Jan 2, 2015 My Favorite Songs of 2014, Part 2: Grouper, The Hotelier, Damien Jurado, Remedy Drive, The Roots & More Acoustic folk, emo done right, soulful electronic pop, twee, ’80s synth ballads, hip-hop, and more.
Jan 1, 2015 My Favorite Songs of 2014, Part 1: 2:54, The Choir, Chromeo, Desiderii Marginis, Flying Lotus, Ben Frost & More Swirling shoegaze, Christian psych-rock, dark ambient and industrial, ’80s-style disco pop, and more.
Dec 31, 2014 Remembering the Magic of Bark Psychosis’ Hex It’s a landmark album, but more importantly, it’s a beautiful album, and time has done nothing to change that.
Dec 5, 2014 20 Years Later, and I Could Still Live in Hope Time seems to stand still whenever Low’s debut album is playing; listening to it is as much an act of meditation as anything else.
Nov 27, 2014 I’m Not So Sure I Want to Live an Epic Life I might want to live an epic life of greatness, but I’m not sure I can. Furthermore, I’m not even sure that I’m supposed to want to live such a life.
Nov 3, 2014 Concert Review: Slowdive & Low (October 31, 2014, Minneapolis, MN) All I can think is that I’ve waited two decades for this moment… and it is everything I could’ve hoped for.
Aug 10, 2014 15 Years of Opus Reflections on Opus’ first 15 years, plus a reading list of some of Opus’ best articles, reviews, and interviews to date.
Jun 30, 2014 Deeper Truth & Elusive Beauty: An Interview with The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus
Apr 23, 2014 I Don’t Regret Missing Out On Game of Thrones I don’t mind missing out on an adaptation that has a fundamentally flawed and/or carelessly casual approach to its source material.
Jan 3, 2014 My Favorite Songs of 2013, Honorable Mentions: Lockets, Jensen Sportag, Savages & more Soaring ’80s pop, charming modern classical, brooding indie-rock, atmospheric sludge metal, dreamy R&B, and more.
Jan 2, 2014 My Favorite Songs of 2013, Part 2: Club 8, Sigur Rós, Infinity Shred, Makeup and Vanity Set, and more Tropical dub from Sweden, blistering post-rock, contemplative ambient jazz, emotional drones, an electronic journey through space, and more.
Jan 1, 2014 My Favorite Songs of 2013, Part 1: Arcade Fire, Mary Onettes, My Bloody Valentine, Daft Punk & more Featuring gloriously mopey ’80s pop, robotic heartbreak, shimmering dreampop, late night ambience, and the return of a music legend.
May 15, 2013 How did the fourth season of Community get it all so wrong? When was the last time a show so effectively and thoroughly undermined so much of what made it great?
Jan 1, 2013 My Favorite Songs of 2012 This year’s list spans from apocalyptic post-rock to black metal to EBM to psych-pop to synthpop.
Jun 28, 2012 What does it really mean to be a music lover? Can you really call yourself a music lover if you’re not supporting the artists responsible for the music you have?
Mar 2, 2012 Ethicists Argue There’s No Difference Between Aborting Fetuses and Killing Newborns Killing an otherwise healthy baby would be acceptable were its neurological development somehow deemed less than desirable.
Feb 14, 2012 Writing More Thoughtfully On writing in a more thoughtful manner, from a pair of articles by Alan Noble and MG Siegler.
Jan 18, 2012 If I love Jesus, do I really need to hate religion? You may say that I’m simply quibbling over semantics here… and that’s precisely what I’m doing.