Music has been evolving into a new era. A new flux of creativity, a mixxxxing of genres and talents, collaboration. A progression toward embracing influence and reference, all leaning heavily on what technology has made available. I don’t really know what I’m talking about as more than anything beyond an appreciator. My eardrums love […]

Do you remember when you first learned of the Shins? Ooh.. I do. Oh Inverted World was a lucky grab at the record store and from top to bottom, that album tripped me out. It remained in the car stereo for the better part of a year. You might also remember “Caring is Creepy” as […]

Hear the songs I’m loving sequentially - a perfect soundtrack to a quiet evening spent thinking.
Sometimes you need lyrics to help you explore your quest for contentedness. Its an experience that calls for sad music. I promise, it makes you feel better to pretend that every song that you love at this moment was written […]

Noah took me to see The Rural Alberta Advantage play on Tuesday, Dec 15 at the Bootleg Theater in/near Silverlake. This is the coolest venue that I’ve been to in a really long time. Quite small with great sound and a beautiful warehouse aesthetic harkening to the days of whatever it was before it was […]

Lissie’s voice is a sweet grit that scrapes at the side of your heart. I’d never heard of her before until she performed at KCRW. Watching her Live in the Studio completely blew me away. Until just recently, her tracks were nowhere to be found online, and I’ve watched the streaming video many times over […]