Touché Amoré, "To Write Content" Touché Amoré is a bit of a genre Rorschach test: emo? Hardcore? Post-hardcore? All of them, I guess, and maybe folks will identify in whatever way that fits them into their tastes. Not me! I'll identify them as whatever genre...
Today! Bob Marley, "Fussing and Fighting" I find myself listening to early Bob Marley more than his later, better produced stuff. Something about the raw nature of these recordings really appeals to me. Buzzkill, "Me" Are Buzzkill sending up Slint here? I think they might...
Music! The Beautiful South, "The River" Another relatively toothless song from the later period of the band. I can't wait for some early tracks to show up. Melvins, "The Mechanical Bride" Another tune from the "double duo" years, when they had an extra drummer to...
Your music is over here! John Oswald, "Way" John Oswald, a composer, coined the term "plunderphonics" to describe the process of composing a new song using recognizable parts of existing songs. The "recognizable" portion was something he considered key. It involves the composer making using...
I'll often leave shuffle running for a little while after doing one of these things, and sometimes I get these fantastic runs of songs and artists that would make for some great writeups. I have a lot to say about Operation Ivy! But, alas, that...
