This Week’s Model — Joyer, “Star”
A little drone, a little jangle, and a lot of indie vibe. Continue reading This Week’s Model — Joyer, “Star”
Category: Music
The New Releases Shelf — Little Rope
The title of the new Sleater-Kinney album is nestled in the lyrics to the song “Small Finds,” which metaphorically evoke the needs felt by a desperate canine: “Is it food or garbage?/ It smells good enough/ Can you gimme a … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf — Little Rope
This Week’s Model — Elbow, “Lovers’ Leap”
There’s a whole lot of song to “Lovers’ Leap” Continue reading This Week’s Model — Elbow, “Lovers’ Leap”
Outside Reading — Spin with Me edition
Annie Nightingale didn’t only kick down doors in radio – she held them open by Fiona Sturges Fiona Sturges writes this splendid remembrance of Annie Nightingale, the first woman — and, for a shockingly long time the only woman — to … Continue reading Outside Reading — Spin with Me edition
This Week’s Model — VIAL, “falling short”
Sometimes I want a track that absolutely pummels me. Don’t we all? Continue reading This Week’s Model — VIAL, “falling short”
This Week’s Model — Waxahatchee, “Right Back to It”
It doesn’t feel like it’s been that long since the last proper studio album from Waxahatchee, but it has. The sterling Saint Cloud was released on the last week of March 2020, which placed it directly into the COVID time … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Waxahatchee, “Right Back to It”
Medium Rotation — Cartwheel; Spiritual Cramp
HOTLINE TNT Cartwheel (Third Man) — The second album from Brooklyn-based band Hotline TNT is a ravishing mudslide of revival shoegaze. Largely the brainchild of Will Anderson, a transplanted Midwesterner who wears the influence of the many Minneapolis maestros of … Continue reading Medium Rotation — Cartwheel; Spiritual Cramp
This Week’s Model — Sprints, “Heavy”
“Heavy,” the new single from Dublin-based band Sprints, is about being wracked with anxiety, which seems like one of sanest topics for a powerful rock band to howl about in this age and day. The deadpan singsong of Karla Chubb’s … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Sprints, “Heavy”
Five Songs from 2023
In handing out plaudits around these here digital parts, the rundown of favored albums is typically followed by a set of similarly beloved tracks from the year just past. Unlike yesterday’s top ten assemblage, what follows here is not ranked, … Continue reading Five Songs from 2023
Top Ten Albums of 2023
Taking one calendar off the wall to replace it with a new stapled-together procession of gridded-off months brings us back to this annual venture. I have no overarching observations about the year in music to tap out in this cursory … Continue reading Top Ten Albums of 2023
Coffee for Two 