A look back at 2024, an amazing year in music
Every December, I look forward to the end-of-year ritual where we all reflect on what we watched, read, and listened to. This post is about the music of…
Music is pretty self-explanatory is it not? When I write about a song, an album, a medium on which songs are stored, or four minutes and 33 seconds of silence, I post it here.
I spend more time listening to music than I spend engaging with almost any other medium. That’s probably true for you as well. It is also the medium that most often finds its way into other media. Every movie, TV show, and video game I know of has a soundtrack. Additionally, I find it easier to read when I listen to some songs at the same time. You can do anything with this medium.
But the posts in this section tend to consider music on its own merits. If I am playing an album on repeat, I’ll find a way to write about it here.
Every December, I look forward to the end-of-year ritual where we all reflect on what we watched, read, and listened to. This post is about the music of…
Look, I know I’m late to the party. Everyone shares these lists in late December when there’s nothing going on and everyone is reflecting on the past year.…
Eighteen years ago, a random blogger made an unsubstantiated claim about a popular album. Today, a certain subset of music nerds loves repeating the statement. You’ve likely heard…
I realized recently that I am a musical monster. My plan was to write about how there are several albums that I started out being indifferent toward, but…
Reviews are everywhere. They provide entertainment, spark debate, and help consumers make informed purchases. I don’t think I’ve ever bought a video game without reading or watching some…
Christmas isn’t the same when you’re older. When I wrote the 2016 version of this post, I chalked that up to the retail-based musical bombardment we must endure…
Neil Cicierega makes music I would have played on Media Are Plural when it was a radio show. His Mouth series of albums (Mouth Sounds, Mouth Silence, Mouth…