Honored to be featured in the first issue of the first volume of the new music publication, Brilliant Corners, and excited to have a place to write things in the first person for a change! It's a very personal essay on one of my favorite albums, the Black Eyes S/T. It's also about trauma &… Continue reading Black Eyes Essay in Brilliant Corners 1.1
Honored to be featured in the first issue of the first volume of the new music publication, Brilliant Corners, and excited to have a place to write things in the first person for a change! It's a very personal essay on one of my favorite albums, the Black Eyes S/T. It's also about trauma &… Continue reading Black Eyes Essay in Brilliant Corners 1.1
I make all of my mixtape art with pages from the New Yorker. This is above and away my favorite and has best captured the vibe of the tape's sonic world so far in my seasonal mixtape adventures. Note: I used to keep a journal, many journals annually, and then at some point I decided… Continue reading Summer 2021//sweet and low
One of the tasks I take most seriously as a music journalist writing primarily for Bandcamp dot com is ensuring that all of my favorite songwriters get a "Bandcamp Grammy." So, with no further ado, it is finally here: today we celebrate the long ass life of Fred Thomas in independent music. Please enjoy an… Continue reading Fred Thomas Lifetime Achievement on Bandcamp
Well, I will definitely cop to being very behind on promos this Bandcamp Day! Don't assume I didn't like it if it is not in here; most of these are records I reviewed in LATE JUNE. I will get caught up very soon! Cloud Juice by Gretchen Korsmo The early morning ambient medicine for my… Continue reading August Bandcamp Reccos feat. Very Good Haiku
Hello! This is just to note that my latest for Bandcamp dropped yesterday afternoon. I researched and wrote the whole thing in the middle of a crisis move, so I am particularly proud of how it turned out given the circumstances. Many people are in agreement that I am uniquely talented at making experimental music… Continue reading Full Spectrum Label Profile
Today is Juneteenth Day and Bandcamp is donating its share of profits to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund again. While I would love to specifically focus on listening to Black artists and highlighting them this Juneteenth, I just got done with a very stressful and exhausting crisis move and had to write my latest article… Continue reading Juneteenth Bandcamp Reccos feat. Very Good Haiku
Hi!!! Been busy moving and forgot to post about spilling some ink on one of the most exciting and interesting labels doing it. Please enjoy that here if you missed it. © FUCK SAUCE MEDIA 2021
Yes, yes y'all. It is Bandcamp Friday. Perhaps the last one ever? Make it count, I guess. A lot of wonderful music this month! Here we go... Springtime Kisses by Matt Christensen I just subscribed to Matt's Bandcamp community, which is so much amazing music for only $12/year--including access to his whole back catalog, which… Continue reading Bandcamp Day Reccos feat. Very Good Haiku: May 2021
My Lifetime Achievement feature on Diane Cluck is up! She has been my favorite contemporary songwriter for half of my life now and a massive influence on the healing I have done and the human being I have become. I hope you find both her music and the story of her life helpful, compelling, and endlessly inspiring.… Continue reading Diane Cluck Lifetime Achievement Piece on Bandcamp
