Shit I Missed Last Year and This Year’s Honorable Mentions Shit I Missed:Faith Healer – Try 😉 Despite being way late to this LP, I still got my money’s worth listening to it in the early winter of 2018. The Edmonton artist, also known as Jessica Jalbert, has been making music in this vein of psychedelic art pop since 2011, but only released the first … Continue reading

Billy Moon is the Karl Ove Knausgaard of the indie rock scene. His earnest storytelling includes descriptions of camaraderie and youth which earn all of my respect. Listen to his latest album, Punk Songs, over at Bandcamp, and consider dropping a few dollars for it.  Punk Songs by Billy Moon Continue reading

The text that stole Lucy Arnell’s shadow Originally appeared on the 405, view archived article here.  Remember when text messaging began to take over in the early 2000s? The hot acronym was SMS which stands for Short Message Service, and it became a staple of the growing cellular phone phenomenon. Lucy Arnell probably uses SMS frequently, but in her recent single, she draws a parallel … Continue reading