Category: Music

I have an email list now where I send music recommendations. Enter your email address powered by TinyLetter I’ve spent most of this week as a (temporary) single dad of three kids, ranging from 6 months to 8 years. It has not been easy, but I have played a lot of lego and watched a…

I went to San Diego Comic Con this week and that’s my justification for this being late. It’s been a stressful month and it doesn’t look like my stress level will be lowering any time soon. I mostly listen to music in the car and lately it has been my sole de-stressing activity. Also lately…

I love listening to music in the car; it’s probably my favorite place to pump up the jams. I was traveling last week and, even though I had headphones, I didn’t listen to nearly as much music as I would in a typical week. Music is, in a sense, therapy to me and I can…

Howdy, y’all. The Avalanches – Wildflower (Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify) new album came out last week. It’s basically all I have been listening to, and I’ll be listening to it for a while yet. I don’t have Apple Music, and it’s not yet on Spotify. I preordered it a few weeks ago, though, because of how much I love…

I wrote my picks yesterday and I underestimated how much fervor I’d have for the American Civil Religion today. Here’s some bombastic BBQ/Fireworks/Declaring Independence music. Fang island – Fang Island (Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify) Metal, fireworks, slams, smiles. Rock and roll at its finest. Sounds like 💪 M83 – Before the Dawn Heals Us (Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify) It’s M83 before they decided to remake…

So, I subscribed to Spotify. They had a deal for 99¢ for 3 months and I went for it. I had an Rdio account for several months a few years ago, and while I loved having mostly anything I could want to listen to at my fingertips, I got tired of fussing with my own…

Howdy! Hi! I’m Ryan. This is the first one of these, so I feel like I should provide some bonafides: I was a college radio DJ from 2002-2006, as music moved from CD to mp3s. I ran Melodic Expectation, a music blog focused on free albums, posting daily from 2011. I still run Lampshade Music, a music mix podcast…