Music Makers
There's nothing I love more than an exciting internet-based musical journey. Imagine me jumping from hyperlink to hyperlink, discovering a wild new musical zone and bugging out entirely... ...this is what happened the other day when I visited albumoftheyear.org for the first time, which is a thing
Music Makers
My my, 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 Riggings! Riggings is the stage name of Alex Riggs, who just released her album Egg on June 21st via Horse Complex
Music Molly
Welcome to another edish of the I Enjoy Music newsletter. To preview the format of the newsletter, in an Axios breakin'-it-down style, we have: a little bit of writing around a new-to-me song by an unfamiliar artist (last time I did that with Frank Lenz's "
Music Listeners
Surf's up, one...more...time! ["Wipeout" drum solo begins] We're wrapping up our week of Wikipedia surfing with Harmony Woods (for the still-uninitiated...that's pasting "Special:Random" in the Wikipedia search bar and clicking until you see a page related
Music Makers
Holy moley, 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 comets near me! A self-described "tweemo" duo based in San Jose, CA, comets near me just put out a
Music Listeners
We're back with another day of Wikipedia surfing with Harmony Woods—aka pasting "Special:Random" in the Wikipedia search bar (when I just typed that, the Ghost blogging interface tried to correct it to a dice emoji, which was nice 🎲) and clicking until you see a
Music Molly
I got a press invite to an interesting show last week—Joan As Police Woman (the alias of singer-songwriter Joan Wasser) was playing an intimate gig at the Cha Cha Lounge in Silver Lake. This invite was intriguing to me for three reasons: 1) I love a gig invite (I
Music Listeners
How to find new-to-you music? Let Mr. Spotify decide for you? Read the Pitched Fork? Ask your mom what she's vibing on these days? Give up and let autoplay take the wheel? How about trying something different...and exciting...that uses the power of the internet and the
Music Molly
I read an absolutely wild piece of music writing last week. Tavi Gevinson, original Girl Blogger and founder of influential online magazine Rookie, self-published a zine about Taylor Swift in April called Fan Fiction. A few outlets covered this event—Vulture interviewed Gevinson about it, and across the NY Mag
Music Makers
Why hello there, 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 Cigar Cigarette! A Los Angeles-based project led by Chris McLaughlin, Cigar Cigarette just released their EP Natural History and it&
Music Molly
I try to avoid feeling too parasocial about my pop stars but I have to say it: I'm proud of Charli XCX. She must be feeling incredible right now in the wake of the release of Brat. A spiky Roman phalanx of fans flooding their social media timelines
Music Makers
Summer hit me like a semi truck last week. I was wearing a black long-sleeved shirt and black pants, went out to run an errand, and was like, oh shit...it's happening. Suddenly I wanted a popsicle. I wanted to go for a long drive and blast some