Of the several different types of music lovers out there, my favorites are the obsessive ones. The investigative biographers, the encyclopedic anthology experts, the meticulous playlist librarians, etc. The ultimate dream is to seek out and find every type of ...
For a major metro area, Memphis has a strangely small-town feel. It’s not uncommon to run into the same folks in passing, especially at shows, coffee shops, or your favorite Kroger (it’s a thing, trust me). Luckily I’ve had the ...
It’s time again for the annual tone-setter for my summer: the official summer playlist of 2016. This year, I’m predicting that this summer going to be hot. Like, really hot. And before you give me a gold star for predicting the ...
Thanks to social media and the power of a generation that understands marketing better than any of its predecessors, pop music is free to explore new frontiers. YouTube doesn’t pick its pop stars from the Disney Channel, nor do you ...
I was introduced to Elle King through a friend’s Facebook post, in which she was criticizing all of us – the people on her friends list – for forcing her into the uncomfortable position of having to listen to the ...
Laura Gibson, hailing from Portland, OR, retains the signature quirkiness of Pacific Northwestern folk artists like Mirah and Kimya Dawson, but her fourth studio album, La Grande, envelopes classic folk music in a cloak of dreamy mystery that pulls you ...
Lana Del Rey's last album was sweet. Sickly sweet. It was syrupy and viscous and while it was rich with luscious depth, it didn't have much in the way of variety, or emotional variance. Her latest release, Ultraviolence, is still ...
Since 2014 seems to be the Year of Contemporary Pop Music Appreciation for me, I’m just going to roll with it. That means that I definitely allowed myself to rock out and sing along to “I Think I Like You,” the ...
There’s no reason not to dig into the past for new (to you), inspiring music with modern day creativity. A few years ago, I stumbled upon Big Noise from Winnetka through the cover by Asylum Street Spankers. It’s one of ...
I’m proud to put another Pacific Northwestern musician up for Tunesday this week. Well, half of this group, Kimya Dawson, hails from her adopted home of Seattle/Olympia, WA but her cohort in this weird, hipster-hop adventure is San Francisco/New York’s ...
Macklemore – weird name. Way more weird than Ryan Lewis, right? So who are these dudes and why am I writing about them? Well, because it’s my website and I am way too into music to not share it with people ...