Nothing professional here, just some thoughts about music I like
Part 1: Yes, You Should Probably Hate This AI in art is a loaded topic. As it should be – plenty of the complaints about it are merited. Aside from the issues that apply to AI more broadly (environmental impact, questionable value vs. the insane levels of investment being funneled into it), AI in art…
On Monday, Donald Trump decided to cut a town hall event short and play songs to his audience for 40 minutes. This is the kind of thing that drives liberals up the wall. To do something this bizarre, surely he’s (for real this time!) lost his mind. Kamala Harris’s X account flippantly posted “Hope he’s…
I’ve always been drawn to songwriters whose lyrics are too smart for me. I enjoy feeling like I’m in the hands of an artist whose work has layers that are beyond my grasp. Aldous Harding’s lyrics are often mistaken for absurdism. This was my take at least, when I first heard her 2019 breakthrough track…
I’ve written before about how impossible it is to have any objectivity about the band that got you through high school. That band for me was Radiohead – OK Computer came out the year I turned 13, which more or less sealed things – and blessedly, they have continued to hold an active and meaningful…
“Hold On” is a peculiar choice for a leadoff track. Observatory is also a peculiar debut – its artist, Aeon Station, was unknown until Sub Pop announced Observatory last fall, and no one was more surprised to learn about the album than Charles Bissell, one of its credited engineers. The album’s entire rollout has been notably…