Spotlight on Scandinavia: 3 Musical Gems
When it hits you, it hits you hard: more music is being made now than ever before. Arguably, more good music is being made now than ever before. Some people will […]
When it hits you, it hits you hard: more music is being made now than ever before. Arguably, more good music is being made now than ever before. Some people will […]
Grizzly Bear built a following teasing eerie pop out of complicated structures and eccentric chords. There were forays into unabashed pop—“Knife” and “Two Weeks” among them, tidily packaged and self-contained—but […]
Politics has promises. Baseball has Cracker Jacks. Jazz has standards. The idea of the standard is indispensable to jazz—they are, almost literally, the building blocks of the genre. We love standards because […]
In the world’s largest independent record store, you’ll find his music in the experimental section. Amoeba Music in Hollywood, CA may not trust Jim O’Rourke’s ability to translate into a […]
I grew up in a pink house. Living in a pink house won’t guarantee you much, but it will teach you optimism. Living in a brightly-colored house makes you admit that, […]
The beginning of the movie is the end. Joel Barish wakes up disoriented. An orange bong is perched next to his couch, uncharacteristically. Joel gets out of bed, drives to […]
The Week In Review is my attempt to turn the old into new. Alchemy, you might say. At the end of each week, I’ll summarize many of the things I wrote […]
The Week In Review is my attempt to turn the old into new. Alchemy, you might say. At the end of each week, I’ll summarize many of the things I […]