Music Makers
Ooo baby, it's another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians for three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today we have Dialup Ghost! The Nashville rock band (Russ Finn, Jade McPeak, Jordan Smith, and Jack Holway) put out their fifth LP, Donkey
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Last year I listened to Joanne Robertson's Blurrr because Ryley Walker said it had the "most ill guitar playing [he's] heard all year." Then I started to see that reddish purple album cover selfie everywhere. Something about my existence as a music writer is
Music Makers
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 Midnight! A folk singer-songwriter in New Orleans, Midnight came to my attention when
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Bonjour mes amis. Let's get into the mix... The Perennial Sound in the Valley I've really liked Perennial since I saw their album Art History getting talked up amongst my music loving internet peers. They take midcentury modern vibes and run them through the punk extruder.
Music Makers
Oh my gosh, it's another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians for three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today we have Best Actress! The NYC-based band brings together Georgia Pettit of Our Lady of Sorrows, Ryan Jantz of no big, and
Music Listeners
Okay, probably not the world's fastest playlist, but it's certainly bursting with vim AND vigor. Thanks to everyone—including I Enjoy Music's musician friends and writer friends—for bringing the speed this week. I had so much fun! Also thanks to Wagner Koop for
Music Listeners
Beep beeeeeeep speed week continues at a blistering pace. Today we've got the favorite songs of some of my favorite writers (and one of my favorite graphic designers) about music! All of whom you can find on my blogroll...don't forget about the blogroll... BlogrollThese are
Music Makers
Happy day three of speed week. Hope you are freakin ZOOMING by now. For today's post, I thought I'd ask some Friends of the Blog (bands/artists I have covered before, plus PR/label folks who are kind enough to send me fresh delicious new music
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In no particular order other than the order I thought them up, here are just a handful of songs in my personal fast song hall of fame. But before we start, here's a fun fact I learned from googling around for a question I had about whether recorded
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I enjoy all kinds of music—it's sort of the raison d'etre of this here blog—but a while ago, I realized that my favorite song on any given album would usually be the fastest one. My favorite song on my favorite Rilo Kiley album, Take
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 Sharkey Spice! Aka Erin Laura, an artist, writer and radio DJ who hosts
Maybe I would have been a practicing Catholic for longer if the music was any good. My memories of mass, like any child's memories, are of abject boredom. If we were kneeling, I'd amuse myself by surreptitiously licking the pew in front of me, such was
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 Molly Lambert! Molly is a journalist, podcast producer, and San Fernando Valley-raised bon
I can't help but love the 2016 nostalgia wave. Being nostalgic is one of my weaker points—your girl loves to REMINISCE—so when the nation gets together to nostalgize in harmony, I have to chime in. In the absence of monoculture, we can engage with monostalgia. I
In January of 2019, Chris and I went to Miami Beach to see a New Order concert. It was the first time I had ever traveled to a different city for a single show, and it was truly a dream trip. Cubano sandwiches were consumed, and several trips to Mac&
WE'RE BACK! 2026! Wow. Let's get into it. I Enjoy Music Photo Club (?) (!) I love New Years / January so much. Not in a "I'll start drinking green juice way" exactly, but I am into a fresh start, a do-over. Recent Januarys haven&
WE DID IT! part 1 here. part 2 here. part 3 here. part 4 here. part 5 here. part 6 here. part 7 here. part 8 here. part 9 here. part 10 here. part 11 here. part 12 here. part 13 here. part 14 here. scroll to the bottom for
we're almost there! what a time to be alive and have ears! part 1 here. part 2 here. part 3 here. part 4 here. part 5 here. part 6 here. part 7 here. part 8 here. part 9 here. part 10 here. part 11 here. part 12 here.
almost there...getting closer...to listening to all of your fave songs of the year! part 1 here. part 2 here. part 3 here. part 4 here. part 5 here. part 6 here. part 7 here. part 8 here. part 9 here. part 10 here. part 11 here. part 12
part CHWELVE part 1 here. part 2 here. part 3 here. part 4 here. part 5 here. part 6 here. part 7 here. part 8 here. part 9 here. part 10 here. part 11 here. scroll to the bottom for youtube embeds of all the songs! "Dollar Store"
please sir. may i have some more good songs? part 1 here. part 2 here. part 3 here. part 4 here. part 5 here. part 6 here. part 7 here. part 8 here. part 9 here. part 10 here. scroll to the bottom for youtube embeds of all the songs!
