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Only you can prevent Spotify from destroying music
I am not very often a commentator on “the music industry,” and it is even rarer that I dedicate space to negative trends. However, Spotify is an incredibly dangerous program that has distressing...
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Quick Hits Quartet
I love doing long reviews, but SXSW has thrown me off my game. To catch up, here’s a rare quartet of quick hits. — Dana Falconberry‘s four-song Though I Didn’t Call It Came is a beautiful, immersing...
View ArticleJuly News: Orphans, Youtube, and Allison Weiss
Here are some neat things that are happening in the music world. Singer/songwriter Aaron Hale (whose music IC is quite fond of) is now part of The Orphan Care Network as the head of artistry and...
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Summerooms
One of the many things I do is teach at a university, which means that my summers are a little less hectic than “real life” strictly demands that they be. I’m not sitting around and playing Skyrim...
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Concert: Bishop Allen / Jesse Marchant / North Elementary
My favorite genres are acoustic folk, indie-pop, and indie-pop-rock, so it makes perfect sense that a North Elementary / Jesse Marchant / Bishop Allen show was my favorite I’ve been to all summer. The...
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Fiery Crash’s In Clover packs in a ton of sounds
Full disclosure is important in journalism, so I have to point out that I was as surprised as anyone to find myself thanked in the liner notes of Fiery Crash‘s In Clover. I’ve covered Joshua Jackson...
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Quick Hits: Eric and Happie / The Soldier Story / M. Lockwood Porter
Eric and Happie‘s It’s Yours is a pristine example of a male/female duo folk-pop album in 2016. The eight songs of the album rarely feature more than guitar/bass/drums, which is just the way I like...
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