Hozier: “Not Cringe, but Getting Cringe-er” | SOTW 11/01/2024
Plus: Something of a Brian Eno, Lou Reed, and David Bowie love triangle begins to coalesce, but I’m not about to put a label on it, bro.
Two Broody Albums From IDLES and St. Vincent | SOTW 05/31/2024
This Week: Exploring the similarities between “Big Time Nothing” and “POP POP POP,” plus weirdness from Dominique Guiot’s “La Danse Des Méduses” and Brian Eno’s “Burning Airlines Give You So Much More” and Chelsea Wolfe’s devastating “Flatlands.”
The Tweakin Poets Department | SOTW 04/26/2024 (coming to you 05/03/2024)
Because the best poets aren’t too tortured to hit that yoinky sploinky in sepia.
Songs of the Week 04/05/2024
Hope you like 3/4, and 6/8 even more. Yea, that’s right, other time signatures exist, I just can’t tell them apart because I never learned to count.
Songs of the Week 03/29/2024
Since y’all had to slog through some LEQ-type shit last time, this week, I’ve cooked up something shorter for your perusal. See? I even simplified to “y’all.” That’s some contractional efficiency. G’bless.
Songs of the WEEK ANNUAL REVIEW 2023
I didn’t see light for days, couldn’t feel the first Christmas snowflakes land on my tongue, but it was all worth it—all worth bringing you this year’s annual review on January 10th, 2024. You’re welcome, Idaho.
Lighttime | Songs of the Week 10/06/2023
Against my better judgment, we’re doing two Songs of the Week for the two wolves inside you. Two Songs One Week? No. No, I don’t think I like that.
August in Review | Songs of the Week 08/25/2023
Me when I have to write under the restrictions I specifically put into place to make writing easier:
July in Review | Songs of the Week 07/28/2023 (coming to you from 08/04/2023)
New Big Thief, new Shakey Graves, new Jim Noir hidden in Co-Pilot, AND new Wilco? Okay, well, the Wilco here is old Wilco, but that was before I knew there would be new Wilco. I'll fire an intern and do better next time.
Songs of the Week 02/03/2023
We're unpacking the divorce next week, so hold onto your butts.
Songs of the Week Annual Review 2022 (Because Someone Needs To Keep Spotify Honest)
I figured now was as good an opportunity as any to enter my own dark horse into the streaming music recap race—a real homegrown replay/wrapped situation. So, as 2022 comes to a close (four days into 2023), let's take a look back at the music that defined my year, and that probably didn't define yours, but here you are, reading about it. Don't think about it too much.
Songs of the Week 12/30/2022
Buckle up, kids, I'm airing out all of my flammable takes while we're still in holiday limbo so I can start this new year pure and angelic. The puffy, white, cartoon gloves are off, and honestly, they're not going back on, because that character design harkens back to blackface performances. Did you know that? Yea. I just shotgun sprayed your childhood, and I'm not even sorry for it. That's right, yea, and this is just the beginning. Ten-thirty, no mercy.
Songs of the Week 10/28/2022
Happy Halloween, everyone. Here's the most colorful song aesthetic I could put together in the spirit of the season. Planning ahead? Never heard of her.
