Reviewing your parents' music collection
Sounds don't always merge. Think of the cacophony you experience when walking down the street, passing a musician playing songs to earn some change, their music battling the music playing on your headphones, not merging but overlapping in unpleasant sonic waves. An unintelligible bundle of noise. Rats of Rafts / De Kift may sometimes sound… Continue reading Remembering 2019: Like Oil and Water – “Rats on Rafts / De Kift” by Rats on Rafts & De Kift
Is there someone we can call? / maybe you shouldn't drink alone. An arrogant musician, a solitary bar piano and a persona clad in self-confidence, a self-confidence that is slowly slipping away under the burden of sarcasm and loneliness. Welcome to Joshua Tillman, aka Father John Misty, and God's Favorite Customer. How do you make… Continue reading Remembering 2019: Welcome to the Poem Zone – “God’s Favorite Customer” by Father John Misty
Capture a city in sound, its concrete facades trapped in every bar, the loneliness of a cold winter morning resonating in every beat. Und aus den Wolken tropft die Zeit by German indie rock band Isolation Berlin does just that, painting the metropolitan skyline in all shades of grey, singing of love, loss and the… Continue reading Remembering 2019: A Rhapsody in Grey – “Und aus den Wolken tropft die Zeit” by Isolation Berlin
Galapaghost is a one-man-band project by Austin-based musician Casey Chandler. His musical style is hard to pin down, defying easy classification as he explores different sounds and flavours in the many albums he has independently produced. In the spring of this year, Sootie caught my attention and has remained an all time favourite since the… Continue reading Remembering 2019: Welcome to Synth Heaven – “Sootie” by Galapaghost
What makes an album not only good but great? What makes a collection of songs stand out among the thousands of records that are released every year? What's that special ingredient that makes us laugh and cry when we listen to music? Is it the stories they tell, the lyrics that entrance us? Is it… Continue reading Remebering 2019: The Master of Surprise is Back – Watsky’s “Grain 1,989³³”
The Dad Anthology 