Probably 15 or so years ago, when I was first struggling with writing and realizing I needed to read a lot more fiction, an author I knew suggested looking at […]
So you want to travel to Japan? Here are a few practicalities to keep in mind, things that you’ll find buried in guidebooks or that I found to be different […]
#25: Aurora, All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend A phenomenal debut from Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora Aksnes. This is more in the tradition of orchestral, torch music of Lykke Li than […]
#50: Corinne Bailey Rae, The Heart Speaks in Whispers Impeccably written and arranged gospel/soul #49: Bleached, Welcome the Worms Imagine The Go-Gos with guts, more punk sensibility and a sense of noise, and you’ll […]
Crying, Beyond the Fleeting Gates Bear Hands, You’ll Pay For This Bob Mould, Patch the Sky Tancred, Out of the Garden Skylar Grey, Natural Causes Japanese Breakfast, Psychopomp Big Thief, […]
Starting off my “Best Albums of 2016” process, here are the albums that did NOT make the cut. Not that they’re not good records (I skim everything first so they had to grab some degree of my attention). In fact, I think I own more from this list than from […]
For a thinking person, it’s an upsetting time. I’ve found myself prone to despair and belly-aching. I spent a lot of time thinking about this through the holidays, and a plan began to crystallize. The final kick in the pants came Saturday when I picked up on all the positive […]
