by Cassy Kolesar | Nov 2, 2021 | Album Reviews
Genre-splaining as a way to streamline listeners to a product they might like has become an ineffective way of pitching music. Trying to introduce someone to a musician they haven’t come across before has become a song and dance of, “Well, it sounds like this mixed in...
by Cassy Kolesar | May 10, 2021 | Album Reviews
By: Zak Kolesar Musicians had ample time over the past year to beta test band ideas via online channels. Friends who may have been living apart had a chance to channel a more logical and safe avenue of passing music long distances than, say, the burned CDs of...
by Cassy Kolesar | Apr 20, 2021 | Album Reviews
By zak kolesar It would be fitting to say with a follow up so polished that it represents a period of maturity for DJ Porter Robinson. However, those same intimate vibes that were prevalent on Porter Robinson’s explosive 2014 debut album Worlds take on a childlike...
by Cassy Kolesar | Apr 3, 2021 | Album Reviews
Toward the end of the manic superhero film Donnie Darko, Drew Barrymore’s character (a teacher) explains to her class on her final day why many claim the phrase “cellar door” is the most beautiful combination of words in the English language. A New York Times...
by Cassy Kolesar | Mar 20, 2021 | Album Reviews
Driving long, repetitive highway distances has become synonymous with my relationship with singer-songwriter Julien Baker’s music. The first time I heard Sprained Ankle, I was on my way from Cleveland suburbia to Toledo. Following the release of Turn Out the Lights, I...
