Lost Weekend


Band:Phoebe Brdigers
Album: Lost Weekend
Best song: “Bobby” and “Lost Boys”
Worst song: “As Above,” maybe. It’s still very good.

What is a normal relationship with an artist you admire?

Artists of all stripes disappoint us all the time, from the smallness of being disappointed with John Mulaney’s divorce/drug problems to the obscene bigotry of J.K. Rowling (and much of that foggy set of islands in the north Atlantic, apparently) to the fullness of various abusive musicians. Knowing about these things isn’t only a modern phenomenon, but the proliferation of media – both social and conventional – means we know more about the people whose work we enjoy. Continue reading →

Stranger in the Alps

Band/Artist: Phoebe Bridgers
Album:Stranger in the Alps
Best song: “Funeral” is the best song on this album, but the first four songs are all near-perfect.
Worst song:I don’t love the cover of “You Missed My Heart”

In the summer, I had a nice run of keeping this site up and I really thought I was going to keep it up. I would say that I was busy or I had something better to do, but I didn’t. I last wrote here in August and it’s now December. I’ve listened to and bought a lot of records in that time, but I haven’t written about them.

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