We all know the power of music in film and television. Especially nowadays with an increasing reliance on either music or musical soundscaping to make sense of the disparate images, music is the glue that holds it all together. In this scenario there are moments when the only sense comes from the music: the images […]
I once had a band tell me a recording I’d done with them “was not the best session I’d ever done.” That comment just confused me. Recently I was searching for some video of the band The Low Anthem and their cover of the Tom Waits’ song Home I’ll Never Be. In pursuit, I came […]
“Bob Dylan continues to release odd and unsettling records, and to do odd and unsettling things on stage. So the term ‘still’ seems meaningless to me. But the real answer is simple: I listen to Bob Dylan for pleasure more than I listen to anyone else for pleasure.” –Greil Marcus Bob Dylan has a new release […]
The brilliant Minneapolis label Secret Stash Records is releasing new material from Sonny Knight and the Lakers come September, and this is our first taste. Absolutely stunning track! Well we just couldn’t wait any longer. Our debut single is being pressed right now, but in the meantime, we thought we’d give you a chance to hear […]
1. We lost a literary icon this week, Elmore Leonard. Look back at his ten rules for writing. “If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.” – – – 2. Papers, Please, a bureaucracy simulator. In this “dystopian document thriller,” you play as an immigration inspector at the border checkpoint of the communist state of Arstotzka. – – […]
