11 Jul 2026
Recommended Jams First Half 2026
Justin Bruce takes listeners for a spin through the best Eggy jams from January through June of 2026.
The band played 51 shows during this stretch, 46 of which are available as SBDs. From this pool, 226 jam chart entries have been written for thecarton.net jam chart (https://thecarton.net/jams/year/2026). Jams that are particularly good are "recommended," and noted as such on thecarton.net setlist page (https://thecarton.net/setlists/). Episode 26 focuses on these 34 recommended jams, and includes 53 jam clips, each about 45 seconds in length, to illustrate what has made Eggy's jamming so special this year.
Nugs playlist of 2026 recommended jams (https://2nu.gs/4bmwGyb)
Tier 1 Jams:
3-17 sweat equity 38 min Mesmerizing, then quiet, then nefarious, then CBM, then sizzling.
4-14 woah there 32 min Collaborative throughout, cascading groove, chunky riffing, moody and cacophonous peaks.
4-16 searchlight 30 min Toggles between dark and light, ranges from anthemic to chunky to tension.
5-2 shatter 38 min Effortless and multi-segmented and fun groupthink.
Tier 2 Jams:
1-16 woah there 24 min Delicate, then darkens, then swings anthemically.
1-17 peace upon us 27 min Lasers, a brief rise, then peaceful, then organically anthemic.
1-17 calling all angels by train 24 min Slap bass groove, then hard-rock, then synth bass and delay effects cacophony.
3-7 laurel 31 min Game plan is no plan: stitched-together moments of chaos and kineticism.
3-11 All That You Dream 19 min Dark, spare, cinematic jam morphs to a mesmerizing groove.
3-17 one more dance 29 min Hazy groove builds, quiets, rises robustly, then grooves.
4-17 buying time 30 min Three sections: anthemic, peaky with muscle, and acid jazz chordal peaks.
Tier 3 Jams:
1-10 shallow rivers 22 min Pensive Beefheart jam, uptempo groove, morphs back to Shallow Rivers.
3-7 lost and found 15 min Bliss jamming on command.
3-8 falsities and fire 24 min From layered to crunchy to peaky tension to emo.
3-11 atomic age 14 min Efficient. Builds with synths, then gurgles into hazy darkness.
3-11 sweaters for strawmen 14 min Grooves, gets weird, then grooves even weirder. Peaceful finish.
3-13 the shape I'm in 20 min Feel-good groove pivots to get out, then goes post-peak.
3-14 you 24 min Dynamics, chaos, upbeat cruising, then muscular.
3-17 Last Train 23 min Synths over springy loud-soft-loud-soft grooves, then delicate, then anthemic.
3-18 shallow rivers 20 min with john mailander fiddling around, literally, before a runaway groove.
3-18 atomic age 25 min Snappy groove, then tension, then uptempo, then anthemic.
3-19 hush 22 min Divinely anthemic, then rhythmic tension, briefly
4-4 silver steed (my blue) 17 min Grooves and sizzles, goes formless, then CBMs to a satisfying peak.
4-4 shadow 18 min Crunchy and dark, then punishing, then rises and romps toward Shadow.
4-5 time escaping 22 min actively rides into spacious effects, ascends, spare twang, then sizzles.
4-8 finding and losing 24 min Energetic throughout; sizzles into feel-good groove, CBMs, then soars cleanly.
4-9 lay down sally 15 min Stretchy and peaky, then toggles dark, then peaky.
4-9 my oh my 18 min Romps, then moody, then rhythmic minor key sizzle.
5-14 woah there 20 min low-key intensity, then anthemic, then quiet.
5-14 thorns > 17 min Serene to Tru-ton to robust groove that gets peaky.
5-14 all wheels turnin’ 21 min from church to slow funk groove, then a choogle, then reggae zone.
5-17 wayless 20 min Laser guitar groove with a jazzy denouement.
5-20 last train 24 min synth bass muscle turns ethereal and builds.
5-20 onitsuka tiger 40 min exploratory jamming won't stop. finds silver steed jam. mike narration wraps.
Eggy AUDs (audience recordings) on Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/EggyMusic?sort=-date)
SBD of 5-20-2026 private show at Orazen Tavern from archive.org (https://archive.org/details/eggy2026-05-20.sbd16bit)
Eggy's tour dates (https://eggymusic.com/tour)
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