Great literature and great music give ideas like depression and tragedy a chance to shine with surprising beauty. The beauty emerges from the commonality of the experience itself.
Author: j.a.heiser
I am a writer and a lecturer of academic and professional writing as well as rhetoric and critical reading/thinking.
Live Report: Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band and Phoebe Bridges – 10/1/2018
Like a ball of atoms waiting to explode you could sense the tension in their performance.
Album Review: The Vernes – Maybe I’ll Feel Better When I’m Dead
The studio debut of The Vernes announces new talent in the indie-pop mold of early Death Cab For Cutie with a bit of the post-punk sound and world-weariness of The Weakerthans.
Banger of the Week: Strike Anywhere – Sunset on 32nd Street
What sets this punk political commentary apart is how its intensely personal and slow tempo sets the launch for the fury to take off and make a solid Banger entry.
Interview: A Single Sit-Down: My Own Co-Pilot – Textures
With a sound reminiscent of emo-core heavyweights like early The Used and Thursday and some Taking Back Sunday lyrical play, My Own Co-Pilot are pushing for an emo resurgence and that’s fine by me.
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