Adrift in the Ocean
Yob's Meditations on the End On my right forearm I have a tattoo that is technically backwards. So described because it is text that is legible facing me--I...
You'll Make it to the End: Song of the Week
"Gasoline" by HAIM For Fans of: Sheryl Crow
A Corner of Missouri
Elevating Sheryl Crow's Influence On a flight back from Denver earlier this year, I watched the Showtime documentary Sheryl, a profile of Sheryl Crow and her...
You'll Make It to the End: Song of the Week
"At Moment's Edge" by Lathe of Heaven Lathe of HeavenAt Moment's Edge For Fans of: Drab Majesty, Soft Kill, Cold Cave
As Only German Communists Could
Treating Music as a National Project One of the great values of Bandcamp is the ability to search for music by granular tags. There are the upper-level tags:...
First Show Today
WVEW 107.7 Brattleboro's Community Radio Station I'm hoping I get an essay out by the end of the day today, but I've been working on the first radio show to...
You'll Make it to the End: Song of the Week (and Announcement)
"Natural" by Mint Field Mint FieldNatural For Fans of: (Genres) Krautrock, Motorik The Announcement I'm waiting on some recording equipment to arrive. I...
Escorted by a Beautiful Monster
Dying in Three-Part Harmonies Last week, a friend of mine posted a song from the score for the TV miniseries Over the Garden Wall. I never heard of the...
You'll Make it to the End: Song of the Week
"Pottsfield C.M." by The Blasting Company For Fans Of: Appalachian hymns and chorale, music class nerd stuff
Don't Feel Bad About Things You Love
There's No Such Thing as a Guilty Pleasure One of my favorite albums is Eve 6's second, Horrorscope. If anyone owns a t-shirt of this album cover in an XL,...
You'll Make it to the End: Song of the Week
"Amphetamines" by Eve 6 For Fans of: Hooks
Bitter Melody
Open City's Hands in the Honey Jar I was original going to write an essay on how songs can contain whole months of life experience in their 2-5 minutes of...
You Can Make it to the End: Song of the Week
"Life's a Pill" by Koyo I'm sick, I missed a post last week due to traveling, and Koyo makes me feel better. Enjoy.
You'll Make it to the End: Song of the Week
"You Love the Thunder" by Jackson Browne For Fans of: Mid-70s Los Angeles Songwriters, Warren Zevon, The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Bruce Springsteen
Record as Book
Giving the Album Your Undivided Attention My wife made a joke one morning that now sticks as a representation of how often I have earbuds in. She asked me...
You'll Make it to the End: Song of the Week
"Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding" by Elton John For Fans of: Elton John
Cinematic Sequencing
How Electric Youth's music parallels the act structure of theater and film The synth-pop duo Electric Youth are probably best known for their song "A Real...
You'll Make it to the End: Song of the Week
"Runaway" by Electric Youth For Fans of: Chvrches, Futurecop!, KRISTINE, Carpenter Brut, Pertubator.
Heavy as in Full of Sorrow
Origins The other day a friend of mine sent me the album Death Folk Country by Dorthia Cottrell, the singer from the Richmond, VA doom band Windhand. Where...
You'll Make it to the End: Song of the Week
"Crush (Stripped)" by Ethel Cain For Fans Of: Caroline Polachek, Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska and Ghost of Tom Joad Albums, Gummo, Terrance Malick movies,...