Worst. Year. Ever. I cannot wait to go back to years feeling relatively anonymous. I long to have to Google when things happened. I’ll never forget 2020 but damn, I would love to. It’s not all bad. Luckily, a metric ton of great music was released, or finally made its way across my speakers, this month. There’s new Tricot, maybe […]
Read moreA quiet month, this. Oh, there’s been a ton of bands making waves as always, plenty of new and excellent songs to check out, but for July my playlist in particular was a little more peaceful than usual. It’s worth sliding up your volume to hear Honeyspider’s newest, and heaviest, track, and catch former Fugazi members conjure wonky wonder with […]
Read moreIsn’t music the fucking best? I know somehow it’s June already and the world is still on fire, but Zach de la Rocha is screaming again, Lakes released their best song yet, and there’s a new Hum album after 20 years of silence. And more. I love it. I hope you find something to love too. RUN THE JEWELS- Ju$t […]
Read moreRelentless, right? The bad news. It keeps barreling toward us like a mudslide, no way around it, no way to ignore it. It’ll crush you if you’re not careful, if you don’t keep your head up. So, under advice from a close friend, I’m trying to accentuate the positive. Below is what was on Moderate Rock’s playlist for the month […]
Read moreWhat a frankly terrifying, disorienting, and odd time to (hopefully) be living through. It feels slightly frivolous to be even be updating here but as the passing of time becomes one long, grey mush, I’ve become more grateful for music than ever before. Instead of feeling utterly lost, it’s been music, this month especially the songs below, that has helped […]
Read moreStrange times. As if the world wasn’t anxious enough of late, now a global pandemic and its cascade of consequences have made things quite literally deadly out there. It might feel a little frivolous to talk about music at a time like this but it’s one of the only things keeping me in one piece. I don’t want another news […]
Read moreThese monthly playlists are like my babies. I bring them to life, tend for them, talk about them at work too much, and hope they go on to do big things. If that means that I’m not supposed to have favourites though, I have failed. I recommend every song that ever makes the cut, the clue is in the title, […]
Read moreNew year, new music. And from the continued return of Canadian post-hardcore royalty to German doom-jazz and British drum-and-bass, I hope you find something to love. ALEXISONFIRE- Season of the Flood HOLY FAWN- Candy CASPIAN- Ishmael DESERTA- Save Me GRANITE HANDS- The Machine VASA- Heroics INSECT ARK- Tectonic BOHREN & DER CLUB OF GORE- Sag mir, wie lang KEEP- Pendulum […]
Read moreWe made it guys. Another year in the books. High fives all round! It might not feel like time for celebrating- world news hasn’t exactly been upbeat (I hesitate to ask how it could get worse, just in case the universe hurries up and answers) and at times it seemed like the musical year was limping to a close, maybe […]
Read moreThe low temperatures, low light, and thick fog of this November seem to have seeped into our Spotify playlist. It features greyscale post-rock, dark ambience, and a band called Have a Nice Life that sound like they want you to have anything but. It’s not a total downer though- just try listening to that Jail Socks song without nodding your […]
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