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Songs in the key of life (by Miller)
Two guys are working at a convenience store, Boston suburbs, late nineties/early aughts. Making a…
Solute Record Club: Miller on NASHVILLE SKYLINE
Bob Dylan’s 1969 album Nashville Skyline is his shortest, about 28 minutes long. That is…
I Just Can’t Believe It’s True: Persia on “Sugar, Sugar” and Bands That Don’t Exist
Back when I was in college, I worked one summer at a comedically low-rent radio…
The Friday Article Roundup: Heady Stuff
This Week You Will Bake Your Noodle With: obscure streams fading subcultures microtonal music work…
Devil Man Running In My Head: Miller on ASTRO-CREEP 2000
This album fucking owns. That’s it. That’s all you need. OK, I’ll try to explain…
Year of the Month: Miller on GOAT
What was the greatest band of the 90s? There are as many contenders as there…
Music and My Freshman Year
I turned fourteen in December 1990. That means I spent most of 1991 at that…
Taco Inventory: Great Album Tracks (by Miller)
The album is a weird artform. Instead of being defined by structure or aesthetic, its…
You Will Make Some Sense of This: Persia on GHOST IN THE MACHINE
The Police felt like legends almost out of the gate, a not-quite-punk, not-yet-New Wave act…
Year of the Month: Haley Ioppini on 2NE1
Last year at Coachella 2022, 2NE1 reunited for the first time since 2015 to perform…