Without a song or a dance what are we?
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 →
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 →
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 →
This is a birthday post for one of my favourite music lovers, with whom I spent a few glorious years making memories soundtracked by these, and many other, tunes. She definitely deserves credit for introducing me to so much music that I now can't live without, and consider myself lucky to be able to consult her wikipedic... Continue Reading →
This year looks like it's going to be the year of my favourite music releases. Pretty much every morning when I wake up and scroll some news feed or other there's always a little teaser, or even better, a whole new single that gets me right in the gut - a tear was shed for... Continue Reading →
Today, I thought about living in the age of album leaks and what an unnecessarily destructive act of vandalism it is - Bjork’s album was released yesterday instead of sometime in March because of internet bean spillers, and Madonna had to do the same a few weeks ago. As a fan of music, I don’t... Continue Reading →
Ok, so before this year gets steamrolling with music I really love (I'm already smitten with an EP of dance tracks that samples space sounds recorded by NASA and an upcoming album by a band whose oldest member is only 16 (!)) I must share the tracks I loved in 2014. The year can be... Continue Reading →
Since music is basically the bricks that line memory lane (well, that and the sense of smell), and I’m also always listening to something old while discovering something new, it only makes sense that I appropriate #ThrowbackThursday for a bit of aural nostalgia. Sometimes I think that the universe puts certain music in my life... Continue Reading →
Every Sunday, Pigeons and Planes puts up a post called '15 Free Songs You Should Download Right Now', which is a great, guilt-free way to sample some new music from not-so-big acts and score a couple of great tracks for your personal collection. This week’s edition had several gems, including a sensational cover of James... Continue Reading →
This happens to me a lot: I meet new people and they ask me what I do/want do to (I’m at the slash in between) and I tell them that I really love music/want to be a music journalist and they go “oh, what kind of music do you like?” And I’m all, “um well,... Continue Reading →
Dear Music, I Love You 