Must Hear Tracks: "Wild, Wild, Wild Horses" "Eyeballs" "Thawing Dawn" "Phantom Limbo" Artist's self-portraits have always been fascinating to me. The melding of technical prowess, aesthetic sensibility, and psychological self-image. How do people with the skills to render themself choose to do it? Van Gogh's teeming blue-grey textures, Khalo's accentuated unibrow and wayward gaze, Picasso's... Continue Reading →
Must Hear Tracks: "The Rolling Stones" "Love Takes Miles" "Nina + Field of Cops" "Drinking Age" "Cancer of the Skull" "Try as I May" I almost wrote this album. When I was 22 years old, I almost wrote this album. I have friends who almost wrote this album. I followed people on Twitter, saw people... Continue Reading →
Taking over the family business The old adage invokes restaurants, laundromats, corner stores, and the like. In the D'Addario family's case, though, the family business is . . . 70s AM radio gold. Not quite as cut and dry as a laundromat, but not without precedent either. Jakob Dylan has the raspy, road weary voice... Continue Reading →
A song about becoming who you're meant to become. An endless cycle.
Must Hear Tracks: "Favourite" "Horseness is the Whatness" "Starburster" "Motorcycle Boy" (Note: I recently had a lively, drunken discussion with an Irishman about this very band and album, and while I was quick to mention Fontaines D.C. is an authentically Irish, blue collar type band, my companion was adamant they they're actually just a bunch... Continue Reading →
My favorite Simon and Garfunkel song. A "sonic soulmate," if you will.
A top-5 list of songs from 2024 that gave me chills.
Must Hear Tracks: "Being Alive" "Jesse" "Duet" Greta Kline's music has always been her diary. More than 50 Bandcamp releases and two stellar studio albums make for an intimidating catalogue, but her style is anything but. It's like listening to a close friend speaking comfortably. She's never been one to speak at length, though. The... Continue Reading →
Howdy y'all! I'd like to take a moment to get personal with you, my loyal readers. A lot of excellent new music came out in the first three months of 2018, and I want to share my favorites. Keep in mind, I'm a mere mortal; I haven't listened to everything. Most of the music I... Continue Reading →
It's got soul. The groove is sleek. The melody is immediate and sensual. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of a woman aching for love she's never felt. The kicker: it all happens in 21 seconds. Detroit beatsmith Joey Pecoraro creates a full song's worth of tension and resolution in a fraction of the time by... Continue Reading →
