Category: Music Recommendations

  • Not where I usually sit: MUNA go hard

    Not where I usually sit: MUNA go hard

    I saw MUNA open for boygenius (contrasting caps styles for those two) a few weeks ago. I didn’t know much about them before having a listen before the gig. Their music is fun, but with depth to it, and they put on a great show. Featured image: “MUNA” by WFUV Public Radio is licensed under…

  • Listening Again: Matt Stevens’ Lucid

    I have a lot of music available to me to listen to, and I am fairly certain I am not unique in focusing on recent finds and monumental foundation stones. This is expedient perhaps but deprives me of the joys of music in between these gravity wells. So I am delighted to have rediscovered Matt…

  • Music That Shaped Me: Blue Trane

    Music That Shaped Me: Blue Trane

    Like lots of people who have an abiding interest in music, there have been a few moments that I can single out as pivotal in drawing me in. When I was small much of what grabbed me was the exuberant fun of punk/post-punk/new wave etc. In my mid-teens I found jazz. I had hated the…