Playlist: Stars' Elevator Love Letter

Stars – Elevator Love Letter If anybody knows what Amy Millan is doing with her vocals let me know. It may just be harmony but it’s so tight it sounds like an effect.

St. Vincent "Marrow" on Jimmy Kimmel

“Marrow” is an extremely important song. I don’t know why. But it is. The originality, if nothing else, is off the charts. I admit I am not all that big a fan of most of St. Vincent’s music. So much of what she does is overwrought, I feel. But then, she’s clearly trying to push […]

Youtube to the rescue

When the tabs just don’t cut it — sometimes you find a video that shows you exactly what you need to know. Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit plays an acoustic version of Modern Leper

The Playlist in My Mind

Lori McKenna – Paper Wings and Halo

Nick Drake

I just found out who Nick Drake was. Nick Drake – Place to Be And now I’m trying to decide if it’s wonderful or tragic that the first time I ever heard him was in an extremely memorable Volkswagen commercial. Nick Drake – Pink Moon It’s probably both at the same time.

grateful/disorder ships for pressing

I’ve shipped a master of my first album, grateful/disorder, for duplication. 100 CDs will come back to me, and once I have them, I can ship them off to CDBaby and the fun begins. It is remarkable that I produced this entire album for almost nothing. The whole thing was recorded in my apartment on […]