Welcome to The Albumist
I’m always on the hunt for good music.
I love that feeling you get when you hear a song for the first time and it intoxicates you. It vibrates through your head and the only remedy is to hear it again and again.
I love finding a new artist that’s up and coming, and you know they have something different. Their breakout is inevitable, just give them a few months, and when they finally make it you feel like a proud uncle or neighbor.
I love rediscovering the classics, music I’ve overlooked or return to for a touch of nostalgia. Maybe it’s a song that has been sampled 10 times over and you want to appreciate its original format. Or maybe it makes you think of someone you love, because whenever that song or artist played their love radiated to the world.
I don’t claim to have a “better taste” in music than others (whatever the fuck that means). I don’t have any expertise in music theory (though, I was in the high school band). I’m no AI algorithm that can queue up music based on your likes and create personalized playlists.
I’m just here to share some albums that are great from start to finish, songs I can’t stop listening to, and other musings somewhat related to music.
Welcome to The Albumist.
Starting Five
Find all of these songs and other jams on my Now Playing playlist. Updated on the reg.
Album of the Week
Got a Story to Tell by Thee Sacred Souls
You have the top down on a 1958 Buick Limited driving on one of those Southwest desert highways. You’re on a road trip, a movie set, or trapped in a GIF the way the landscape rolls by you without feeling like you’ve made any progress. You can’t even tell what year it is. Maybe you’re in a fever dream. It doesn’t matter because you have a pair of those sunglasses on that fit you perfectly and make you feel like a celebrity. Your hair blows in the wind. And Thee Sacred Souls is playing, and it feels like you’re hovering on the road below you towards the love of your life.
Read + Watch
While we’re on the subject, check out the Thee Sacred Souls Tiny Desk from earlier in the year.
Before Season 2 drops later this month, watch the first season of Netflix’s Rhythm + Flow. Take American Idol, drop the corniness, make it hip hop, add electric celebrity hosts, and showcase some very legitimate talent.
Peace, Love, and Positive Vibes.