Next Week in Music | May 5-11 • The Long List: 330+ Releases On...
Since this is running on May 4, I should probably include some sort of Star Wars reference here. But really, I can't be arsed. I'm too busy dealing with...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | The Sweet 75
Rolling Stone recently released its list of the 75 best albums of 1975, and before even looking at it I had a strong feeling I would disagree with several...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Art Full Of Soul
It’s funny how life can play little games with you.
The other night I watched Squaring The Circle, the 2022 documentary about the famous design company Hipgnosis. They were the...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Not The Usual Suspects
Everyone knows the usual suspects in those classic rock "best guitarists" or "greatest drummers of all time" lists. Same goes for bassists, lead vocalists and keyboard players.
So I thought...
Thunder Pie | At The Farm Pond Last Saturday Evening
It was a hot spring day today and now I’m watching Henry throw a buzzbait up against the bank. His casts are almost all pinpoint accurate. He lays the...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Reunited (& It Feels So…)
I have been reading Bob Mould’s memoir, See A Little Light: The Trail of Rage & Melody (2011) — completed six years before the death of Hüsker Dü bandmate...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | George Clinton’s Funky Universe
I am a pretty big Funkadelic fan, and have been since I was a teenager. Over the course of the past few years I've been gradually replacing my teenage Funkadelic...
Thunder Pie | Invincible Lovers Dressed Up Like Schlubs
“Well, it ought to be easy, it ought to be simple enough
Man meets a woman and they fall in love
But this house is haunted and the ride gets rough
You've...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Something Quite Atrocious
I can clearly remember being a little kid, lying on the living room floor, listening to the Mary Poppins soundtrack on my parents' console stereo — with a pen...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Whip It Good
Your favourite musician probably has a signature thing. Slash’s top hat, James Brown’s cape, Flavor Flav’s clock, Willie Nelson’s beat-up acoustic guitar, Roy Orbison’s black clothing and glasses, Steven...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | All Killer, No Filler
I was listening to a recent episode of Last Podcast On The Left — a multi-part one on Mormon doomsday killers Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell. I found it...
Brett Abrahamsen Has 11 Questions For Weasel Walter
Weasel Walter is arguably the most intriguing composer alive. His demented symphonies of chaos stand as the West’s only answer to the apocalyptic cacophony of Space Streakings, Boredoms, and...
Thunder Pie | Morning Calls
Morning calls. The stretch of the rubber band strains a bit tighter from where it’s anchored by a nail in the board way back at the dawn of man....
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Fin & Dandy
I am one of those record collectors who loves affordable, playable albums. I don't keep records because they're valuable, coveted, cool, rare or weird. My goal is to have...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | The 300 Club!
Stylus Counsel is a record collector-focused music column, and this is my 300th one in slightly more than three years.
While some people can't imagine writing that many columns about...
