There are so many hours between nightfall and dawn — so, so many hours. Cops and EMTs see these hours, but I can’t imagine they’re any fun for them. The same is likely true for ER doctors, 911 dispatchers, firefighters, […]
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Sometimes music doesn’t weigh a thing. That was the Grateful Dead’s secret, right? That’s why it never mattered if these jam giants stumbled haplessly through a set. The music never weighed a thing, and everyone onstage and off was just […]
The first proper song on Amanda Palmer’s There Will Be No Intermission opens with the maniacal tinkle of circus piano and then a gently tragic waltz, as Palmer sings “everyone’s reaching to put on a seatbelt / but this kind […]
Nostalgia needs selective memory like yeast needs sugar. The latter feeds the former. And what you get when an artist goes full-bore nostalgic is reductive music, pure affectation with zero context or heart. Thing is, SUSTO’s new Ever Since I […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is an extension of the exploration in our Fall-Winter journal of innovation in the way people make, share, and use music. For more stories on the Innovation theme, check out the Fall-Winter journal here. The Sheriffs are a […]
Blues Traveler was blasting at the gym the other day — just plain blasting. Even over the Jason Isbell in my headphones I could hear an aimless harmonica circling endlessly. For a second I could identify the song (hey — […]
I’m a tad obsessed with Samin Nosrat’s cooking theory book Salt Fat Acid Heat. I consider myself a decent cook, but Nosrat has exploded my understanding of even kitchen basics. Her prose is straightforward and comprehensive, and she regularly gets […]
Grief is a powerful muse. It guided Neil Young’s hand when he penned the haunting rocker “Tonight’s the Night.” It’s core to the continued resonance of the hymn “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.” Grief drove rap duo Run the Jewels […]
Poor skiffle. It rarely gets its proper due. It’s always a footnote, inevitably mentioned in terms of the Beatles’ early inspiration. Considering the Beatles’ outsize impact on the music industry, this means that elements of skiffle have accordingly trickled into […]
I have no idea what I think about this record. I’ve been listening to it and listening to it. I listen to it in the car during long drives. I put it on in the background while I’m cooking. I […]
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