Our writers have more to share with you!
- In the most recent edition of her newsletter, Sabina Tang discussed archetypes, haircuts, and Utada Hikaru’s Laughter in the Dark concert film.
- For his blog, Humanizing the Vacuum, Alfred Soto commemorated the 25th anniversary of the release of R.E.M.’s Monster, “one of their records most informed by historicity.”
- Hannah Jocelyn is crowdsourcing the list of What Your Favorite Album of the Decade Says About You (see the 2018 and 2017 editions). Go forth and say something about you saying something about an album saying something about you!
- For Living Lutheran, Josh Langhoff interviewed Peter Mayer, singer-songwriter (and longtime guitarist for Jimmy Buffett), about his new album, Passages.
- Thomas Inskeep posted notes on 1984 Detroit radio and Janet Jackson (in addition to what he wrote for our recent tribute) on his blog, Oh Manchester, So Much to Answer For.
- Finally, Joshua Minsoo Kim reviewed Derin Derin, the new album by Instanbul-based psychedelic/folk/electronic group Baba Zula, for Bandcamp Daily.