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A Perfect Playlist for An Autumnal Mood
It’s that peculiar time between summer nostalgia and winter dread: ideal for songs where heartbreak meets meteorology.
In this leaf-strewn roundup, Contributing Author JJ Live At Leeds unpacks the peculiar charm of tunes best heard with a cup of something warm, and your expectations gently lowered.
Life Lessons From Behind The Mic
From dive-bar beginnings to an unexpected epiphany, this piece reminds us how music, memory, and middle age harmonize in strange and beautiful ways.
Contributing Author Rollerboogie turns a Thursday night pastime into something closer to grace.
In this deliriously detailed dispatch from the fall of ’85, we meet a-ha’s earnest dreamers, Kate Bush’s theatrical mysticism, and a Scottish feedback storm called The Jesus and Mary Chain.
It’s a pop history of sweat, synths, and sweet delusion from Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan.
Great Songs… Ruined by Radio Overplay
Ever loved a song so much… until radio loved it way, way more? In this sharp and relatable list, one listener revisits a dozen great tunes that were overplayed into oblivion.
Contributing Author Chuck Small …delivers pinpoint pop analysis – with a sigh of overexposure.
It’s The Hits Of August-ish 1955!
It starts with a flopped B-side, detours through a record store riot, and ends somewhere near a teenage beautician outrunning a Cadillac in the rain.
Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan rewinds the Summer of ’55 with side-eyed reverence, jukebox theology, and exactly the right amount of references to Alan Freed.
Lux, Ivy, And The Cramps
There are your typical band bios, and then there’s this.
Contributing Author and Music Historian Bill Bois delivers a masterful, loving tribute to The Cramps: equal parts subcultural scholarship, musical nerdery, and heartstring pluck. You’ll laugh, nod, and probably Google “Psychobilly” halfway through.
OutKast with a mandolin or Iron Maiden with a fiddle? Why not?
Contributing Author Rollerboogie uncovers a foot-stomping universe of bluegrass covers that brilliantly reimagine the familiar – and will leave even the purists on both sides of the covers grinning.
Status Quo
There’s no law that says you have to evolve musically, and Status Quo made a career out of proving it.
Contributing Author JJ Live From Leeds brings his sharp wit and encyclopedic recall to a tale of psychedelic flukes, cardboard bassists, and a three-chord formula that refused to quit.
Finding An Audio Treasure at a Mall in Western Canada?
Some people go on vacation to Canada and come back with duty-free maple syrup.
Contributing Author Rollerboogie came back with a copy of the seminal Zombies album and a reminder that the best finds aren’t searched for – they find you.
You Gotta Have Friends
With inspiration from a prior comment section entry, Contributing Author Chuck Small delivers another nostalgic spin through vinyl history with Record Relays, Volume 9: You Gotta Have Friends.
It’s a heartfelt, high-wattage tribute to musical allies of the LGBTQ+ community. From Dolly and Bette to Ricky and Regina, it’s a dueted journey where friendship hits all the right notes.
It’s The Hits Of July-ish 2005!
Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan digs through the rhinestoned wreckage of July-ish 2005, when pop was sparkly, indie was sweaty, and emo had a guitar and feelings.
From the rise of “Don’t Cha” to the chaos of CSS’s Lovefoxxx, it’s a McBlingingly delightful pop culture joyride, with a perfect mix of insight and side-eye.
Madness
“Our House” might’ve been your first stop, but it was far from the end of the line on the Madness nutty train. Contributing Author JJ Live At Leeds takes us through all the hits, hijinks, history, and the glorious mayhem America mostly missed.
It’s The Hits Of July-ish 1995!
It’s all here: rock star rage, sitcom boyfriends, monkey-faced Britpop legends, and a 14-year-old R&B prodigy singing about dem days. As one does.
Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan dives into the pop-cultural snapshot that was July, 1995 and dares to ask: was “You Oughta Know” really about good ol’ Uncle Joey?