Sometimes music is a solitary endeavor. After recording technology advanced to the point of making…
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Wanna Be Bad?
The good guys will always grab our hearts, but it’s the bad guys who fascinate…
The Psychedelic Funk Family Tree
Psychedelic music emerged in the mid-’60s as a mutant offspring of the British Invasion and…
The Dowsers’ Mixtape Against Fascism
This one is for the fearless protesters in Charlottesville and Boston and Vancouver and everywhere else…
Slow Magic’s Songs for the Changing Season
Prior to the release of his third album, Float, on October 6, avant-electronic mystery man…
The Sleazy Royalty of Josh Homme
Josh Homme may very well be one of the last true rock stars to break…
Suicidal ‘70s Pop
When Winfred “Blue” Lovett gravely intones, “This has got to be the saddest day of…
Rapping in the Pews: Hip-Hop’s Gospel Slide
Click here to subscribe to the Spotify playlist. One of the greater meta-narratives in hip-hop…
Phantogram and the Art of Post-Everything Pop
Whenever I try describing Phantogram’s music to a friend I find myself stringing together an…
Future Present: New Music
This is a constantly updated playlist of (mostly) new songs that the Dowsers’ Sam Chennault…