that each of the album’s other songs —I’ll Come Running, Ocean Always Wins and Maybe You Were Right— all have ample time to breathe, stretch their wings and shift direction; often multiple times within the one song!

With such an esteemed cast of characters at the helm of Sick Gazelle, it is no surprise that Veld is such a delightful listen. Each member has served a considerable amount of time in any number of incredible bands. Everyone of them is well known within the Chicago music scene and —unsurprisingly—  Veld has that unmistakable, but indescribable, Chicago sound. Don’t let the name fool you, there is nothing unwell about Sick Gazelle, on the contrary, many experimental fans will find it to be just what the doctor ordered.

Nick Stephan