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18 Dec, 2018 :: My favourite albums of 2018
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Busdriver .:. Electricity is On Our Side
Favourite Track: Right Before the Miracle -
Feminazgul .:. The Age of Men Is Over
Favourite Track: To the Throat -
Open Mike Eagle .:. What Happens When I Try To Relax
Favourite Track: Southside Eagle -
Mitski .:. Be The Cowboy
Favourite Track: Nobody -
Jean Grae & Quelle Chris .:. Everythings’ Fine
Favourite Track: Gold Purple Orange -
Blood Orange .:. Negro Swan
Favourite Track: Runnin’ ft. Georgia Anne Muldrow -
Milo .:. budding ornithologists are weary of tired analogies
Favourite Track: failing the stress test (iguessillbeheadingthen) -
Georgia Anne Muldrow .:. Overload
Favourite Track: Overload -
Optiganally Yours .:. O.Y. in Hi-Fi
Favourite Track: Too Close To The Sun -
Nao .:. Saturn
Favourite Track: Another Lifetime -
Nomadic War Machine .:. Always ↙↙↙ Forever
Favourite Track: No Gods No Boyfriends -
Brandi Carlile .:. By The Way, I Forgive You
Favourite Track: Hold Out Your Hand -
Tuyo .:. Pra Curar
Favourite Track: Me Leva -
NoName .:. Room 25
Favourite Track: Blaxploitation -
Ghost .:. Prequelle
Favourite Track: Pro Memoria -
Czarface & MF Doom .:. Czarface meets Metal Face
Favourite Track: Phantoms ft. Open Mike Eagle & Kendra Morris -
serpentwithfeet .:. soil
Favourite Track: mourning song -
MC Paul Barman .:. (((echo chamber)))
Favourite Track: (((believe that))) ft. Open Mike Eagle -
Saba .:. Care for Me
Favourite Track: Logout ft. Chance the Rapper -
The Breeders .:. All Nerve
Favourite Track: MetaGoth
##Honourable Mentions & Singles
Black Thought .:. Streams of Thought Vols. 1 & 2 (Double EP)
Wax Mannequin .:. Have a New Name
Andre 3000 .:. Look Ma No Hands (Single)
Lizzo .:. Truth Hurts (Single)
Childish Gambino .:. This Is America (Single)
14 Oct, 2015 :: Son-of-the-South
Ever since I made the choice to move my family from Oregon to South Carolina I have spent a great amount of time thinking about my relationship with the south. I have noticed that most people I know who moved to the west coast from the south have the attitude of having “gotten out” or “escaped”. I, too, had the... Continue Reading ->
06 Oct, 2015 :: Moving
Last week my wife and I decided to move from Eugene, Oregon to my home town of Lexington, South Carolina.
The decision didn’t come lightly at first, but the longer I think on it the more I feel that it is simply the right thing to do for our family.
Some back story: In 2003 I was nineteen...
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30 Jun, 2015 :: The Smiths
When I was about 14 I started listening to metal and punk almost exclusively. The loud, sloppy, noisy, and angry kind. The stuff that sounds good when you are a kid and parents just don’t understand. Since I was a certified poseur I also read all of the rock and punk magazines that I could get my hands on. Despite... Continue Reading ->
15 Jun, 2014 :: Big Brother
On 21 October our second child was born. We named him Opal Poseidon. Opal is calm and completely at peace with the world that surrounds him— no matter how boisterous that world may be. As the one in the room onto which the title of ‘adult’ is bestowed, this brings me near to the point of sneering at times. His... Continue Reading ->