Canadian singer Pat LePoidevin’s project transcends the bounds of mere music. Literally. American Fiction is actually a multimedia project: the album is accompanied by a book of short stories written by his childhood friend Lewis Smith. Each song (and, I…
I hope everyone enjoyed National Turkey Genocide Day. Personal, I could not approve of Thanksgiving more: stuffing and gravy all day, and a culling of the nastiest, most vicious, and ugliest game fowl this side of the Equator. Let’s just…
You might as well drop what you’re doing and listen to We Made It Home, because it’s hands-down one of the best albums of 2013. It’s not just the duet’s obvious chemistry, though that never hurts. Recently married, the two…
As I’ve mentioned earlier, I have a rather lengthy “to do” list of music. That means that by the time I get around to writing about something, it’s been about two months since I listened to it. Sometimes I say…
As much as I love lesbian culture blog Autostraddle (particularly their Sunday sexy tumblr roundup), I usually give their music articles a wide berth. For the most part, it’s hip hop and electronica and the usual hipster claptrap. They even…
Brent Malin begins his album with a thunderous phrase uttered by no man ever before or since: I think I’ll stay in Pittsburgh for a while. Ha. Sorry. Maybe I should leave the comedy to the comedians. Malin’s second album,…
Recently I’ve been watching/obsessing over Nashville. Now, stop it. I started because a good friend of mine, who doesn’t really like country music, said she enjoyed the show…and the tunes. So I figured I might as well give it a…
There’s something about Jay Woodward’s Letters We Told that just seeps into your skin. You’ll hear that it’s rather unusual fare for this blog, but I couldn’t not be fascinated by Woodward’s experimental acoustic music. Jay may be based out…