I’m a well-documented softie. I like hugs. I cry at movies. So the particularly charming and ethereal music that two guys from Chicago who call their band Whitney falls right into my wheelhouse.  I was familiar with their first album, mostly due to singles played on the spectacular satellite radio station, Sirius XMU, but nothing →

So far, 2019 has seen a dizzying amount of good to great albums in the indie rock sphere. But the year is far from over and the last quarter looks to have some notable albums that I’m very excited for. Here’s a short list: DIIV One of my favorite modern guitar bands is back after →

Justin Vernon, the mystical heart and soul of the band Bon Iver, has retroactively painted his first three, and now four, albums as inspired and influenced by the seasons. The frigid winter of For Emma, Forever Ago, the hot summer of 22, A Million, the lush fall of Bon Iver, Bon Iver, and now the glorious spring of i,i. The new →

  Okay, so there’s no dragons. I just want to get that out of the way at the start. When I first heard that The Mountain Goat‘s seventeenth (!) studio album would be a homage to Dungeons and Dragons, I was excited. Even though I haven’t played D&D in forever, I will always be a →

In the last decade-end, there was a rash of neon colored indie rock. Phoenix released their best record (Wolfgang), Grimes came out with her awesome debut, and two kids from Brooklyn hooked up and formed a band called Chairlift and released three well-regarded synthpop records. Their first single got tapped for an iPod commercial and what →

Spoon, the veteran indie rockers, have put out a consistent body of work since the 90’s, but their 2017 record, Hot Thoughts, could not hold my attention. One weak album isn’t a deal breaker on a band I’ve enjoyed for years, but it showed in quite clear fashion that they don’t have much left to →

Last week saw the release of the latest album by indie rock demi-gods The Flaming Lips, “The King’s Mouth: Music and Songs.” It’s a true concept album, telling the story of a Giant who became a King and then died using his massive body to stop an avalanche from destroying his Kingdom/City. After his death, →

If you read my Best Of 2018 list, you probably thought to yourself, “Well, that guy is probably in his late 30’s and listens to music produced by other guys in their late 30’s.” And you would be right. I admit that my choices for this year were quite safe, but also ended up being the →

In most years, there’s a clear favorite for my Album of The Year. Maybe not in the first six or seven months of the year, but as we near the end of the summer, I’m confident I have a solid choice between 1 or 2 records that speak to me in a profound way. Last →

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