#indie-nuts

[wisebeyondher-ears]

Record Store Day: Listening To Both Sides

Though Record Store Day (RSD) has only been around since 2009, it has already reshaped the way we view local music stores, breeding a new era of exclusive content, while reinstating the merits of o...

This is a much more in depth article of a version I was going to post on this blog after RSD last year, and I’m glad I waited. I interviewed record store owners, and added personal experiences. 

This is meant to show both the good and bad sides of RSD and I hope you’ll take a look at it and it gives you something to think about today!

[wisebeyondher-ears]

"New Glow" Matt and Kim: Album Review

  Matt and Kim albums are 100% “drive around town with the windows open” style music and it almost always puts me in a better mood. Though the lyrics are light and frothy, only occasionally ex...

My second review for indie-nuts is up! I’ve been a fan of Matt and Kim for six or seven years now so it was a lot of fun to get to do an in depth critique of New Glow. 

[wisebeyondher-ears]

"Carrie & Lowell" Sufjan Stevens: Album Review

After some smaller projects, some guest spots on other albums, and a bizarre hybrid rap/electro turn-in Asthmatic Kitty collaborators Sisyphus, Sufjan Stevens is back with his seventh album and his...

I’m very excited to announce that I will now be a contributor to indie-nuts!

I will still be posting content on this blog, but you can expect to see more of my album reviews posted there (which I will of course be linking through tumblr) plus other exciting content. 

Here is my review of Carrie & Lowell as my first piece.