Saturday Night Video
Turtle Bay
A few years ago, I came across the UK-based band Softer Still on a sophistipop covers compilation, just before they released their debut album, Nuances. I fell in love with their pure dream pop sound and bought Nuances on vinyl as soon as it was released. The dreamy combination
Choosin' Texas
I have seen a few references to a song called “Choosin’ Texas” by an artist named Ella Langley beating out Mariah Carey for the longest-running No. 1 song of all time on the Billboard Hot 100. The surprise in all this is I’ve never heard of Ella Langley
Will You Dance?
The latest casualty of the streaming wars is The Bird and the Bee’s 2015 album Recreational Love, which unceremoniously disappeared from Qobuz sometime recently. The album still shows up, but lists all the tracks as “unavailable.” Usually this is a sign that the service has loaded a newer version
These Dreams
Nostaligia is a heck of a drug. Eighties nostalgia may be the most addictive.
The Wagon
A Saturday Night Video from the beginning of the alternative music surge.
Dream Shake
An under-the-radar band that nevertheless turned in a lovely dreampop performance for tonight's Saturday Night Video.
I Set My Face to the Hillside
A veteran post-rock band turns in a fresh performance of a decades-old classic.
We Might As Well Be Strangers
Weezer comes back with a strong collaboration.
Jim Carol New Year
With Life in Small Spaces, the upcoming album from Black Marble, the project's creator, Chris Stewart, taps into one of my semi-obsessions. The album's description on its Bandcamp page has further details on the clue we are given with the album title. It is an
Heart Still Beats
I’ve been on a post-punk x new wave kind of kick the last several days, after I learned Black Marble (who I blogged about last year) are going to be playing nearby in September. The algorithmn overlords recommended Castlebeat to me after the end of a listening sesh