‘Round here, we listen to Sunday music on Tuesdays because Tuesdays are the real armpit of the week. Monday is okay-ish because it’s a good time for renewal and psyching yourself up to be a better person (I even read once that Mondays are a good day to start a new habit). But Tuesdays are... Continue Reading →
A Re-Introduction
Re-introducing myself with a playlist that's a little bit 2018, and a little bit throwback.
Video of the Day: Tank and the Bangas
Tiny Desk Concert winners Tank and the Bangas have a Video of the Day that's sheer joy.
A Playlist for Friday
A low-kew, lo-fi playlist inspired by that Friday after-work feeling.
Video of the Day: The Avalanches “Because I’m Me”
One of my Official Favorite Albums Of 2016 (So Far) is The Avalanches' Wallflower, released this July and a whole sixteen years (read: musical lifetime) after the Australian genre-mashing outfit's critically acclaimed first, Since I Left You. The new album is a rich scrapbook mosaic of samples from all kinds music cut and pasted together to make a pretty... Continue Reading →
Dear Continuum, I Love You
I remember being at a show in L.A. in 2013 where Flying Lotus was the not-so-secret surprise guest, and the warm-up acts were asking the audience who they thought would be coming out to entertain us. Someone sarcastically said John Mayer, and the crowd laughed and jeered while in my heart I thought it wouldn’t... Continue Reading →
My Seven Favourite Things About Eaux Claires Fest
One of my favourite things about being alive is music festivals. Those crazy, sacred places where you get a sense of a different kind of world void of normal society’s rules, and where you know that all the glow-sticked, muddy-footed fellow revellers are there for a common purpose: for the love of music and fun.... Continue Reading →
Some Music For Spring
So they days have finally gone from being about white tundra, grey skies and air so cold it hurts to breath, to late sunsets, skin prickling with warmth and the fantasies of festival season. It’s only right that the music mood changes too, and this playlist is my own version of a summer roadtrip that... Continue Reading →
Dear Music, I Love You 