Favorite Songs of 2015 by Christopher Piercy I have been making lists of my favorite music every year for at least a decade, and they seem to be only getting more difficult to compile. The instant access to an infinite jukebox of music can make the listening experience almost overwhelming. Not that I’m complaining….
Timely Tunes ~ 11/19/15
Mizan K “Looking For” (From “Dark Blue”) Raised in Ethiopia and transplanted to New York, Mizan K created a dark, introspective, and sophisticated strain of R&B on her debut EP that positions her as a peer of Solange, NAO, and Blood Orange. In her own words: “Generally speaking, racism and patriarchy make me want…
Timely Tunes ~ 11/12/15
I wasn’t blown away by much new music released this past week, so I decided to use this playlist to showcase some of the best reissues, compilations, and archival albums of the past few months. Beginning with The Promise Ring’s “Red & Blue Jeans”, from their influential “Nothing Feels Good”, an album that has…
Timely Tunes ~ 11/5/15
1. Julien Baker “Sprained Ankle” (From “Sprained Ankle”) Facebook: Julien Baker Twitter: @julienrbaker Julien Baker is only 19 years old, but her songs sound as self-assured and lived-in as someone twice her age. The title track from her new record is melancholy, melodious, and gorgeous. It’s a bit disarming to hear a teenager sweetly…
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1. Deerhunter “Living My Life” (From “Fading Frontier”) Website: Deerhunter Music Six albums into an already stunning career, Deerhunter continue to subtly tinker with their sound, pushing forward while remaining on a consistent continuum. “Living My Life” is one of Brandon Cox’s catchiest songs to date, but there is just enough autumnal melancholy to…
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1. Janet Jackson “Dammn Baby” (From “Unbreakable”) Website: Janet Jackson Twitter: @JanetJackson “Unbreakable” is the first record that Janet has released since the 2009 death of her brother Michael, and it’s stronger than just about anyone could have reasonably expected. If the soundscape of recent R&B is any indication, Janet’s influence has actually somehow been…
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New Order “Singularity” (From “Music Complete”) Website: New Order Twitter: @neworder A New Order album in 2015 sounded like a risky prospect. After the messy exit of founding member Peter Hook, whose deeply melodic basslines were an integral part of classic New Order and Joy Division tracks, expectations were lowered for me. However, New…
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Timely Tunes by Christopher Piercy Ryan Adams “Bad Blood” (From “1989”) Website: Pax-Am Records Twitter: @TheRyanAdams About a month ago, Ryan Adams announced that he was working on a song-for-song cover album of Taylor Swift’s youth-pop opus 1989. What may have initially read as an ironic Twitter joke, quickly segued into something more interesting and…
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