I’ve seen Josh Ritter in Massachusetts. And in Maine. And in Montreal. Thankfully for alliteration’s sake I’ve moved to Minnesota. Wednesday night it was finally time to drive to “the cities” and take in a concert for the first time in the next M’s favorite “M” city. Ritter delivered as usual. His positive energy…
When it comes to Will Oldham I showed up pretty late to the party. In fact this is the first time I’ve listened to any of his records in depth, but holy shit is this a great album. I’ve had it in pretty heavy rotation for the past month and it just gets better with…
Cam: Wow “Blackstar” is a pretty weird album. Bake: More weird than the fact that Stevie Ray Vaughn played guitar on “Modern Love”? Actually, he played on a half dozen songs from Let’s Dance including the title track. I’ve heard these songs a hundred times and never knew it was him. I like them even…
When I found out that there was live music less than 10 minutes from my house I was ecstatic, which says a lot since I think the last time I was ecstatic was probably when I was able to find rare action figures at Toys R Us. I don’t know if Toys R Us is…
After finishing an exhausting list of albums from 2015, I’m sick of last year. Nothing good came out. Music is dead. Everything that I listened to was a dreaful waste of time, Alright, I’m not being entirely truthful. But after listening to a slew of new material I’m not interested in seeing what 2016 has…
Here we go. My favorite 25 Albums of 2015. In case you missed Part I where I ponder Kendrick Lamar and go through my honorable mentions, click HERE. 25) Justin Townes Earle | Absent Fathers – JTE’s bluesy country musings on being ditched by his dad, romantic heartbreak, and trying to sort out your shit…
Kendrick Lamar. Kendrick Lamar. Kendrick Lamar. He is all that matters in music in 2015. Apparently. In the 3 years since Lamar’s previous album, his following had been growing and growing. Not just in the hip-hop community but among people normally more interested in indie, alternative, punk, or even weirder, not interested in music at…
