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MusicPosted onFebruary 5, 2022February 5, 2022

I guess it’s cool to share some thoughts on Ben Folds Five’s “Whatever and Ever Amen” or something

A plodding piano ballad about abortion was being played on mainstream radio stations across the country. Only in 1997 could something like this happen. It seemed weird at the time. But so did the Spice Girls.

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Bay Area MusicPosted onJanuary 8, 2022January 18, 2022

Rankstravaganza: Five Great 2021 Albums (+ Two EPs) by Oakland/East Bay Musicians

I miiiiight have mentioned it before, but Bandcamp Fridays have been a great excuse for me to reconnect with local music over the last 22…

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End of the Year RankstravaganzaPosted onJanuary 2, 2022January 10, 2022

Rankstravaganza: My 30 Favorite Songs of 2021

On the whole, I’d say these songs are a hopeful bunch, rooted in the possibility of muddling through somehow and reclaiming a semblance of fellowship, cohesion, progress, and well-being. Perhaps 2022 will deliver on that promise.

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MusicPosted onOctober 29, 2021October 29, 2021

25 Perfect Little Moments from Wilco’s “Being There”

Being There still feels monumental 25 years later. It also announced the arrival of Wilco: The Band That Jams and Takes Risks. Risks like recording a double album, opening it with a 45-second drums-and-feedback freakout, and then spending the next 76 minutes alternating between ennui-filled ballads and surreal-nonsense-filled bangers.

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Cover art of Weezer's Pinkerton
MusicPosted onSeptember 24, 2021September 24, 2021

A Brief History of My Relationship with Weezer’s “Pinkerton”

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of its release The details of that night are fuzzy, but I remember it was bitter cold. I…

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End of the Year RankstravaganzaPosted onDecember 30, 2020January 2, 2022

Rankstravaganza: My 30 Favorite Songs of 2020

What can one say about 2020 other than, “Good riddance”? I can think of one thing: There was some damn good music released this year. Is it because 2020 was a particularly fruitful year, with talented artists who had nothing else to do but write and record new music?

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End of the Year RankstravaganzaPosted onDecember 24, 2020December 30, 2020

Rankstravaganza: My 10 Favorite Albums of 2020

On the brights side, one of the nice things about being cooped up with your household and no one else for 3/4 of the year…

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Halftime ReportPosted onJuly 23, 2020July 23, 2020

Halftime Report: My favorite songs of 2020 thus far

This year. This fucking year. But, on the bright side, it’s half over! And surely 2021 couldn’t be any worse, right? RIGHT? In times like…

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End of the Year RankstravaganzaPosted onJanuary 12, 2020January 13, 2020

A Very Belated Rankstravaganza: My 30 Favorite Songs of 2019

Fourteen of the 30 tracks below are either by a female solo artist, a band with a frontwoman, a male-female duo, someone who doesn’t subscribe to binary gender identifiers, or a Canadian indie-supergroup prominently featuring Neko Case.

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Albums of the 2010sPosted onDecember 30, 2019January 12, 2020

“Albums of the … Teens, I guess?”: All good things must come to an end, and also this decade must

I feel like I should apologize one more time for the overwhelming amount of nerdy, folky, melodic indie rock and the distinct lack of Beyonce and Frank Ocean and Kendrick Lamar compared to most best-of-the-decade lists.

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