Diary of Musical Thoughts

I'm on Sigur Ros' mailing list and news of this concert certainly got my attention.  Even the band admitted to being a bit nervous. ...

In one of last year's best interview pieces , Leland James Kirby laid out his plans for the Caretaker persona's six part slip into d...

So important was this mix that this mode of consciousness became an instinct - 54 minutes It's been so long since my last mix that ...

I fell for the clickbait again and read through yet another Pitchfork top 50 list of a poorly defined genre from a poorly defined era of tim...

As a breezy, easy to read summary of a group and a time and a place, this short Spice Girls history isn't bad.  The context isn't r...

Tributes have been slowly pouring for the Chameleons' drummer who passed away a few days ago. When you're a "cult" band (...

This list follows a similar pattern to their best shoegaze albums list from October -- classics mixed with curious (and more recent) picks...

Gunnar Haslam and Johannes Auvinen wrote essays for XLR8R that hopefully will stir up some lively debate.  I am all for giving musicians t...

They changed the name ... and now they're changing it back?  I think? I would have bet on "Lemonade" winning the poll this...

I promised to publish this list over two years ago , and then ... nothing. Everything on the list was finalized on schedule, but I struggl...