I think I finally found my hallelujah That’s about the fifth hook in a song that’s only three minutes and nine seconds long. There’s the “Uh-hah,” the handclap/percussion, the keyboard, the staccato singing and and then…we’ve got this distorted vocal with a ton of other stuff under it, which ends with the track dropping down […]

Rainbow Ends – Spotify Rainbow Ends – YouTube This is the music Brian Wilson is trying to make but cannot. In an infinite universe that which is not overhyped, that which is not on the pop chart, makes at most a drop in the ocean and then disappears. But the truth is Emitt Rhodes’s new […]

“Someone Else” Emitt Rhodes – YouTube “Someone Else” Emitt Rhodes – Spotify This should not be good. In an era where our greatest living artists can’t even see the target, never mind hit the mark, what are the odds a has-been, a barely was, would be able to strike a bullseye? Well, maybe not quite. […]

“7 Years” Lukas Graham – Spotify “7 Years” Lukas Graham – YouTube There hasn’t been a single reference to this act in the “Los Angeles Times” other than minor listings of television and concert appearances. The only reference in the “New York Times” is an August 8th story wherein Margarethe Vestager, the Dane who is […]