Reviewing your parents' music collection
When you're being recommended an album titled Floating Harmonies by an Icelandic singer-songwriter making music under the name 'Júníus Meyvant', your first instinct, like mine, may be to expect a record à la Björk or Emilíana Torrini. Something soft, whimsical, introspective, something in line with the Scandinavian aesthetic one may find on the Etsy front… Continue reading A Study in False Advertising – Captain Cool Presents: “Floating Harmonies” by Júníus Meyvant
The current global situation is having a dire impact on the present and future experience of live music. As much as we enjoy the ease and convenience of Spotify, YouTube and co. to consume recorded music basically at any time and in any space, the uniqueness and appeal of live music performance has established a… Continue reading Captain Cool Presents: Why we need live music or “Are We an Electric Generation Falling Apart?” by Matija
Time is a funny concept. It passes without us physically noticing, it is a human construct yet with real effects. How do we experience time and how much do we think about its end? How do we and the world change over the course of a week? A month? A year? What is growing older?… Continue reading Growing Old not Growing Wiser – Captain Cool Presents: “Beast Epic” by Iron & Wine
It feels weirdly ironic in these self-isolating times to be listening to music recorded on the road. To be listening to music that praises the life on the road. To be listening to the music made by a man who completed his tour on foot, without a car, without a coach, without a bus. Travelling,… Continue reading Confessions of a Wandering Man – Captain Cool Presents: “Vagrant” by Riley Moore
Electro swing music has garnered a growing number of followers in recent years, making its way into the mainstream and onto the dance floors crowded with Western cosmopolites. However, despite its increasing success and presence, most would associate the genre with cover artists who take either swing classics or contemporary pop and EDM hits and… Continue reading Swing into the Future – Captain Cool Presents: "It Flew By" by The Electric Swing Circus
The Dad Anthology 