It hurts me that I have to look away: Drive-By Truckers “The Unraveling”
When Drive-By Truckers opted to have a Wes Freed-less album cover on their previous record American Band, I was taken aback. Now that…
SXSW 2019 – Andrew Bird Live From the Great Room Featuring T-Bone Burnett and Yola
Andrew Bird brought his interview and performance series “Live From the Great Room” to SXSW this year for a riveting edition featuring American…
SXSW2019 Mixtape
SX 2019 was as glorious and ridiculous as ever – an absolute smorgasbord of incredible musicians and a borderline shit-show of logistics. Running…
Lose Your Fear, Superstition – The Low Anthem’s “The Salt Doll Went to Measure the Depth of the Sea”
We are always on the cusp of death. At every moment, a thin veil rests between us and an infinite abyss. If we…
A Gay White Teenager’s Obsession with Aretha Franklin
Of course I’d heard the song before. How could anyone with the least awareness of popular culture not know “R-E-S-P-E-C-T”? But it was…
SXSW18 PopTheology Mixtape Vol.3
SXSW holds an embarrassment of riches – so rich, in fact, that it’s simply too much to take it all in. Also, it’s…
At SXSW18: HEAVY TRIP
From the outside, the death metal scene can seem pretty intimidating. Full of the dour and dejected, decked out in shirts depicting horrific…
SXSW18 PopTheology Mixtape Vol.2
SXSW holds an embarrassment of riches – so rich, in fact, that it’s simply too much to take it all in. Also, it’s…