Who Did “Heart It Races” Better? | SOTW 08/30/2024
Plus: going off the beaten path with Clairo and Lizzy McAlpine's new albums, going all-in on 70's cheese with Hot Chocolate, and dipping our dicks in the salsa dip with the Northern Boys...whatever that means.
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 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 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 11/10/2023
THE QUEEN HAS AWAKENED! It’s Mariah Carey season, baby! Said no one on Max Todd Dot Com ever. I will be INTOLERANT of that. No such rumpus here.
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.
Songs of the week 09/15/2023 (coming to you From 09/22/2023)
DUDE, DID YOU HEAR ME? PLAYTHEFUCKINGBEAT!
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 05/05/2023
Netflix, if you're reading this, have your people connect with my people so I can improve my music taste.
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!