For nearly a decade, Denmark’s MØL have been making music within the fertile ground of blackgaze, the epically atmospheric zone where black metal intersects with shoegaze. Early next year, they’ll follow their 2021 album Diorama with a new one called Dreamcrush. I think we can all agree that Dreamcrush is a very blackgaze album title. […]

Jeff Tweedy just wrapped up his fall tour in support of his new solo triple album Twilight Override. By all accounts, it’s been a wonderful experience, with Tweedy’s sons among his bandmates and his wife Sue often present as part of the touring company. But at least one show took a strange turn. At the […]

November 7, 2020 STAYED AT #1:1 Week In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. As Scott explains here, the column is now biweekly, alternating with The Alternative Number Ones […]