My Bloody Valentine, courtesy. Welcome to what’s apparently the third annual St. Patrick’s Day list of Irish bands in which I specifically and intentionally don’t include U2! For those just joining us, our illustrious editor Roman Gokhman is a U2 fan in the same sense that Stan was an…

HBO’s “Peacemaker.” As shocking as it may sound, I don’t pay my bills with my brilliant music writing. My day job is as a data journalist. It sounds very exciting—mining data to catch government officials at corruption, presenting the public with factual information to be better citizens—and that is…