Isn’t music the fucking best? I know somehow it’s June already and the world is still on fire, but Zach de la Rocha is screaming again, Lakes released their best song yet, and there’s a new Hum album after 20 years of silence. And more. I love it. I hope you find something to love too. RUN THE JEWELS- Ju$t […]
Read moreRelentless, right? The bad news. It keeps barreling toward us like a mudslide, no way around it, no way to ignore it. It’ll crush you if you’re not careful, if you don’t keep your head up. So, under advice from a close friend, I’m trying to accentuate the positive. Below is what was on Moderate Rock’s playlist for the month […]
Read moreWhat a frankly terrifying, disorienting, and odd time to (hopefully) be living through. It feels slightly frivolous to be even be updating here but as the passing of time becomes one long, grey mush, I’ve become more grateful for music than ever before. Instead of feeling utterly lost, it’s been music, this month especially the songs below, that has helped […]
Read moreStrange times. As if the world wasn’t anxious enough of late, now a global pandemic and its cascade of consequences have made things quite literally deadly out there. It might feel a little frivolous to talk about music at a time like this but it’s one of the only things keeping me in one piece. I don’t want another news […]
Read moreThese monthly playlists are like my babies. I bring them to life, tend for them, talk about them at work too much, and hope they go on to do big things. If that means that I’m not supposed to have favourites though, I have failed. I recommend every song that ever makes the cut, the clue is in the title, […]
Read moreNew year, new music. And from the continued return of Canadian post-hardcore royalty to German doom-jazz and British drum-and-bass, I hope you find something to love. ALEXISONFIRE- Season of the Flood HOLY FAWN- Candy CASPIAN- Ishmael DESERTA- Save Me GRANITE HANDS- The Machine VASA- Heroics INSECT ARK- Tectonic BOHREN & DER CLUB OF GORE- Sag mir, wie lang KEEP- Pendulum […]
Read moreWe made it guys. Another year in the books. High fives all round! It might not feel like time for celebrating- world news hasn’t exactly been upbeat (I hesitate to ask how it could get worse, just in case the universe hurries up and answers) and at times it seemed like the musical year was limping to a close, maybe […]
Read moreThe low temperatures, low light, and thick fog of this November seem to have seeped into our Spotify playlist. It features greyscale post-rock, dark ambience, and a band called Have a Nice Life that sound like they want you to have anything but. It’s not a total downer though- just try listening to that Jail Socks song without nodding your […]
Read moreFrom chilling neo-classical to firebreathing hardcore, shimmering indie melodies to whatever Emptyset’s new noise should be properly classified as, I hope you find something to love. KEATON HENSON- Trauma/In Chao STORM(O)- Trema THE WARRIORS- Death Ritual RENOUNCED- Beauty Is a Destructive Angel COLORED MOTH– Cognitive Bliss POST/BOREDOM- Limb Alert GIANTS CHAIR- Dirty Winter NIGHT SWIMMING- Clean QUIET LIONS- Arc of […]
Read moreMaybe it’s the rain outside my window, maybe it’s the state of western politics, or, just maybe, it’s the apparently unstoppable, slow, steady demise of the planet, but there’s more bitter, twisted and angry content on this month’s playlist than the few before it combined. I hope you find some catharsis or at least turn it up so loud you […]
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