Oh So Summery
It’s getting better and better outside, so my ears are getting more and more attuned to those summery tunes. Oh So Summery 1. “Philosophize In It! Chemicalize With It!” – Kishi Bashi. He’s on Joyful...
View ArticleMP3 Catchup, pt 3: Night Moves
Night Moves 1. “Capernaum” – The Collection. The Collection always blows me away with the intricate complexity of their arrangements. It sounds as if David Wimbish has found an entire orchestra to pour...
View ArticleMORE VIDEOS THAN YOU CAN HANDLE pt 1
The best songs move me. The best music videos take the best songs and make them even more powerful. Andrew Judah, already one of the most inventive and creative songwriters I’ve discovered this year,...
View ArticleJuly News: Orphans, Youtube, and Allison Weiss
Here are some neat things that are happening in the music world. Singer/songwriter Aaron Hale (whose music IC is quite fond of) is now part of The Orphan Care Network as the head of artistry and...
View ArticleAugust videos (only a bit late)
The new Woman’s Hour video features six middle-schoolers who made up the dance themselves. The band and the director comment that it points out both the awkwardness of middle school and the ability of...
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Andrew Judah’s Monster: A whirlwind ride of unusually-juxtaposed instruments
The toughest part of writing about Andrew Judah‘s Monster is trying to figure out how to explain the thing in genre terms. Is it OK Computer-era rock without the guitars? The Decemberists’ indie-pop...
View ArticleVideos videos videos!
Andrew Judah’s amazing clip for “I Know You Know” gets the pop-up fact treatment. The facts are cool, but mostly I’m putting this up here so that you have to listen to it again. The Gray Havens sing...
View ArticleTop Albums of 2014: 20-11
Merry holidays, everyone! Now, back to the music. I sometimes get talky here, but let’s get straight to the best ofs instead, since I’m already late on this. Here’s 11-20, listed from top to bottom....
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