Clockwise from top left: Saint Sister and Lisa Hannigan, Su Lee, Serena Isioma, Cehryl, Black Violin and Oumou Sangare. Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles,…

Spotify Wrapped 2020, courtesy: Spotify. It’s Spotify Wrapped time again! Every year around this time Spotify users reap one of the few the benefits of the technodystopian digital panopticon we find ourselves living in when Spotify tells us what genres, artists, and songs we listened to most over the…

Clockwise from top left: Hurtwave, Cristy Alover, Grandma, T9ine, Shallow Side and Barbara Black. Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time to…

Katy Perry, courtesy Capitol Records, will never give courtesy to editor Daniel J. Willis ever again. I had a whole column outlined with a somewhat generic theme. You see, I write the column over the course of the week, then Friday night I file it and make my final…

Clockwise from top left: Chymes, Peach Tree Rascals, ENISA, Hope Tala, The Overcoats and Aaron Taos. Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has…

Rudy Giuliani, pictured here excited to get the middle seat on Frontier Airlines. According to several polls, many of you are planning to travel for Thanksgiving. A whole lot of knowledgeable and prestigious people and groups, including the CDC, have advised against this using convincing rhetoric and an understanding…

Clockwise from top left: Jimi Somewhere, Joan of Arc, The Lighthouse and the Whaler, The Dirty Nil, Little Hurt, Justice Carradine and Jayla Darden. Every week brings a plethora of new music to our ears. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a…

Daniel J Willis is actually two Skee-Los tall. We took a break from music last week, but now I’m back with our regularly scheduled nonsense. This past Thursday was my birthday, which means it’s time for my annual self-indulgent column of songs I like with no regard for theme…

Clockwise from top left: Tatum Lynn, ARMNHMR, Rudie Edwards, James Yorkston, Angelina Jordan and Eric Bazilian. Every week brings a plethora of new music to our ears. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has…

Bandcamp Friday Oct. 2, 2020. Clockwise from left: Adrianne Lenker, Liturgy, Secret Chiefs 3, Sunami, Crippled Black Phoenix and Soft Kill. As the election proves to be as chaotic as expected, music is more important than ever as a means of speaking truth to power and forming community around…