What’s Really Good: August 3, 2023
collage I’ve got a backlog of cool music to write about and a little more free time than usual, so you can expect the WRG columns to arrive a little
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Favourite Releases of 2022
In alphabetical order, here are my favourite EPs, albums, and mixtapes from the past year. aasir – THE GHOST OF TOMORROW THE GHOST OF TOMORROW (FREE MIXTAPE) by aasir Hip
Top 50 Favourite Songs of 2022
Pretty good year for music, I’d say. Here are the 50 tracks I listened to the most, got emotionally gut-punched hardest by, or cut a rug hardest to. Try to
MP3 Archaeology Vol. 3: Barnard’s Star – Barnard’s Star
We take a look at Barnard’s Star’s self-titled EP, New Zealand indie, shoegaze-electronica fusion, and talk about why repetition is a nice thing for music to contain … Continue readingMP3 Archaeology Vol. 3: Barnard’s Star – Barnard’s Star
Please Kill My Vibe: Fulfilling Hunger For Non-Functional Music Experiences
Vibing to music is cool, but when music has the power to stop you in your tracks, pull hard on your heartstrings, give you an intense rush of energy, or radically change or validate your perspective on your life and the world, how can one not prefer that over something that will play idly as you enter data into spreadsheets, bag groceries, or cram for that biomechanics final you wrote four years ago and now have no recollection of the material you spent hours agonizing over? … Continue readingPlease Kill My Vibe: Fulfilling Hunger For Non-Functional Music Experiences
The Vibes Are Off: Hearing Feel-Good Music During Unsettling Times
Toro y Moi is an artist that I’ve long been a fan of. In fact, his 2019 album Outer Peace was one of my favorite albums of that year. On
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MP3 Archaeology Vol. 2: Phil Yost – Bent City
In the second entry in the mp3 archaeology series, we take a look at Phil Yost’s avant-jazz opus Bent City and the legacy of mp3 blogs and file-sharing … Continue readingMP3 Archaeology Vol. 2: Phil Yost – Bent City
“4 Tha Folks” by tha Folks: Pink Siifu’s GUMBO’!, Artistic Ambition, and the Social Relations of Music Creation
GUMBO'! by Pink Siifu Over the past year or so, I’ve begun diving into the rich and gorgeous discography that belongs to Pink Siifu. While there are many things that
MP3 Archaeology Vol. 1: Summerhouse – Summerhouse EP
Summerhouse by Summerhouse This is the first instalment of MP3 Archaeology: a series in which we unearth underrated underground music of the Internet ages, talk about why they rule, and
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To See the Next Part of the Dream: Parannoul, Anonymous Musicians, and Imaging the End of Music Capitalism
The success of Parannoul and other anonymous/reclusive musicians provide a glimpse into a future for musician that is freed from the clutches of the attention economy, corporate streaming, and music capitalism. … Continue readingTo See the Next Part of the Dream: Parannoul, Anonymous Musicians, and Imaging the End of Music Capitalism