Tag Archives: music criticism

Great Big Sea, Empire, and the Art of the Protest Song

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Jesse Conlang

It’s Canada Day, which is an extremely weird “national” holiday. Sure, most of English Canada is waving flags celebrating “Canada’s Birthday!” It’s hardly important what that means specifically, but the anthropomorphication of a nation state is key. Technically, it commemorates … Continue reading →

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The Top Albums of 2018

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Jesse Conlang

This article is late, but, in a sense, everything is hurtling towards obsolescence anyway. Do you feel the passage of time? Does the fourth, non-spatial dimension offer a sensation as you pass through it? In language, we describe time spatially; … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 2018, best of 2018, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Mon LaFerte, music, music criticism, review, Tragically Hip | Leave a comment

The Top 10 Albums of 2015

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Jesse Conlang

There’s this weird thing about music appreciation, where, in our cultural reaction to emotional and subjective pieces of art, we sort music into lists. The 100 best guitar players of all time, best albums of 1975, top 5 track 1 … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Uncategorized | Tagged celtic music, indie rock, music, music criticism, music review, punk, rock, royal canoe, Samba, smash mouth | 1 Comment

It’s Not Too Early To Call The Greatest Accordion Album of the Century

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Jesse Conlang

Quick, what music do you remember from 2001? This song broke records that year, and until I started doing research for this article, I had forgotten about it. I find music is harder to forget than it is to remember, … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Uncategorized | Tagged accordion, amelie, Classical music, janet jackson, music, music criticism, music theory, pop music, soundtrack, yann tiersen | 2 Comments

This is also a music blog now, I guess

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Jesse Conlang

Let’s talk about a funny thing that I hate. That video by the Axis of Awesome is legitimately hilarious deconstruction of I-V-vi-IV, probably the most common chord change in popular music. It’s well done, and I really like the goofy … Continue reading →