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SOTD #723 – Emily Rodgers

For a writer, the first step in any work is to earn the reader’s trust. Never mind clever wordplay, reliable narrators, action-packed plots, or even correct grammar – inherent in good prose is the promise of discovery. A fact, a feeling, a revelation, anything that the reader didn’t have from the start. We bury the […]

Added on October 20, 2015 Mike Turner 2015 , Galaxie 500 , Mike Turner , Smog , Song of the day , The Migrant , The Velvet Underground , The Verve

SOTD #704 – The Migrant

Photo by Mads Hartmann The Migrant is pretty much this one dude Bjarke Bentsen from Denmark hiding under a band name that trades in super chill vibes all around with songs that kinda stay mid tempo and float in this spot between British folk-psych and Americana while never fully latching on to one or the […]

Added on December 31, 2013 Mike Turner 2013 , best of 2013 , Cowtown , Galaxie 500 , Hookworms , Mike Turner , Traams , younger lovers

Mike Turner’s Best of 2013

2013 is finally over and I hope I never have to look back on it past this point. I can say now this has been the most dreadful of all my years knocking me down constantly as I come to terms with a divorce and try to pull myself back up and hope for motivation […]

Added on July 17, 2013 Everett True Ballet School , Cocteau Twins , Everett True , feminism , Fleetwood Mac , Galaxie 500 , Jim Jarmusch , Kate Bush , Madonna , Song of the day

Song of the day – 612: Ballet School

I like the place Ballet School has taken this music to. A new ground for exploration. More new treasure maps and cornicing. A new fecundity.

Added on December 20, 2012 Scott Creney Galaxie 500 , Interpol , Joy Division , Kitchens Of Distinction , Missy Elliott , Outkast , Scott Creney , The Chameleons , The Strokes , The White Stripes , Timbaland

Interpol – Turn On the Bright Lights: Tenth Anniversary Edition (Matador)

I understand why Interpol’s considered a joke today. Even back in 2002 I understood why they were a joke. Everyone wants to be Joy Division, but nobody has ever wanted to be Interpol. The tragedy is that 99 per cent of the people who laugh at Interpol have a lot more in common with Interpol than they ever will with Joy Division.