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.”
AI and the Most Unwanted Song | SOTW 05/17/2024
Also this week: Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah’s “Lake Shore Drive,” Peter Gabriel covering Arcade Fire’s “My Body is a Cage,” Cocteau Twins’ famous “Carolyn’s Fingers,” and Blur’s underrated “Ambulance.”
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 03/15/2024
New Peter Gabriel! New St. Vincent! New IDLES! New Chelsea Wolfe! New TV on the Radio…. has not released since 2015!
Songs of the week 03/01/2024
This Week: I do a 180° on AI and finally profess my love for the Beatles, which surely isn’t related, right?
Songs of the Week 02/02/2024
Another batch of songs from November because I’m so blocked up from that hiatus.
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.
Songs of the Week 10/20/2023 (coming to you from 10/27/2023)
This background art is joyous. Don’t think about Oppenheimer. Look how pretty this burst of stellar fission is. Don’t think about Oppenheimer. Haha, Happy Halloween, boooo! Don’t think about Oppenheimer.
Nighttime | Songs of the Week 10/06/2023
You’ve seen Songs of the Week 10/06/2023, yea? But what if it was goth?
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:
Songs of the Week 03/10/2023
Would you hit the insidious, shrouded figure's hookah? Let me know in the comments! Like and subscribe! Smash that bell!
Songs of the Week 03/03/2023
in my lowercase indie girl era, bopping to Fiona Apple Feist boygenius at the King Soopers
Songs of the Week 02/17/2023 (coming to you from 02/24/2023)
Cage the Elephant curiosity was not on my 2023 bingo card, but neither was war with China, so...
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.