Sometimes I can be made to believe that there are bands out there capable of reviving the bristling rock that dominated college radio a couple decades back, before the wonders of technology meant everyone could make lush pop and the … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Francis of Delirium, “Let It All Go”
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”
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”
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”
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”
For at least the two hundred and sixth week in a row, it’s been a rough week. To meet the intense desire to find something to sooth my anguished inner, Vagabon comes to the rescue. Making it all the more … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Vagabon featuring Courtney Barnett, “Reason to Believe”
If I’m going to listen to a Christmas song on Christmas day, please let it be a tight, raucous punk tune with lyrics from Santa Claus’s perspective that include sentiments such as “Th Grinch/ He freaks me out/ I’m going … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Pom Pom Squad, “Hello Santa”
As we stumble to the end of this misbegotten year, it’s only right and proper that our holidays tunes are tinged with melancholy. In the opening lyrics of “Happy Holiday,” the new track from Diet Cig, Alex Luciano sweetly intones, … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Diet Cig, “Happy Holiday”
With a spectacular guitar riff, beautifully gnarled instrumentation, and vocals that slice like piano wire that’s been repurposed as weaponry, Editrix’s “Chelsea” is exactly the anti-capitalism pile-driver we need this holiday season. Tell Me I’m Bad, the debut album from … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Editrix, “Chelsea”
It takes diligence to track the minor shifts and major changes Tigers Jaw has experienced over the years. Formed in Scranton, Pennsylvania a decade and a half ago, the group has undergone significant roster changes and refined their sound along … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Tigers Jaw, “Lemon Mouth”
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