Hello, friend.
My name is Jason and I live in Buffalo, NY with my wife and three kids. I mainly blog about music and our dueling digital/analog selves. Sometimes family stuff, hockey, and photography. Learn More →
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Lake Rats Dispatch pop-up #2 featured Jake King performing his lo-fi magic.
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🎶 Crucial Track for today: "Nosedive" by Man/Woman/Chainsaw →
A serious earworm.
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Bandcamp Friday digital purchases:
- Hum of Heart by Converge
- Ovlov discography (Buds, Am, Tru)
- For Love of Grace & the Hereafter by Iceage
- Floral Green by Title Fight
What did you get?
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🎶 Crucial Track for today: "I Can't" by Radiohead →
I don't know if it's the time period this came out or what, but I absolutely love this album.
It's almost a different band than later Radiohead, so I don't feel bad liking both...
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This old man is something.
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🎶 Crucial Track for today: "Theme Song for a New Brunswick Basement Show" by Lifetime →
What song makes you feel like you're in love with the world?
Lifetime are like peak youthful good memories for me. Their songs will always make me feel young and alive.
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🎶 Crucial Track for today: "Criminal Kissing" by IAN SWEET →
New Ian Sweet review up on the blog!
Not as good as her last two albums, but a very good effort. And more poppy, if you weren't quite a fan of her more art-y/weird bedroom pop – check it out!
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🎶 Crucial Track for today: "Lay Low" by Fiddlehead →
What's your favorite song about change?
This hits home right now. All three kids going off to college this month. My dad in the cancer hospital for a stem cell transplant to try to beat MDS. Feeling old.
Watch your kids grow - see them leave home In a breeze without ease, feel your throat choke Watch your friends go - see your hair grow Black to grey in a day and see yourself old Its too much for me I gotta lay low
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🎶 Crucial Track for today: "Loser" by Tame Impala →
Saw the new Spider-Man with the kids. Well, they are young adults now, but it’s been a thing for us since they were little, starting with Milo when he was 9 or 10. We’ve seen every Tom Holland Spider-Man movie in the theaters as well as all of the Spider-verse movies. So glad we were able to again, it made my day.
And yeah the movie was so good too!
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🎶 Crucial Track for today: "Debaser" by Pixies →
What's a song you associate with your favorite person?
The Pixies were one of the first bands we bonded over and have seen them a few times now.