My first recollectionof encountering the musicof Lana Del Rey was a notoriousSaturday Night Live appearancethat was summarily panned by everyone who saw it as perhapsthe worst SNL musical guest performance in history. I didn’t see it live, but if I remembercorrectly, I was curious enough to watch it later, and while I didn’t really likeContinue reading “#668: D is for Del Rey, Lana”
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#667: D is for Deerhoof
I love this band but they can bedifficult to listen to. I have one DeerhoofCD, one LP, and about four or five downloadedalbums that, in lightof that difficulty, were not in heavy rotationdespite the fact that I was delighted and intriguedby every one of those albums.They are one of thosebands, and I’ve listenedto a lotContinue reading “#667: D is for Deerhoof”
#666: D is for Deep Sea Diver
My friend Eric asked meif I wanted to go with himto see Deep Sea Diver, and, having never heard the band, of course, I said yes. In preparation, I downloadedthe most current thing, the2016 album called Secrets. Led by songwriter, singer, and guitarplayer extraordinaire, Jessica Dobson, the band absolutely rocked, and from that momentforward, IContinue reading “#666: D is for Deep Sea Diver”
#665: D is for The Decemberists
First, I almost violently dislike harmonicas, and it’s the first thing I hear on the openingtrack of The King Is Dead, an album I haven’t listened to in years, not since its release way back in 2011, I’d guess.An early fan, I think I have nearly all of their firstalbums on CD. I liked thatContinue reading “#665: D is for The Decemberists”
#664: D is for Death Cab For Cutie
I must confess right away my affinity for singers who soundlike Kermit the Frog. It’s a soft, comforting tenor with just a little bit of nose-forward. It’s not an exact match, but if you listen to Benjamin Gibbard, close youreyes, and imagine Kermit, you’ll see what I mean. Codes and Keys was one of thefirstContinue reading “#664: D is for Death Cab For Cutie”
#663: D is for The Dear Hunter (Part the Second)
It took three daysto get through The Acts,five albums, eleven discs. And now I approachMigrant, a collection of prog-pop-rockso delicious, so melodic, so powerful, as to makeit one of my favoritealbums of the last decade. Released initially in 2013, interrupting The Acts in progress, and then remixedand resequenced and expanded for it’s 10thanniversary in 2023,Continue reading “#663: D is for The Dear Hunter (Part the Second)”
#662: D is for The Dear Hunter (Part the First)
In 2020, I wrote a whole thingabout these Dear Hunter kidsand how I discovered them, slowlybut surely, and how they becameone of my favorite new acts of thefirst decades of the 21st century.Now, five or six years later afterthat discovery, I remain a superfan. They are the only contemporaryband, for example, that I have seenliveContinue reading “#662: D is for The Dear Hunter (Part the First)”
#661: D is for Dalt, Lucretia
I saw the image of this cover photoon a Facebook post by David Sylvian,and I thought first, who is Lucretia Dalt,and then, why is David Sylvian givingher a shout out in his socials? It tookonly a few clicks to learn that Daviddoes a guest vocal on one of her songs,that he lended his production talentstoContinue reading “#661: D is for Dalt, Lucretia”
We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Program To Write About Joy As A Form of Resistance
I’ve been recording little instagram videos of myself, mostly to promote my various music projects, records coming out, shows coming up, that sort of thing. I’ll do or say something silly for about 30 seconds and then I’ll conclude with some announcement about the music. The other day, though, I recorded a video in whichContinue reading “We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Program To Write About Joy As A Form of Resistance”
#660: D is for Dacus, Lucy
“The first time I tasted someone else’s spit, I had a coughing fit,” is the first lyric I ever heard Lucy Dacus sing. I don’t remember precisely why I bought the Historian record;it was before I was aware of the super groupBoy Genius, with Phoebe Bridgers and JulienBaker. I must have just streamed it, andContinue reading “#660: D is for Dacus, Lucy”
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