songs from the mailbag and beyond (megamix 14)

stonks music I usually advocate for choosing your own musical journey, rather than letting a machine choose it for you. But recently I caught myself slipping—sleep-deprived, dandling a fussy bébé, and in need of a quick audio solution, I typed "chill" into the Apple Music app on

music moots with Baileyrp ("April" by Armlock)

We are extremely back with Music Moots™, the blogseries where I ask someone to recommend me a song they like, and then I listen to the song and then write a little about it. Today we have Baileyrp! The Colorado musician makes "dreamy glitch pop" (Bandcamp bio) slash

behind the music video with Activity ("Heavy Breathing")

Do you know about the band Activity? Man, you should. The Brooklyn four-piece—Travis Johnson (vocals / multi-instrumentalist), Bri DiGioia (bass/vocals), Jess Rees (guitar/vocals/keys), and Brian Alvarez (drums)—have been putting out thoughtful, powerfully aura'd experimental rock since their debut album Unmask Whoever dropped a month

YOU ARE GOING TO CONCERTS WRONG...LET'S FIX IT

I’m trying out an out-of-character inflammatory headline in the hopes that you will click or tap on this story. Even though I try to approach life with equanimity, there are times when the equanimity, like a naughty dog, does not come when called...and as Kendrick Lamar once said,

music moots with joel vs. joel ("Rifle Eyesight (Proper Name)" by Cymbals Eat Guitars)

We are extremely back with Music Moots™, the blogseries where I ask someone to recommend me a song they like, and then I listen to the song and then write a little about it. Today we have joel vs. joel! A multi-instrumentalist in Kansas City, Missouri, joel vs. joel'

taylor swift's 'Showgirl' is a generational fumble (football pun INTENDED)

I am a middle-of-the-road millennial, and increasingly I catch myself having more and more “we used to drink from the hose” moments. We used to take group photos and make silly faces — it wasn’t cool to try to look hot. We used to choose what music we wanted to

behind the album art with Stay Inside

More and more are saying Stay Inside are a great band that makes awesome music. The Brooklyn foursome (Chris Lawless, Bryn Niboer, Chris Johns and Vishnu Anantha) put out Ferried Away, an album of poignant rippers, in early 2024 and it was the most critically acclaimed release of their career—

announcing I Enjoy Remixes, vol. 3: Salgado x Vantin

It's All In The Remix...I Enjoy Remixes, the ongoing I Enjoy Music music project in which two musical artists remix each others' songs, is back again. 🎵🎵 🔀 🎵🎵. I Enjoy Remixes Vol. 3, by I Enjoy Music2 track albumI Enjoy MusicBandcamp New & Notable Oct 9, 2022 This

music moots with Dim Wizard ("Darkness" by Katie Dey)

We are extremely back with Music Moots™, the blogseries where I ask someone to recommend me a song they like, and then I listen to the song and then write a little about it. Today we have Dim Wizard! That would be the musical identity of David Combs, who played

music for unprecedented outdoor parties (megamix 13)

Beyoncé once said, "You said you outside, but you ain't that outside." Maybe she drew some inspiration from parenting newborns. I was once quite outside and now I would say I am inside, so it's been different to get the majority of my musical

talking to A Day Without Love, who just finished playing shows in all 50 states

No one is doing it like A Day Without Love. The Philly-born, Boston-based folk-punk project of singer/songwriter Brian Walker has been a longtime embodiment of the DIY or Die ethos—something I wrote about when I covered a song from Walker's last album, A Stranger That You

good disc, man: Routine Layup

I began life as a CD Girl. I got my first Discman when I was 10 or so. My booklet of discs to bring on family road trips was modest but comforting. In high school, burned CDs spilled from every orifice of the 1995 Volvo sedan I timeshared with my