Shouts to The National for the 3-color print job on the insert for “Sleep Well Beast.”
Category: Music
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Shouts to The National for the 3-color print …
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Bought myself a belated Christmas gift: the 3LP …
Bought myself a belated Christmas gift: the 3LP reissue of Wolf Parade’s “Apologies to the Queen Mary.” Sub Pop knocked it out of the park on this package: the remastered album on 2 LPs, a third that collects the EPs that led up to the record’s release, plus a heartfelt essay from Sean Michaels (of Said The Gramophone fame).
At a time when every new indie band either seemed to be from Canada or have “Wolf” in their name, these guys stood out and created a record that aged better than any of the other Blog Rock records of the early 2000s (yes, that includes “Funeral”). Simultaneously urgent and timeless, it’s a minor classic.
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Jackpot.
Jackpot.
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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
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Turns out, there’s an honest-to-god legit indie record …
Turns out, there’s an honest-to-god legit indie record store in downtown Lewes, DE. Who knew?
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Shakespeare turned dust to dust
Y’know how the YouTube algorithm is an awful garbage fire but sometimes it serves you a gem that feels like a piece of yourself in a time capsule? That’s what this video is for me. Sunny Day Real Estate may have spent a combined $27 on their wardrobe for their big MTV debut. This isn’t…
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My year in music, 2018
**My 2018 in music can be best summed up in five words: “Bark Your Head Off, Dog.”** Hop Along’s third album took a moment to get lodged in my brain, but once it did, it was a force of nature. I can’t recall the last time a new record took over my life like this,…
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Please join me on the new Mastodon instance …
Please join me on the new Mastodon instance I just spun up,
hejira.is, a place for like-minded individuals to beatifically discuss their appreciation of Joni Mitchell’s 1976 masterpiece. -
Dropped into my local record store around lunchtime. …
Dropped into my local record store around lunchtime. Clerk saw me, walked over and said “Dude, I have a truckload of new, super clean 80s indie and alternative in, but that copy of ‘Green’ I posted on Insta last night just walked out the door.”
I feel very Seen. It feels good.
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Ben Gibbard’s been doing the rounds to promote …
Ben Gibbard’s been doing the rounds to promote Death Cab for Cutie’s quite good new record, Thank You For Today.
Gibbard was asked to force-rank all eight Death Cab albums, and his answers were somewhat controversial (The Photo Album is way too low for my liking). However, it’s this interview with Entertainment Weekly that stuck with me.
EW asks Gibbard about the 15-year anniversaries of both Transatlanticism and Give Up. His answer is very illuminating, and incredibly self-aware:
When I look back at 2003, it was the best year I’ve ever had creatively: having Transatlanctism and Give Up come out in the course of six months. I’ll never have another year like that.
I can’t imagine how difficult it is to admit that your best creative work occurred fifteen years ago as a working recording artist, promoting a new release with major label backing.