The NEW Sounds of Summer
By: DJ Ducky / Jessie Stepan We’ve all heard The Beach Boys. You can’t live in America, especially on the Western seaboard, without hearing at least ONE song by...
Category: Top Fives
5 Pick Up Lines for Spring Lovers ala David Berman from Silver Jews
Fans of the Silver Jews often recognize the lyrical genius of songwriter and founding constant member David Berman. The band formed in 1989, as an indie rock ba...
5 International Christmas Songs To Celebrate the Season To!
Tis’ the season to remember the joys of Christmas music. Here are 5 international Christmas songs to celebrate the holiday season to. Happy holidays to you &...
5 Gifted Child Musicians and Their Bands
The pedagogy of musical literacy is important to childhood development. Music incorporates sensations including hearing, movement and emotionality. Music is an ...
5 Asian Cover Gems Celebrating English as a Second Language
As an immigrant to the United States who is Chinese and born in Australia, I appreciate the linguistic synthesization of people who also have the experience of ...
5 cover songs (at one point I did not know were covers)
Believe it or not, before the internet and music deciphering phone apps, you could sometimes hear a song, and not know that was a cover. This sort of circumstan...
Happy Birthday Amancio D’Silva!
Today is Amancio D’Silva’s birthday. A master Indian jazz guitarist who was known for his own recordings and collaborations with Joe Harriet and Sta...
Distilled Perfection: Nostalgia and the garage rock revival
Nostalgia is a funny thing. It turns a blind eye to parts of the past we would rather forget, and allows the happy bits to filter through, creating a false, coz...
Five Albums to Bring on the Tuesday mellow
A few favorites for optimal soothing:
dj brzy’s top 5 music things of 2017
Yes, another best of list — and I am, of course, cheating by including plenty of sublists… 1. Mdou Moctar takes Portland. Mdou Moctar spent a lot of time ...