We followed Toronto-based punk band PUP through four states to say goodbye to 2017, and it was perfect, if physically taxing.
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2017: Keep Fucking Going
2017 was hell, but it was also one of the best, most productive, most healing years of my life. Let me tell you why (and give you some media recs, too).
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New to Me Music: Westing
Westing’s new EP I Haven’t Been Feeling Myself is loud and angry, peppered by hard-hitting basslines, rough cymbals and gravely, intensely sad vocals.
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Mixtape: 27
Last night Reed spent about an hour before bed completing a music meme. The goal seemed simple: make a playlist featuring one song from every year you’ve been alive. Reed said, “that sounds like a challenge!” and proceeded to meet it with a cohesive mix of awesome music. When I tried to tackle the challenge this…
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Concert Recap: Regina Spektor
On Monday, March 6, I had the opportunity to see Regina Spektor live for the first time. It was an incredible show. I’ve loved Spektor’s music for more than a decade; she appears on multiple soundtracks and scores and her music has inspired countless fanworks. I’ve been quoting her lyrics at people and putting her…
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Mixtape: Desperate for Spring
2017 is a dumpster fire and climate change is genuinely terrifying, but the weather has been fluctuating a lot lately and it just makes me want to get on my bike and ride for hours. I really can’t wait for the weather to be consistently warm enough for me to rely on my bike…
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10 Years of Infinity On High
On February 6, Fall Out Boy’s third studio album Infinity On High turned ten. I had a hard time believing it when Reed told me, because this album has been in and out of rotation for me ever since it came out. It feels almost timeless, given that if I don’t listen to it for a…
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Album Review: Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness, Zombies On Broadway, 2017
There is a very small handful of musicians that I can say, with all honesty, have never let me down. That isn’t to say that I haven’t liked songs or that albums haven’t been everything I dreamed of, but rather that with every new project, I’ve always found something to love from these artists, whether it…
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In 2016…
I recently did a Tumblr meme where I shared six of my best selfies from 2016 and realized, as I searched through my photos, that although this year has been honestly horrible in a lot of Big Picture ways, on a personal level, it’s been pretty fantastic. I’ve done so much in 2016, most of it…
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Christmas 2016: “I Don’t Want Any Coal” (Seriously, Though)
IT’S DECEMBER and for once, I’m not sick of Christmas music yet. Even when the playlist at work stuck me in a never-ending loop of “Holly Jolly Christmas” last week, I didn’t feel any slow-burn rage about it. I think, perhaps, this lack of anger toward holiday jingles is coming from my determination to enjoy as…
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