There’s another Song of the Day essay: Crystal Stilts’ songs “The Dazzled” from Alight Of Night. Faithful readers might remember my post awhile back about lesser known 1960s group The Seeds, who I discovered while researching another band. This was the group. To read the full review and hear the song click here!
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Wrote a piece on another Lawrence, Kansas artist, songwriter Suzannah Johannes, and her song “Horserider’s Smile” for NPR’s Song of the Day. Read the piece and hear the song here.
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There’s another Song of the Day essay: The Walkmen’s song “On the Water” from You & Me. To read the full review and hear the song click here!
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Here’s a short write up for NPR’s Song of the Day on Little Joy’s “The Next Time Around” from its self-titled album. To read the full review and hear the song click here!
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Wrote a short essay on Song of the Day on the tent-dwelling, psychedelic hippie freak-folkers, Brightblack Morning Light and their song “Oppressions Each” from their album Motion to Rejoin. To read the full review and hear the song click here!
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Wrote an essay for NPR’s Song of the Day on The Lord Dog Bird’s song “The Gift of Song in the Lion’s Den” from its self-titled album. To read the full review and hear the song click here!
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I have yet another essay for NPR’s Song of the Day, this time Stereolab’s “Valley Hi!” from its album Chemical Chords. To read the full review and hear the song click right here!
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In my latest review for NPR’s Song of the Day, I tackle the War On Drugs. In a mere three paragraphs. Well, the band, not the futile efforts to curb the drug problem in America — that would certainly take a bit longer to fully dissect. To read the full review and hear “Taking the Farm” from Wagonwheel Blues click right here!
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Back when I was an intern for All Songs Considered, I did a short blip on Lawrence band Ghosty and its song “Big Surrender” for the feature Open Mic. Thing is, I kinda know a few of the members of this band.
I almost pitched Ghosty’s song “Dumbo Wins Again” off their new album Answers for a Song of the Day essay. I sorta let it slide however because I thought it might be mild conflict of interest since I’ve known drummer Josh Adams and pianist David Wetzel since high school and college (what with journalistic integrity and all). The song did end up getting selected for Second Stage (formerly called Open Mic) which is sort of a place on NPR Music to showcase emerging and unsigned artists. Turns out however, the write up did fall into my lap due to the crunch of Friday deadlines before the upcoming three day weekend.
Needless to say I was happy to pick it up and feature a few of my old friends and show of a band that is getting better and better. To listen to the song and read a bit about them go here.
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Check out another thing I wrote for NPR’s Song of the Day, on Evangelicals’ song “Midnight Vignette” from its album, The Evening Descends. To read the full review and hear the song click right here!
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