On the subject of playlists: It's easy enough to cobble together a handful of songs that fit a mood or an activity. . . . more

              The Shins are one of two or three bands that currently stand as the sort of totemic, up-by-the-bootstraps, success story . . . more

            The Ragged Edge is a state of mind and a state of music. It's the freyed nerves and nervous energy of a deadline-induced red bull binge . . . more

              It is the responsibility of all concientious music fans, once every handful of years or so, to rediscover The Beatles . . . . more

            This week comes a list of eleven songs from various walks, types and tendencies. Yet together they gel into a brief stroll . . . more

              Nellie Mckay is twenty-two and already two double albums into a very promising carreer. It doesn't matter to her appeal that she wants . . . more

            -Elvis, -The Beatles, -Dylan, -James Brown For every form that pop-music has taken, in the last fifty-odd years, there is that first impactful . . . more

              Good nature, better nature, human nature; maybe a song is not the most natural of things, piped through headphones or car speakers. . . . more

                Life may not, infact, occur with a defineable narrative arc. Perhaps it's a quirk of human memory that makes connections . . . more