Dan Deacon’s “Become a Mountain”
I highly recommend listening to Dan Deacon‘s ebullient song “Become a Mountain” while driving up an actual mountain. If you don’t have one nearby to...
Perfume Genius’ “Otherside” and “Slip Away”
If someone asked me to qualify joy, to outline its shape and radiance, I’d point them to Perfume Genius‘ opening track “Otherside” from his 2017...
Phoebe Bridgers’ “Savior Complex” Video
Artists regularly release music videos, but now that we’re decades out from the golden age of MTV and its elder millennial cousin TRL, their impact...
Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou’s “The Homeless Wanderer”
I never thought I’d discover one of my favorite albums during an acupuncture session. Most acupuncturists prefer white noise machines or soundscapes during treatment—music doesn’t...
Leif Vollebekk’s “Long Blue Light”
Canadian singer-songwriter Leif Vollebekk has regularly captured the solitude that arises in between the coming and the going. Where his past music took a more...
Welcome to Whatever
Everyone’s running to start a newsletter these days, which feels like a throwback to the Great Age of Zines. But I’m going back to the...