Weeding through something unremarkable to find the one little gem to turn over and over again is kind of a talent. Lots of people try to do it, of course, but it takes a special artistic mind to spot one tiny glint on a huge ocean and head towards it. Blah blah blah metaphors. “So [...]

Are we still using the word “chillwave” or is that done? I mean, I guess it doesn’t really matter when you’re talking about a track and an album that came out last July and was popular with those quick-to-pounce music bloggers about, oh, three years before that. They were done with chillwave about thirty seconds [...]

Introducing a new column, where I have to sheepishly request a late pass for an artist, album or song that I slept on even though seemingly everyone else knew it was great. You think I would have learned my lesson with Lily Allen that a chart-pop lead single doesn’t always indicate an album of filler [...]