Recipe for “Indie Cred”: Musically cutting-edge home town (eg. Austin, TX) Intriguingly cryptic band… Read the postWeek 323: “Snow Tip Cap Mountain” by The Octopus Project
One of the joys of being a kid is taking stuff apart. Maybe your parents… Read the postWeek 322: “Kusanagi” by Odesza
Okay okay okay, before we get to the song itself, let’s talk about the horrific… Read the postWeek 321: “How Deep Is The Ocean” by Curtis Counce
Let’s take a second to thank the country of Scotland for its uncanny ability to… Read the postWeek 320: “The Gallant Weaver” by James MacMillan
Big news everybody: today is the summer solstice. If at this point you’re sitting there,… Read the postWeek 319: “Darkness” by Fat Jon
As far as riots go, the 1835 “Snow Riot” in Washington DC isn’t widely remembered.… Read the postWeek 318: “Saving Us A Riot” by Phoria
As a kid, the experience of reading the books of Roald Dahl was like dreaming… Read the postWeek 317: “Meet You In The Maze” by James Blake
A while ago I watched two music documentaries within 24 hours of each other: Amy,… Read the postWeek 316: “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered” by Anita O’Day
If you’ve ever tried to write a song on the guitar, you know it’s not… Read the postWeek 315: “The Loop” by Mimicking Birds
Warmth is an interesting concept. In terms of temperature, warmth is difficult to define. If… Read the postWeek 314: “Warm Thoughts” by Flume
Few instruments have been abused in popular music as much as the banjo. The poor… Read the postWeek 313: “Big Bird In A Small Cage” by Patrick Watson
Most of the cover songs on this list are here because they don’t simply re-create… Read the postWeek 312: “Song 2” by Blur (Trevor James Tillery cover)
For a brief period in the late 90s, one of the best ways to discover… Read the postWeek 311: “Homerun Ubershow” by The High Llamas (Schneider TM remix)
I’d like to tell you the interesting story of Martin Bouchard. Unfortunately, I don’t know… Read the postWeek 310: “Serenade” by Martin Bouchard
Sweden really has a knack for pop music. From ABBA in the 70s, to Roxette in the… Read the postWeek 309: “Heartbreaker” by The Cardigans
This is the song that made me realize I liked jazz. I never disliked it,… Read the postWeek 308: “Rose Rouge” by St. Germain
There’s plenty to like about Fleet Foxes’ 2008 debut album, but I think the best… Read the postWeek 307: “Tiger Mountain Peasant Song” by Fleet Foxes
A few months ago, I mentioned that although I didn’t have a list of top-ten… Read the postWeek 306: “Words” by Gregory Alan Isakov
Reading up on jazz legend McCoy Tyner, I noticed that one biographer described him as… Read the postWeek 305: “When Sunny Gets Blue” by McCoy Tyner
Here’s your fact of the day: for almost a century, Canada and Denmark have been… Read the postWeek 304: “Open” by Rhye