Music is amazing. Music is powerful, beautiful, myriad, a marvel, my favourite thing, and, genuinely, life-saving. And there’s so much of it, so much music to fall in love with, especially new music, especially now, that it can move you in a million ways- feel so important- and still you couldn’t possibly hear it all. So ranking music, assigning marks […]
Read moreWhile a lot of new records arrive on cue, fresh and clean, at the end of an extensive promotional campaign to an expectant and prepared public, others seem to appear from nowhere. They’re born in darkness, formed without fanfare, and yet haul themselves out of the vast ocean of new music and still somehow, some way, end up in your […]
Read moreJoseph D’Agostino has been through hell. And of course that doesn’t just mean the injustice of his former band, the terrific but terribly-named Cymbals Eat Guitars, never getting the credit they deserved. In between that outfit’s slow demise and the rise of his solo project, Empty Country, he’s also faced mental health challenges, the suicide of a friend and mentor, […]
Read moreA whole brand new year. What a thing. I’m glad you made it. I think I’m glad I made it too. I’m definitely glad to hear more music. I want all the music. I want brand new songs by brand new bands, like ‘Polari’ by Lemondaze, I want bands from a million miles away to release songs that sound like […]
Read moreI hope you find something to love.
Read moreI hope you find something to love.
Read moreI hope you find something to love.
Read moreThis might be the shortest Moderate Rock mixtape ever. Still…I hope you find something to love.
Read moreI hope you find something to love.
Read moreI hope you find something to love.
Read moreHalfway through the year and it feels like it’s only just begun. I hope you find something to love.
Read moreI hope you find something to love.
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