Day 10
TODAY'S SONG:
"Omaha" by Tapes 'n Tapes
I
remember reading about this band on Pitchfork, which gave this album
its “Best New Music” nod of approval. It came out just a few
months before I graduated college. In their review of Tapes 'nTapes, Pitchfork mentioned Pavement twice, so I was obviously
intrigued. They fell a little short of my unreasonably high
expectations, unfortunately.
Just
in case you are not familiar, Pitchfork is an online music site, like
Rolling Stone if it dropped Matt Taibbi and their unhealthy U2
obsession. Reading reviews on Pitchfork (and then getting angry at
reviews on Pitchfork) was one of my favorite pastimes during my
college years.
I learned about a lot of my favorite music through this site. A little while after college, I realized I wasn't getting into as much new music and couldn't figure out why. Then it occurred to me that I no longer spent hours upon hours a day scouring the internet for new music. That was probably a healthy change up, but there sure is a huge gap from 2007 to 2010ish where I wasn't listening to anything new. One of my New Years Resolutions was actually to check Pitchfork daily, just to keep up better with the indie music world. So far that's been working out pretty good, although a project like this (writing and recording a new song every day) kind of forces me to stop listening to anything else. Which is kind of a bummer since Kayleigh and I just picked up a bunch of records on Saturday morning, including the new Dan Mangan + Blacksmith and Sleater Kinney, both of which I've been eagerly looking forward to for quite some time.
Pitchfork: Easy for opinionated people to hate. |
I learned about a lot of my favorite music through this site. A little while after college, I realized I wasn't getting into as much new music and couldn't figure out why. Then it occurred to me that I no longer spent hours upon hours a day scouring the internet for new music. That was probably a healthy change up, but there sure is a huge gap from 2007 to 2010ish where I wasn't listening to anything new. One of my New Years Resolutions was actually to check Pitchfork daily, just to keep up better with the indie music world. So far that's been working out pretty good, although a project like this (writing and recording a new song every day) kind of forces me to stop listening to anything else. Which is kind of a bummer since Kayleigh and I just picked up a bunch of records on Saturday morning, including the new Dan Mangan + Blacksmith and Sleater Kinney, both of which I've been eagerly looking forward to for quite some time.
Dee's: A fun place for college kids and old people to drink. |
Here's my song. I wrote it at the bus stop!
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