Friday Playlist: Petty
So I kind of missed out on Tom Petty. I always loved “Refugee,” “You Got Lucky,” and his epic duet with Stevie Nicks, “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around.” But when he really hit his stride, both artistically and commercially, in the mid/late 80s, I was off listening to other stuff. Hip hop and R&B. When I got to college I…
Friday Playlist
A mix of old and new this week. https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/6lnvsFjmihw4cfR9iT7dqV “The Others” – The Jezabels. The proverbial “Between Albums" single from this very fine Aussie group. The song is very fine, too. “Continental Breakfast” – Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile. There are plenty of one-off duets. Not so common are two artists coming together to make an album together. Barnett and…
Kid and Cougar
Steven Hyden has to be one of the three or four writers I’ve linked to most over the years. I think he’s the best music writer going these days, and have followed him across Pitchfork, the AV Club, Grantland, and now Uproxx. I appreciate both his musical sensibilities and his writing style. I’d say eight times out of ten when…
Friday Vid
Just a video today, as we have a variety of contractors in-and-out of the house today. “I Melt With You” – Modern English. Fall begins just after 4:00 today here in Indy. So of course we’re in the midst of the hottest, driest stretch of the year. Cross country practice was cancelled last night and Sunday’s meet as been moved…
“I Want To Find What Can’t Be Found” – A Deeper Understanding Review
I’ve been listening to The War on Drug’s A Deeper Understanding nearly non-stop for almost a month now. Yet, I’ve been struggling to put some thoughts about it together to share here. I love the album, so it should be easy to write about, right? Turns out I’m running into the same problem that I think Adam Granduciel faced when…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/5ufdmgyU59aoKmMbmTzXEV “Plimsoul Punks” – Alvvays. Man, this song is just so good. Power, jangle pop with just a hint of shoegaze in the background. Perfect. “Strangers Kiss” – Alex Cameron and Angel Olsen. Something about this song feels straight out of 1981. “Rained On” – Frightened Rabbit. A surprise three-song EP dropped today from my co-favorite band. The entire thing…
Friday Playlist
A very special playlist this week. I don’t listen to a ton of 70s music – there’s some OG punk and very early new wave that sneaks in, along with a pinch of classic rock – as I generally skew towards 80s music when listening to the old stuff. But my love of music came from my parents always having…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/2C7eOMtEDxiI2dLQRKUsuK “September” – Earth, Wind & Fire. This is a god damn great song. How this peaked at only #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 is another indictment of the 1970s. “September Gurls” – Big Star. One of the greatest power-pop songs of all time. “Wake Me Up When September Ends” – Green Day. Since we’re sticking with a theme…
Friday Playlist
The music day I’ve been waiting on since way back in the spring is finally here: The War on Drugs A Deeper Understanding is officially out. Sadly, perhaps because they are now on a major rather than indie label, folks like me who had pre-ordered the album did not get a link to download it a week early as with…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/5DzMMpWAbsWxSSLTFs8SWs “The Possibility” – Worriers. A cool little rave up by a band I would have sworn was from Ireland. Don’t the vocals have a Cranberry-esque sound to them? Turns out they’re from Brooklyn, like 87% of the bands in the indie world. “All There Is” – Guggi Data. Guggi – AKA Gustav Data Andersson – is from the Swedish…