ROB AND DICK stand behind the counter. Rob holds a CD in his hand. Rob leans over to Dick. ROB I will now sell five copies of Brothers & Sisters by Steve Mason DICK Do it. Rob pops in the … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Steve Mason, “The People Say”
When the first boygenius EP came out, in 2018, Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus were all up-and-comers. Baker and Dacus has two solo albums to their credit, and Bridgers had one. Since then, they’ve only commanded more attention … Continue reading This Week’s Model — boygenius, “$20”
You know what’s a long time between albums? Twenty-four years. Nearly a quarter of a century has passed since the last Everything but the Girl album, Temperamental, was released, in 1999. Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt formally announced the dissolution … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Everything but the Girl, “Nothing Left to Lose”
What can I type? I simply like the idea of starting the new year with a cool groove. Luckily, Debby Friday is ready to oblige with the track “SO HARD TO TELL,” which is intoxicating in it slippery swerving and … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Debby Friday, “SO HARD TO TELL”
Funky boys and girls who’ve secured their place on the Nice list know that the jolly man coming down their chimneys on Christmas Eve doesn’t hail from the North Pole. Instead, a proud son of Cincinnati who plays the bass … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Bootsy Collins, “Here 4 a Reason”
Dove Cameron wasn’t born yet when Edwyn Collins was all over alternative rock radio with “A Girl Like You,” the swaggering lead single from his 1994 album, Gorgeous George. But the Disney Channel escapee who had a great big pop-star … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Dove Cameron, “Girl Like Me”
Whatever else can be said about Phoebe Bridgers, she’s pretty damned impressive as a collaborator. In the shooting-star ascendancy of her past few years, it seems Bridgers has eagerly responded in the affirmative to just about every cool opportunity that … Continue reading This Week’s Model — SZA, “Ghost in the Machine (ft. Phoebe Bridgers)”
“in|FLUX,” the new single from Anna B Savage, begins delicately. The first minute or so is spare and elegant, like Fiona Apple when she’s trying to lure the listener into a false sense of safety. Then the burbling electronic beat … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Anna B Savage, “in|FLUX”
I’m glad the track starts with the drums. Although I remain among the truest of the true believers in Sleater-Kinney, I don’t dispute that the absence of drummer Janet Weiss has been keenly felt ever since she stepped away from … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Quasi, “Doomscrollers”
Look, it’s too early for Christmas music. I believe that to the depths of my heathen soul that we’ve no business busting out the carols and other festive until December. That typed, I have already declared my willingness to adhere … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Titus Adronicus, “Drummer Boy”
Coffee for Two 