Timely Tunes is back! Check out what’s new in music. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam “A 1000 Times” (From “I Had a Dream That You Were Mine”) The Walkmen, Hamilton Leithauser’s old band, went into an indefinite hiatus in 2013 after a consistently stellar run of records. His partner on this project, Rostam Batmanglij, is…
LWD Autumn Playlist
It’s the first day of autumn and I think that calls for music. In honor of the change of seasons I’ve created the LWD Autumn Playlist. If you’ve been missing the Timely Tunes feature written by my son, Christopher Piercy, never fear. It will return soon. Chris is great at keeping up with new music…
Timely Tunes ~ Prince
Prince has now been gone from this world for one week, and I, like so many other music fans, am still wrestling with how to process the loss of such a titanic artistic force. Like this year’s earlier loss of David Bowie, there has been a tremendous outpouring of public grief, remembrance, and celebration for…
Timely Tunes ~ New Orleans
This week on Timely Tunes we turn our attention to the music of New Orleans. Few cities in the world have a musical history as rich or diverse as New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans’ most famous and far-reaching contribution to music is jazz, which gestated in its various neighborhoods and reached many out-of-towners in…
Timely Tunes ~ March 24, 2016
Big Thief “Real Love” (From “Masterpiece”) Naming your debut album “Masterpiece” takes chutzpah or a winking sense of inward disarmament. Brooklyn’s Big Thief have now released two singles from that upcoming record, and both have been lyrically vivid beauties. “Real Love” features eviscerating lyrics (“real love makes your lungs black/real love is a heart…
Timely Tunes ~ March 17, 2016
Andrew Bird “Roma Fade” (From “Are You Serious”) Andrew Bird has been so reliably consistent throughout his career that I admit I occasionally take his work for granted. A couple weeks ago, his stunning collaboration with Fiona Apple (“Left Handed Kisses”) shook me from that complacency and reminded me that he is one of…
Timely Tunes ~ March 10, 2016
ANOHNI “Drone Bomb Me” (From “HOPELESSNESS”) I chose ANOHNI’s “4 Degrees” as my second favorite song of 2015. This, the second single released from the upcoming full-length, is every bit as emotionally devastating and sonically rich. ANOHNI has said that it is written from the perspective of a young girl whose family has been…
Timely Tunes ~ March 3, 2016
School of Seven Bells “Ablaze” (From “SVIIB”) The songs on “SVIIB” were written while Benjamin Curtis was losing his battle with Lymphoma, but the leading track is the most massive song they ever wrote. Pop music as supernova. White Lung “Hungry” (From “Paradise”) White Lung’s last album, “Deep Fantasy”, was one of my favorite…
Timely Tunes ~ February 18, 2016
Junior Boys “C’Mon Baby” (From “Big Black Coat”) Canadian electropop duo Junior Boys’ latest record might be the strongest in an already impressive discography. The dark elegance of the best arty ‘80s synth-pop (see: Yellow Magic Orchestra, Ultravox, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark) remains at the forefront of what the group does, but early…
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