Sir Fix-A-Lot

I can never get enough Bon Iver + grand piano.

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:11:33 -0400

I can never get enough Bon Iver + grand piano.

My favorite music of 2012 (so far)

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:13:43 -0400

Since we are three-quarters of the way through 2012 already, I thought it was worth sharing the albums I have liked the most so far this year.

To be clear: This is not an attempt to reach Pitchforkian levels of obscurity in my choices. While I love music — and new music — I try to avoid the snobbery that comes with being “into” music.

This list is also not meant to be comprehensive. Just the stuff I find myself coming back to again and again to listen to.

Caveats dispatched. Let’s do this thing.

* The Lumineers, “The Lumineers”.

* Father John Misty, “Fear Fun”.

* Kelly Hogan, “I like to keep myself in pain”.

* Passion Pit, “Gossamer”.

* Diamond Rugs, “Diamond Rugs”.

* Leonard Cohen, “Old Ideas”.

* Edward Sharpe, “Here”.

The Lumineers

Wed, 30 May 2012 17:48:44 -0400

I am an endless search for new, good music. (Good is harder to find than new.) A friend of mine named John Moye turned me on to The Lumineers, who sound like a cross between Edward Sharpe and Old Crow Medicine Show.

Check them out. Here.

A GREAT Black Keys profile on CBS Sunday Morning

Tue, 01 May 2012 15:20:02 -0400

A GREAT Black Keys profile on CBS Sunday Morning

And the best Bob Dylan album is....?

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:51:10 -0400

As a kid, I remember looking with disdain at Bob Dylan. My dad was a BIG fan and had all of Dylan’s records. (And, yes, I know I am old.) If my dad liked Dylan, he couldn’t possibly be cool, I concluded.

In college, I started to actually listen to Dylan. And quickly I became obsessed. I now go through phases where I literally listen to nothing other than Dylan for weeks at a time.

All of which got me to thinking: Which is Dylan’s best album ever?

I am partial to:

1. Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (Blowin’ in the Wind, Girl From North Country, Hard Rain, Don’t Think Twice, Corrina Corrina)

2. Highway 61 Revisited (Like a Rolling Stone, It Takes a Lot to Laugh, Queen Jane Approximately, Ballad of a Thin Man, Desolation Row)

What say you?

Coachella You Tube channel

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:21:14 -0400

Coachella You Tube channel:

There is SO much amazing music here.

Hip hop

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:03:00 -0400

I was WAY into hip hop as a teenager. I got way out of it during my 20s and have, largely, missed the whole Lil Wayne era. But, at he recommendations of the Post music critic — Chris Richard (@chris__richards on the Twitter machine) I have started to get back into hip hop.

My current favorite is this Drake album. Amazing.

The new Alabama Shakes album is (finally) here. Listen!

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:36:11 -0400

The new Alabama Shakes album is (finally) here. Listen!

Basic math

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:37:09 -0400

Of Monsters and Men > Civil Wars

Bruuuuuuce! (Verizon Center. April 1, 2012)

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 19:03:15 -0400

Bruuuuuuce! (Verizon Center. April 1, 2012)

Bruce Springsteen, surrounded by fans. (Verizon Center. April 1,...

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 19:01:39 -0400

Bruce Springsteen, surrounded by fans. (Verizon Center. April 1, 2012)

M. Ward rules. Listen to his new album -- "A Wasteland Companion" -- here.

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:54:54 -0400

M. Ward rules. Listen to his new album -- "A Wasteland Companion" -- here.

Youth Lagoon. If you don’t know them, you should. I write...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:24:58 -0400

Youth Lagoon. If you don’t know them, you should. I write to them all the time.

Welcome to Sir Fix-A-Lot

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:38:00 -0400

I love three things:

1. My family

2. Politics

3. Music

I write about the second one for a living.

I get to hang out with the first every night and every morning.

But I have never had a good outlet for the third. I listen to and think about music all the time. I started this Tumblr so I could write and share about music. Hope you can do both with me.

Away we go!