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Staying Edgy in a World of Post-Reverb Rock

I’m definitely paraphrasing when discussing an interesting quote in Lizzy Goodman’s oral history compilation Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001–2011. This quote stood out for being both blunt as well as resoundingly true. If you are not familiar with this seminal 2017 publication, Goodman basically took thousands of hours of interviews with some of the most important musicians, critics, and record producers of NYC’s Rock resurgence, including The Strokes, The Rapture,...

Sonikseek: Diffuse Soul by Nick Hakim

The best Lyft rides are the ones where I get to my destination….obviously…. but also the ones where the driver is playing really good music. In Denver we have this amazing radio show on 102.3 FM called OpenAir, which my Lyft driver Justin was playing last night. OpenAir plays new music off the beaten path, indie music that can only be described as “niche” and “not radio typical”. By the time I arrived at the theater to see Alien: Covenant...