{"id":1167,"date":"2025-05-16T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/5-albums-i-cant-live-without-jj-julius-son-of-kaleo\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:15:00","slug":"5-albums-i-cant-live-without-jj-julius-son-of-kaleo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/5-albums-i-cant-live-without-jj-julius-son-of-kaleo\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Albums I Can\u2019t Live Without:\u00a0JJ Julius Son\u00a0of KALEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/KALEO_Markoff_5star-055.jpg\" width=\"1290\" height=\"860\" alt=\"JJ Julius Son\u00a0of KALEO. (Credit: Justin Pagano)\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Name<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0JJ Julius Son\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialkaleo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">KALEO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best known for<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0My fashion sense, my charming personality, my love of fine wine and Aperol Spritz, plus a tune I wrote called \u201cWay Down We Go.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/05\/foo-fighters-josh-freese\/\">Foo Fighters Part Ways With Drummer Josh Freese<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/05\/pavement-film-soundtrack-colbert\/\">Pavement Reveal \u2018Pavements\u2019 Soundtrack, Visit \u2018Colbert\u2019<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/05\/the-black-keys-new-album\/\">The Black Keys Detail New LP, \u2018No Rain, No Flowers\u2019<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Current city<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialkaleo.com\/tour\" target=\"_blank\">tour<\/a>) but live in Mosfellsbaer, Iceland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Really want to be in<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Tokyo\u2014I\u2019ve always dreamed of going. I\u2019d love to explore the culture and try all the amazing food\u2026. and sake!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excited about<\/strong>  Our new album\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialkaleo.com\/music\" target=\"_blank\">MIXED EMOTIONS<\/a><\/em>\u00a0which comes out May 9 and the impending tour with stops at Red Rocks and BottleRock Festival in Napa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>My current music collection has a lot of<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Irish and Cuban music, but I keep recycling through older stuff. Truthfully, it\u2019s always changing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And a little bit of<\/strong>\u00a0 Blues and folk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preferred format<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Vinyl\u2014mostly because I appreciate the time and effort people have taken to put it on wax. It\u2019s truly a labor of love.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"h7NkKnrg9qo\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-5-albums-i-can-t-live-without\"><strong><u>5 Albums I Can\u2019t Live Without:<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1\">1<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pet-sounds-nbsp-beach-boys\"><strong><em>Pet Sounds<\/em>,\u00a0Beach Boys<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Pet-Sounds-Beach-Boys.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-464281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Pet-Sounds-Beach-Boys.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Pet-Sounds-Beach-Boys-340x340.jpg 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Pet-Sounds-Beach-Boys-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Pet-Sounds-Beach-Boys-498x498.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/figure>\n<p>Really inspiring songwriting plus revolutionary producing and sound engineering.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2\">2<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-lion-king-soundtrack-nbsp-lion-king\"><strong><em>The Lion King Soundtrack<\/em>,\u00a0Lion King<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"1216\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Lion-King-Soundtrack-.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-464292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Lion-King-Soundtrack-.png 1250w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Lion-King-Soundtrack--340x331.png 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Lion-King-Soundtrack--768x747.png 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Lion-King-Soundtrack--498x484.png 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\"><\/figure>\n<p>The movie and the soundtrack had such a massive impact on me as a child. The songs are extremely well written, and it offers a lot of variety in music. To this day I think it stands the test of time. It may be one of the greatest movie soundtracks of all-time.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3\">3<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-back-in-black-nbsp-ac-dc\"><strong><em>Back in Black<\/em>,\u00a0AC\/DC<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Back-in-Black-ACDC.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-464282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Back-in-Black-ACDC.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Back-in-Black-ACDC-340x340.jpg 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Back-in-Black-ACDC-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Back-in-Black-ACDC-498x498.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/figure>\n<p>Such a powerful album, especially given they had just lost their frontman. It\u2019s very inspiring in a way that almost every single track is great. Every song is impactful, and you don\u2019t want to skip over any of them. I just saw AC\/DC last summer in Paris alongside 80,000 others and it\u2019s incredible to see how much these songs mean to people around the world.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4\">4<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sgt-pepper-s-lonely-hearts-club-band-the-nbsp-beatles\"><strong><em>Sgt. Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band<\/em>, The\u00a0Beatles<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Sgt.-Peppers-Lonely-Hearts-Club-Band-The-Beatles-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-464283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Sgt.-Peppers-Lonely-Hearts-Club-Band-The-Beatles-.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Sgt.-Peppers-Lonely-Hearts-Club-Band-The-Beatles--340x340.jpg 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Sgt.-Peppers-Lonely-Hearts-Club-Band-The-Beatles--768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Sgt.-Peppers-Lonely-Hearts-Club-Band-The-Beatles--498x498.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/figure>\n<p>Simply one of the best albums of all-time by the best band there ever was. Evolutionary in song writing, sound recording, and almost every aspect you can think of.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-5\">5<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dark-side-of-the-moon-nbsp-pink-floyd\"><strong><em>Dark Side of the Moon<\/em>,\u00a0Pink Floyd<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1290\" height=\"1290\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Dark-Side-of-the-Moon-Pink-Floyd-1290x1290.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-464284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Dark-Side-of-the-Moon-Pink-Floyd-1290x1290.jpg 1290w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Dark-Side-of-the-Moon-Pink-Floyd-340x340.jpg 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Dark-Side-of-the-Moon-Pink-Floyd-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Dark-Side-of-the-Moon-Pink-Floyd-498x498.jpg 498w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/05\/Dark-Side-of-the-Moon-Pink-Floyd.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1290px) 100vw, 1290px\"><\/figure>\n<p>My personal favorite album. When I heard it as a teenager, it took the meaning of an album to another level for me. I remember one of my first concerts at the age of 14 was seeing Roger Waters perform it in Iceland. It shows you how music can take you to an entirely different place in your mind and it is one of those albums you must play all the way through. It\u2019s a journey.<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name\u00a0\u00a0JJ Julius Son\u00a0of\u00a0KALEO. Best known for\u00a0\u00a0My fashion sense, my charming personality, my love of fine wine and Aperol Spritz, plus a tune I wrote called \u201cWay Down We Go.\u201d\u00a0 More&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[262,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5-albums-i-cant-live-without","category-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}