Sufjan Stevens:  Fourth of July

Sufjan Stevens: Fourth of July

My good friend Sonya Belaya wrote a really beautiful guest post about today’s song: Sufjan Stevens’ seventh album “Carrie and Lowell” reveals the possibility of turning darkness into something honest and powerful. These eleven laments seek to find answers...
Kanye West: Blood on the Leaves

Kanye West: Blood on the Leaves

I love Kanye. I also love “I love Kanye”. Lots of folks can’t stand him but something I fundamentally love about him is his blatant appropriation/re-adaptation of older materials. In “Blood on the Leaves” he pulls one of the most...
Bon Iver:  715 – CR∑∑KS

Bon Iver: 715 – CR∑∑KS

If there’s two things I love in music, it’s weird sounds, and beautiful harmonies; and the power of what happens when they’re mixed together.  “715 – CR∑∑KS” is a perfect example of both. Throwing his voice into a vocoder, Justin...