Blog Posts

  • The Best Albums of 2024 – Part 1

    The close of the year is upon us, so here’s my 2024 music review. I’m changing things up slightly this time and expanded my lists to put out two separate selections of favorite albums. I’ll start off my 2024 review with a list of favorite jazz and other instrumental-focused albums. Part 2 of my favorite Read more

  • Bandcamp Crate Digging: Cortez is a Killer

    There are songs that are over played via radio (back when that was a thing) or pop culture. And then there are songs that are overplayed via covers – we all know the tired trope of “Freebird” requests from a crowd, or how about that classic Wayne’s World denial. But if you go back to Read more

  • Unburied Treasures: Necks

    I’ve struggled to start this post because I felt the urge to somehow start the conversation by getting into the definition of jazz. There’s the general agreement that jazz is characterized by swing rhythms, blues chords, syncopation, and improvisation. And of course, like with any rule, there are debates about the definitions and exceptions so Read more

  • Unburied Treasures: Indie-Pop in the Night

    I don’t listen to much “pop” music these days. You could say I haven’t listened to much pop music since I was thirteen. But that again, that can get a bit debatable because just like any genre, the boundaries get blurry real quick. In our struggle to put understandable descriptions on an ever changing spectrum Read more

  • Love is the Fing!

    I don’t generally like to preview my best of the year picks but it’s hard to not talk about IDLES. In the last six years they’ve put out a string of exceptional albums that culminated with this year’s release, TANGK. I’m confident it will rank high on my end of year list. But it’s not Read more

  • Treefort Finds – 2024

    Despite five days of freezing temperatures and very little sleep, I had a great time at the Treefort Music Festival last year so I decided I’d head back again for 2024. Fortunately, the weather cooperated quite a bit better this year, I also managed my sleep schedule better (i.e. I didn’t make early morning plans Read more