Live Venues In Long Line Awaiting Aid by Stacy Cowley Reporting for The New York Times, Stacy Cowley details the dire situation faced by performance venues across the nation, largely shuttered since last spring and without reasonable prospects for a … Continue reading Outside Reading —Till It’s Gone edition
I solicited assistance in selecting the track for this week’s edition of this modest celebration of new music, and of course my partner in all things instinctively advocated for the song that draws inspiration from the Italian horror films of … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Nun Gun, “Stealth Empire”
398. Yaz, You and Me Both (1983) If the old adage about books and their covers can be applied to albums, it’s also fair to remember that, as Rod Stewart once sang, every picture tells a story. In the case … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #398 to #396
A couple weeks ago, singer-songwriter cracked a good joke on Twitter: Because McRae knew her way around a guitar and a microphone, she followed up the next day with a “preemptive cover” of that imagined song, delivering fifty seconds of … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Jensen McRae, “Immune”
The members of Big Thief have apparently forged a secret pact a couple years ago, agreeing that not too much time would ever pass without at least one of them putting new music out into the universe. They notably delivered … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf — Two Saviors
401. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Rattlesnakes (1984) In the midst of his eventually abandoned studies at Glasgow University, Lloyd Cole formed the band that bore his name. According to him, the original intent of Lloyd Cole and the Emotions … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #401 to #399
What Will Be The Impact Of Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” And Its Historically Massive Debut? by Chris DeVille Given that I’m aging into decrepitude at an admirable pace, I suppose it’s entirely appropriate that I have only the barest knowledge … Continue reading Outside Reading — Driver’s Education
If the first nineteen days of 2021 could be viewed as an unwelcome extension of the miserable year that preceded it, the long, harmful hangover of 2020, they maybe this past Wednesday was finally the point when the headache lifted … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Amanda Gorman’s “The Hill We Climb” with Rostam’s “Piano Improvisation in G Major”
404. Howard Devoto, Jerky Versions of the Dream (1983) After folding his band Magazine, Howard Devoto wasn’t sure what he’d do next. He started working on one project with guitarist Alan St. Clair and another with Barry Adamson, Magazine’s bassist. … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #404 to #402
Start asking for forgiveness in advanceFor all the future things I will destroyThat way I can ruin everythingWhen I do, you don’t get to act surprised I’m in a real dancing-about-architecture place with this new Julien Baker tracks. I’m not … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Julien Baker, “Hardline”
