If you were to describe Goodnight Sunrise is a word, in all likelihood that word would be “fun.” While the pop punk genre as a whole is clearly not as strong as it was in it’s early 2000s heyday, this four-piece from Helena, Montana are doing their darnedest to make everyone who sees them forget [...]
For Emma, Forever Ago – Bon Iver
Some things are just inexplicable. Why did Harper Lee and J. D. Salinger only write one novel a piece? Why are people furious about baseball players using steroids, but ignore when the best defensive player in the NFL (Shawne Merriman) juices? Why people were so upset about their library records possibly being looked at under [...]
How To Attend A Concert
*The following is was my English 101 final from a few years back which was an expository how-to essay, which took about 45 minutes to write up. It should also be noted that one of the comments my professor wrote on the paper was “ROFL,” which is painful modern irony at it’s finest.* The lights [...]
The Stage Names – Okkervil River
The literary cliche in literary circles of “writing the next great American novel” is just that; cliche. So why not think out of the box? Maybe the next great American novel is an album. The Stage Names is an agglomeration of sung short stories dealing with the disaster of actors. Okkervil River frontman Will Scheff [...]
The Con – Tegan and Sara
Production is one of those things that is best when it’s not noticed. Becoming aware of how an album is produced soils the listening experience because it is a realization that what you’re hearing is a manipulated version of reality. This is also why it’s always better for music to have a lo-fi sound than [...]
