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End of the Year RankstravaganzaPosted onDecember 28, 2024December 28, 2024

Rankstravaganza: My 30 Favorite Songs of 2024

To offer more insight into the preteen perspective on music in 2024, my 11-year-old daughter—at her request—will be offering some color commentary throughout this post.

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MusicPosted onNovember 14, 2024November 19, 2024

Here Are My Picks for the Top 5 Singles from 1977-1999 for #UncoolTwo50

For the last 45 days, I’ve been participating in another Blue Sky music challenge: #UncoolTwo50.  Organized by the account @uncooltwo50.bsky.social, the idea is to is…

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MusicPosted onAugust 30, 2024November 19, 2024

Introducing #MyYearInMix for 2005, and Why it Was a Formative Year for Me and Music in General

For me, 2005 was an entirely new era for the discovery of and interaction with music—establishing habits and patterns that I basically still follow today. Many of those tracks I added in those first few months of the iPod age are still among my most played and most beloved songs.

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MusicPosted onJanuary 23, 2024January 26, 2024

10 Little Moments from P.D.Q. Bach’s Oeuvre That Play in My Head with Shocking Regularity

This list is partly an appreciation, partly a primer for folks who may grow to appreciate P.D.Q. Bach given some options for staring points, and partly as way for me to process the loss of a truly gifted musician and humorist.

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End of the Year RankstravaganzaPosted onJanuary 6, 2024January 6, 2024

Rankstravaganza: My 30 Favorite Songs of 2023

When I tally up my most-played artists of the last year, the vast majority of my Top 10 is basically indistinguishable from my Top 10 most-payed artists from 20 years ago. Is it my fault they insist on still putting out strong, fresh material?

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Bay Area MusicPosted onJune 2, 2023June 3, 2023

Most Captivating New Releases by East Bay Musicians, May 2023

This is an alternately twangy-and-laid-back and groovy-and-danceable and noisy-and-unhinged playlist this month. Just press play and treat yourself to the perfect mix for having your mind blown by the vastness of the night sky as you get ready to hit the clubs for a night of ranging against the machine.

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Bay Area MusicPosted onMay 3, 2023May 3, 2023

Most Beguiling New Releases by East Bay Musicians, April 2023

It’s going to take more time to let these songs rattle around in my noggin. But there’s potential. Listen for yourself to this month’s playlist.

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Bay Area MusicPosted onApril 1, 2023April 1, 2023

Most Intriguing New Releases by East Bay Musicians of March 2023

This is a good month, folks. I am excited about several of these new musical offerings from Oakland and Berkeley singer-songwriters, rappers, mystery jazz ensembles, alter-egos, you name it. I want to just jump right into it.

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Portrait of the four members of Oakland alt-rock band Blues Lawyer
Bay Area MusicPosted onMarch 2, 2023March 2, 2023

Most Intriguing New Releases by East Bay Musicians of February 2023

OK, so you might argue the Oakland alt-rock quartet is overplaying the “endearingly awkward” schtick. But those melodic riffs? The casual Teenage Fanclub mention in album PR write-up? The goofy DIY music videos? That genuinely funny bio (“internationally ignored song stylists”)? Objection overruled!

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Double exposure publicity photo of Oakland afro-psychedelic-rock band Orchestra Gold
Bay Area MusicPosted onFebruary 2, 2023February 2, 2023

Most intriguing new releases by East Bay musicians of January 2023

It can be time consuming to hunt for actual new releases by actual East Bay musicians. Is anyone crazy enough to do all that work and blog about it once a month for a non-existent readership and zero compensation from Bandcamp? We shall see!

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