I don’t know about you, but music makes me feel young. But what does it mean to be an adult anyway? That’s what one of my favorite bands, Dawes, tries to answer on its latest […]
New Music Friday, Oct. 16, 2020
It’s Friday, are you ready for the weekend? Maybe you’ve been stuck inside all week or working your tail off and you’re ready to head out the door. As always, The High Note has you […]
Action Bronson Reaches New Heights On ‘Only For Dolphins’
Action Bronson is my spirit animal. The Albanian-American born Ariyan Arslani in Flushing, Queens, New York City is only a couple years my senior but seems to have created a new class of fun uncommon […]
New Music Friday, Oct. 9, 2020
I’m still hanging on to those lingering feelings of summer here at The High Note, even as we enter our second New Music Friday of October. Still, at the top of the list you’ll see […]
Phoebe Bridgers Put Herself In The ‘Punisher’ Role On Latest Album
After covering the other half of Better Oblivion Community Pavilion last week with Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst, this week I am writing about the new Phoebe Bridgers album. This is a long-overdue review of […]
New Music Friday, Oct. 2, 2020
Welcome to October, readers of The High Note. We made it here together and now we’re dropping heavy beats, maybe throwing up peace signs or middle fingers in the air, or both, depending on your […]
Bright Eyes Return With New Album To Make The Most Of A Bad Situation
It feels like Conor Oberst has been a constant presence in my musical life, even if he only showed up when I was in high school. I was 16 years old when I first heard […]
New Music Friday, Sept. 25, 2020
Who doesn’t love surprises, right? Well, I’m sure lots of people don’t. Nevertheless, Fleet Foxes surprised me and other fans with a new album on Tuesday, which used to be when albums were released, but […]
Toots Goes Down Swinging With ‘Got To Be Tough’
The name Toots Hibbert has always been synonymous with reggae for me. He was to reggae what Willie Nelson is to country music, what B.B. King was to blues music, what James Brown was to […]
New Music Friday, September 18, 2020
Is it fall yet? It sure does feel like it on the east coast and our friends on the west coast are continuing to battle wildfires. Meanwhile, the Gulf coast is picking up the pieces […]