Music Makers
Golly gee, 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 Animal Byproducts! A four-piece from Manchester and Leeds making, in their words, "twiddly trumpet punk," the band just put
Music Listeners
I write to you, May 20th 2024, feeling something stirring in the air. The grasses are rustling, the crows are cawing, the meerkats are looking around with great interest. We've been at a weird point in popular culture for a while where, thanks to the decay of legacy
Music Molly
Yesterday a curious video came across my desk (Twitter feed). A young white man who looks a bit like Steve Albini's zoomer son stood with his head poking out of a vehicle that was parked in the middle of what appeared to be the Soho neighborhood of Manhattan.
Music Makers
My 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 Midheaven! Midheaven is a Los Angeles-based duo comprised of Andy DeLuca and Sarah Eiseman, whose Instagram bio—"dreampop girlfriend
Music People
Wow, we're plowing through so many music-adjacent art forms on this blog. Album art? Yes. Music videos? Yes. Music-based comics? Yes. Now I want to devote today's blog to another music-adjacent artform: the fancam. To my understanding, there are multiple video formats that technically fit under
Music Molly
I am freshly returned from the Kilby Block Party music festival, slightly crisp with sunburn and foggy of mind. The fest took place in gorgeous Salt Lake City, Utah, home of the Kilby Court all-ages music venue (the fest commemorated 25 years of venue operations) and also of the longest
Music Makers
Hello, it's a brand new Blueprint Playlist—where I ask artists with new music out to share five(ish) songs that have inspired or informed the songs in some way or another. Today we have a playlist from Nihiloceros, the Brooklyn-based "indie punk thrash pop" trio—
Music Makers
Goodness gracious, 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 Sugardeer! A Cleveland, OH-based solo project of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Danny Kit, Sugardeer's debut EP came out last November,
Music Makers
Music does not exist in a vacuum. People make music. People make music in places. Sometimes with other people. And I find this all very interesting. I first got linked to 5-Track—Seattle-based guitarist and singer in Trash Panda Go Kart, bassist in Beyond Captain Orca!—thru friend-of-the-blog Mira from
Music Makers
Bonjour, 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 Lane! Lane are a trio based in Boston helmed by guitarist/vocalist Wes Kaplan, with Jolee Gordon (vocals) and Julian Fader (drums,
Music Listeners
Extremely excited to publish a new guest post on le blog today. This one comes from Danny Robbins, a video editor in Myrtle Beach, SC last seen in this blog recommending me a favorite song of 2023, who is about to make a very compelling case for Willie Nelson (and
Music Makers
Hey, it's a brand new Blueprint Playlist—where I ask artists with new music out to share five-ish songs that have inspired or informed the songs in some way or another. Fold Paper's new single hit my mailbox last week and I immediately began rubbing my