What do you know about standing in line outside for fifteen minutes to gain entrance into a slammed record store (Vacation Vinyl, Silverlake), only to discover that the one record you wanted for Record Store Day was already sold out. 20 copies gone before 12:30 p.m. I suppose I can chalk this up to the […]

Nico Jaar reenacts the video for Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin.” Or a scene from Alice in Wonderland. Or he “journeys into the abyss to ponder the complexities of making music today” with the Avant/Garde Diaries. You can read their illuminating interview here. I’m pretty sure that quote is from a Method Man song, but I […]

I spent about two hours last night skimming through music. Maybe Jay-Z is right and I’m a fool. Or maybe I was just bored. I can’t stress the postal office insanity incited by writing about music for a living –especially when you’re interested in discovering something unheard and excellent. I wake up to 120 e-mails […]

I’m taking a break from a Sunday revisit of Masta Ace’s Sittin’ on Chrome to rewind this reggae patois-laced tune from Nic Jaar and someone named Theatre Roosevelt. Presumably, this is just like a new Diplo alias or something. Or some celebrity’s daughter who is getting Jaared. Who knows? All I know is that “The […]

Jonah Bromwich speaks English, Spanish, and Packer. The branch of musical acts whom I consider to be great is split into two mental tiers. Either I listen to an act and really respect it, for musicianship, or songwriting, or some other relatively technical factor (John Maus, De La Soul, half of Bowie’s output) or I […]