Song of the Week (03/18/17): Feist – “Pleasure”
Feist has been out of the spotlight for a long time. A really long time. Six years after Metals though, she’s finally returned with Pleasure. And the title track is…
Song of the Week (03/11/17): Joan Shelley – “Wild Indifference”
It’s shocking sometimes that so many new, great songs can come from only a voice and an acoustic guitar. Louisville songwriter Joan Shelley follows a long lineage of folk tradition.…
SONG OF THE WEEK (02/04/17): MASTODON – “Show Yourself”
The latest by Mastodon sounds more like Queens of the Stone Age than the sludge or progressive metal that fans expect. But when the song’s this good, who cares?
Song of the Week (01/21/17): Gorillaz – “Hallelujah Money”
Welcome to a new feature called Song of the Week. It’s a fairly self-explanatory addition! Each week, we’ll chat about our favorite tune released in the last seven days. If…
2017 In Music: Looking Forward
It’s a new year, full of possibilities both exciting and terrifying. More than usual, music will need to meet the zeitgeist of today. The question remains of what shape this…
THE YEAR IN REVIEW – CONCERTS 2016
2016 was a bit of a record breaker for me when it came to live music. If you count each artist’s set individually, then I saw 69 performances this year,…