A Music Blog for Recovering Mix-Tapers
"This month has been all about resisting apocalyptic notions - adjusting to the new political reality, the new social reality, the new personal reality. Hell, this month has been just about resisting, period."
Featuring: Elza Soares, Laura Marling, Idriss Ackamoor, Killer Mike, and more.
Read More"Listening to the news this month, it was obvious that something terrible was happening in the Mediterranean. Naturally, the indifference and hostility towards immigrants is not the sole expertise of Europeans, although they definitely seem to have perfected an especially potent formula. I like to imagine that the defiance and strength of this song could be a kind of battle cry for those who actually make it off of one of those death boats."
Featuring: Blake Mills, Mbongwana Star, Punch Brothers, Ava Luna, and more.
Read More"Graceland has always been an outlier in the happy pasture of my love for Paul Simon. I'm not exactly sure why. I think it might have partly to do with the way a lot of the production hasn't really aged well outside of the 80's. Maybe it's the way the album sometimes seems to openly invite the "cultural appropriation" critique (which I consider to be somewhat hackneyed anyway). Maybe it's the saxophone. Okay, it's probably the saxophone. "
Featuring: Robbie Fulks, alt-J, The Soup Dragons, The Coasters, and more.
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