Even More Songs of Spookiness

Last year I collected some songs of spookiness here for Halloween, and a few years before that put together a Halloween compilation “The Moon Hangs in Black.” I’m not a rabid Halloween fan or anything, but I do like collecting songs around a theme. And Halloween is an especially fun theme to work with! The…

2016: Sixteen of the Best Album Covers

From the surreal to the humorous, album cover art in 2016 was full of designs which told a story. Below are sixteen of the most evocative (in no specific order). [Click image to enlarge] Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions: Until the Hunter I like the way this image is sort of a “world within…

Cabinet of Obscurities: Missy Roback’s “Just Like Breathing”

An occasional feature showcasing music by little-known artists who (generally) only put out one or two albums. Just Like Breathing, from 2002, is the only album author and singer/songwriter Missy Roback has released so far. That’s quite a while ago at this point, though she did contribute a song to a 2012 tribute to the Reducers,…