Like music, these album reviews are a process of discovery. Just like the musicians making the music, I am kind of finding my way as I go along and chip away at the music and […]
New Music Friday, May 8, 2020
Have you lost track of the days yet? Whether or not you have, it’s New Music Friday, which means sunshine and rainbows in between your ears, radiating good tunes into your brain. How does that […]
Stephen Malkmus Uses ‘Traditional Techniques’ To Break The Modern Mold
As people across the world are going into quarantine and looking for new things to do, people are turning to more conventional ways of passing the time. I don’t know about you, but I have […]
New Music Friday – May 1, 2020
In case you’ve lost count by this now, it’s not only Friday but it is also May 1. That means we’ve made it through another week and we’re on to another month. In some parts […]
Phantogram Lets It All Go On ‘Ceremony’
Have you ever seen the big old vases in a museum that have been repaired with gold? I’m vaguely familiar with the Japanese concept of Kintsugi 金継ぎ. By fixing ceramics using this method, the repair […]
New Music Friday, April 24, 2020
We made it through yet another week of social distancing and coronavirus and music is helping is get there. In case you’ve lost track, it’s Friday, April 24, 2020 and The High Note is here […]
New Music Friday – April 17, 2020
Well, we made it through the halfway point of April and if you’re in America, you have an extension on your taxes and you may have already received a gift from Uncle Sam. If you’re […]
Lil Uzi Vert Reaches New Heights With A Space Rap Vehicle Named ‘Eternal Atake’
Do you know that scene in “Independence Day” where Will Smith opens up a UFO and punches an alien and says “Welcome to earth?” I remember watching that when I was a kid thinking, “These […]
New Music Friday, April 10, 2020
Besides the holy holidays this week, it’s New Music Friday and that’s reason enough for me to celebrate. If you’re feeling cabin fever after being stuck inside or if you’re on the frontlines fighting the […]
Real Estate Makes Feeling Comfortable At Home ‘The Main Thing’
Real Estate has a warm, fuzzy aesthetic that reminds me of my favorite sweatshirt – a 2015 Dean Randazzo Cancer Foundation Paddle For A Cause hoodie. Real Estate, the pride of Ridgewood, New Jersey, is […]