Outside Reading — Choose Joy edition
This week featuring articles by Amanda Marcotte and Sam Adams. Continue reading Outside Reading — Choose Joy edition
Author: Dan Seeger
This Week’s Model — Adrianne Lenker, “Once a Bunch”
The members of Big Thief don’t sleep. Or maybe they don’t eat. On the basis of the collective output of Adrienne Lenker, Buck Meek, and their cohorts, they’ve definitely eliminated some basic human function that cuts into time for creative … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Adrianne Lenker, “Once a Bunch”
Radio Days — “Let the Day Begin”
Fittingly, my story about the Call involves a call. Continue reading Radio Days — “Let the Day Begin”
Radio Days — “Here Comes the 21st Century”
This might be the only occasion when I felt a little bad about helping an album reach #1 on my college radio station’s weekly chart. Continue reading Radio Days — “Here Comes the 21st Century”
Radio Days — “Spam”
“Spam in the back of my car/ Spam anyplace that you are” Continue reading Radio Days — “Spam”
Radio Days — “Channel Z”
The perfect summer album arrived thirty-five years ago. Continue reading Radio Days — “Channel Z”
Outside Reading — We Are Not Going Back Like Ever edition
This week featuring articles by Michelle Goldberg, Salamishah Tillet, and Andrew Perez. Continue reading Outside Reading — We Are Not Going Back Like Ever edition
This Week’s Model — Snail Mail, “Tonight, Tonight”
An ultra-cool indie-rock kids delivers a ravishing cover of one of the best Smashing Pumpkins songs AND promotes it with a pic that shows her holding the ultimate Slayer weapon. Continue reading This Week’s Model — Snail Mail, “Tonight, Tonight”
Medium Rotation — Big Swimmer; Your Hand Forever Checking On My Fever
Reviews of new albums by King Hannah and Amanda Bergman. Continue reading Medium Rotation — Big Swimmer; Your Hand Forever Checking On My Fever
Top 40 Smash Near Misses — “We Close Our Eyes”
Go West scored a hit (or at least a near-hit) in the U.S. with a song that was meant to kill time until their expected breakthrough release. Continue reading Top 40 Smash Near Misses — “We Close Our Eyes”
Coffee for Two 