In early 2000, photographer Sam Jones contacted the band Wilco to ask if he could… Read the postWeek 42: “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” by Wilco
A lot of recent entries on this list have been hidden gems by lesser-known bands,… Read the postWeek 41: “Stand By Me” by Ben E. King
The Happiness Project was a brilliant experiment in the music of everyday life, created by… Read the postWeek 40: “Vittoria” by Charles Spearin
Over the past ten years, Patrick Lee has released 25 albums. I repeat, this time… Read the postWeek 39: “Mrs. Lee” by Patrick Lee
If you like music enough to be reading this, you’re probably familiar with the psychological… Read the postWeek 38: “What Would You Do With A Million?” by Giant Jnr.
I think that some instruments were created for a specific purpose. The electric guitar, for… Read the postWeek 37: “Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 49” by Dmitry Kabalevsky
If you were giving advice to someone trying to make a name for themselves in… Read the postWeek 36: “Whirlpool” by Tim Fagan
There are some things that, for reasons you can’t fully explain, make you cry like… Read the postWeek 35: “Casimir Pulaski Day” by Sufjan Stevens
In an earlier post (this one) I declared Sarah Harmer’s song “Lodestar” to be the… Read the postWeek 34: “Dynamite Walls” by Hayden
And now, a brief story about why I like sample-based music. Many years ago, I… Read the postWeek 33: “His Majesty King Raam” by Lemon Jelly
I’m not the Grinch. I’m not a Christmas-hater. I think Christmas is a great time… Read the postWeek 32: “Little Girl Blue” by Nina Simone
Sometimes beautiful songs show up in the least likely places. A couple of years ago,… Read the postWeek 31: “Despertar” by Aisha Duo
It’s always seemed strange to me that Blur and Oasis got lumped into the same… Read the postWeek 30: “Tender” by Blur
I took piano lessons for almost a decade as a child, but by mid-high school… Read the postWeek 29: “Clair De Lune” by Claude Debussy
One of the great things about the emergence of alternative and indie music in the… Read the postWeek 28: “The King of Carrot Flowers, part 1” by Neutral Milk Hotel
Sometimes your enjoyment of a particular band has more to do with one particular band… Read the postWeek 27: “Ramparts” by John Frusciante
Picking which Death Cab song to include on this list is like being asked to… Read the postWeek 26: “Marching Bands of Manhattan” by Death Cab For Cutie
The Texas-based instrumental rock band Explosions in the Sky got their big break when their… Read the postWeek 25: “Day Eight” by Explosions in the Sky
When he was 21, Chris O’Connor and two friends formed a band called the I-Rails.… Read the postWeek 24: “Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand” by Primitive Radio Gods
Family road trips have changed over the years. Today, things like iPods, PSP’s, and TV… Read the postWeek 23: “Vocalise” by Rachmaninov (as performed by Bobby McFerrin and Yo-Yo Ma)