by Nicole | Dec 29, 2013 | Music
Ok, so JUST found out is a bit of an understatement. I noticed it about a month ago when I was perusing the year’s music releases so I could compile my best-of list. I’ve told you that my newest book is loosely based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice,...
by Nicole | Nov 2, 2013 | Music, Reviews
Lousy with Sylvianbriar, Of Montreal’s 12th album, could almost be described a sloppy concept album, tied together by what we see in the borderline psychedelic cover art: a motorcycle parked on a patch of grass, handle-bars tilted to a casual angle, a couple of...
by Nicole | Oct 21, 2013 | Life Story, Music
Confession. I still don’t know what I want my blog to be. If you knew me, you’d know that I’m notorious for being indecisive. The problem is that I have too much passion. Some days I want my blog to be a spot for me to assist fellow indie-authors and...
by Nicole | Sep 6, 2013 | Music, Reviews
Will Sheff recently said that he “can’t make 1987 come back…this is the closest thing I can get to that,” while talking about Okkervil River’s expansive ode to his childhood, The Silver Gymnasium. Variously described as an aural bildungsroman and a return to his...
by Nicole | Aug 1, 2013 | Music, Reviews
My new review is up over at the music mag Treblezine. Check it out! Here’s a teaser: Stuart McLamb, the sole full-time member of The Love Language, recently divulged a secret about himself. “I can definitely overthink stuff,” he said, discussing the...
by Nicole | Jul 30, 2013 | Music, Reviews
Check out my review of the recent Lightning Dust release on the music site Treblezine! A quick look at Lightning Dust‘s top downloads on Amazon’s MP3 store shows that “Diamonds” is the band’s most downloaded track. One listen and it’s easy to see why — it’s endlessly...
