Hello and happy Tuesday to you all. Last December my parents gave me the Christmas gift of a print subscription to The New Yorker, which I now read at night as a dual exercise in Knowing What's Going On and also Putting My Phone Away. And last night
If you have ever typed the title of a song in the YouTube search bar followed by the word "karaoke" in the hopes of putting your own special vocal spin on a favored tune by Mitski or Chief Keef or Sonic Youth, you have probably seen the fruits
Readers of I Enjoy Music know I have a keen interest in keytars. I've asked some kickass keytar players questions about their setups and inspirations, like Jeffrey Kornfeld from Blind Equation (who recently announced tour dates in Asia / Australia / NZ!!) and Sam Revaz from Geese. Today we have
My my my. It's another Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians for three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today we feature Superdestroyer! Superdestroyer is an anonymous solo artist in Columbus, Ohio. He co-owns Lonely Ghost Records—slinger of so-left-of-center-they-might-actually-be-back-at-the-center-again music from artists like
Life is long, and there is lots of music to listen to all the way through it, but there will always be a special place in my heart for the music I listened to as a young adult, having freshly landed in 'the real world'—much like a
The rollout of an album can often be an art form of its own, especially in this era of DIY digital music marketing. From Jimmy Montague's clarion call of "don't fuck me on this" in the lead-up to the release of his album Tomorrow&
What's up???? We've got a brand new edition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians for three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today's feature is Tame Werewolf, aka Keivan Hosseini, an electronic musician from Iran whose tunes are pure
Great googly moogly, it's another edition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians for three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today's feature is Needy Beast, aka Adam Moerder. Adam previously played in the Brooklyn band Mr. Dream, and has contributed to
On Saturday night, after hanging out for a while with our friends and their three-year-old son (you ever read Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile? Not bad) my husband and I went Out for a bit. We went to the venue Zebulon, where an indie-ish dance party ("New Wave, Post-Punk, Psych, Pop,
"The Music Enjoyer" is a series in which I ask music-oriented people for a bit of their musical DNA — the music they listened to when they were younger, the music they listen to now — and also for some practical info, like their favorite ways to find music and
HELLO! It's another edition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians to tell me about three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today we've got AVI, a Canadian musician who produces deeply vibey electronic music. AVI just put out an EP, EQUINOX,
John of John's Music Blog recently posted a roundup of his favorite live show videos of the last year. I click on pretty much anything linked in JMB, just because I know it will likely lead me somewhere funky and freaky, so I delved into quite a few