Category Archives: Music

Listen: Kate Davis – “I’ll Do Anything But Breakdance For Ya, Darling” (Daniel Johnston Cover) [2020]

Posted on October 16, 2020 by Very Warm

Attention Daniel Johnson and general music fans: Kate Davis has recently covered Johnston’s unbeatably titled “I’ll Do Anything But Breakdance For Ya, Darling” for Mental Health Awareness Day earlier this month. This cover precedes an entire album’s worth of Johnson … Continue reading →

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Recommended Albums: September 2020

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Very Warm

It feels like actual ages since I was talking about albums of August on this here blog. In reality it was only a little over a month ago. In 2020, that tracks. September lurched by at an uneven pace, and … Continue reading →

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Listen: Insides – “Distractions” [1993]

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Very Warm

I’ve had this record Euphoria by Insides in my library for the longest time… ok, maybe like three years, and I’m just now really getting into it. And by getting into it, I mean it’s one of the few things I’ve … Continue reading →

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Listen: Gunn-Truscinski Duo – “Valley Spiral” [2020]

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Very Warm

One of the best contemporary instrumental pairings over the last decade, Gunn-Truscinski Duo, are releasing their newest album Soundkeeper via Three Lobed Recordings on October 9. If you haven’t heard their 2017 record Bay Head I cannot recommend it enough. Loping guitar lines … Continue reading →

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Listen: Sam Amidon – “Maggie” [2020]

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Very Warm

One of my favorite musicians of the last two decades, Sam Amidon is releasing his new self-titled album on October 23rd via Nonesuch. If you’re unfamiliar, Amidon spent most of his album output reworking traditional folk songs, kind of giving … Continue reading →

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Listen: Heathered Pearls – “Salvaged Copper (feat. Terrence Dixon)” [2020]

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Very Warm

NY-based, MI-born (gotta feature that second part as a native Michigander) electronic musician Heathered Pearls is preparing to release his new album Cast on November 13 via Ghostly (again, shout out Michigan!). His 2015 album Body Complex was quietly one of my favorite … Continue reading →

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Listen: Ana Roxanne – “Suite pour l’invisible” [2020]

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Very Warm

One of my favorite new artists of 2019, Ana Roxanne, is releasing her second album Because of a Flower via Kranky on November 13, after putting out her debut ~~~ via LA label Leaving. No shade to Leaving of course, I think they’re … Continue reading →

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Recommended Albums: August 2020

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Very Warm

August was the month that made it seem like things slowed down the most. I’m not talking about slowed to like, a manageable pace, but to a arthritic snail’s pace. Reality slowed and stretched and took on new forms, like … Continue reading →

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Listen: BUMPER – “Red Brick” [2020]

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Very Warm

Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast and Ryan Galloway of Crying have teamed for a quick EP of bouncy synth pop under the alias BUMPER, further evoking imagery of pinball machines and Sonic the Hedgehog. It gives me flashbacks to pre-election … Continue reading →

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Listen: Dame – “Mensrea” [2020]

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Very Warm

Looking for steady, bunkered-down basslines, ripping, vampiric guitars and haunting synths echoing in the background  of a dramatic, high-energy goth new wave group? Ok that’s pretty basic, but Boston group Dame do it especially well. Everything sounds right on their … Continue reading →

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