Music I Like – Punk
My musical taste is eclectic, but punk is not my genre. I love the idea of punk and most of the politics and aesthetics of...
Musical Fiction I Like
Ironically, as a person who works in words, I rarely listen to the lyrics in music. In heavy metal, the vocals are usually textural. In...
Music I Like – Metal-Inflected
No, that’s not “metal infected” although I guess you could call it that. I recently enjoyed an Alcest album, then had a hard time figuring...
Music I Like – Icelandic Singles
I usually don’t like listening to singles. I prefer to put on an album and let it run. But mostly thanks to the Reykjavik Grapevine...
Music I LIke – Unusual Instrumentation
I admit I spent many years in the thrall of rockism. Music was supposed to be five guys (it was always guys, too, wasn’t it)...