This used to be a music blog. But it hasn't been for quite some time. Why? 1. The music business has changed. 2. The Internet has ...

I saw this band in 2009 in the back room of a Bushwick bar with my pal EE. EE remembers: "Early spring 2009, back room of that bar on B...

Lately, I've been waking up with this song in my head a lot. It's weird, because I haven't listened to this album since I was ab...

An album I've been really loving lately is the new one by The War on Drugs. Although it sounds more like a Kurt Vile album than any pre...

Have you heard of Brit School , the Croydon arts & tech. high school that's churning out many of today's most talented musicians...

Yo, OSSers. How's it? I've been feeling pretty conflicted lately. On one hand, in the words of the great Jackson Browne , "All ...

I am getting married in one month minus one day. At this moment, my life roughly breaks down into these percentages: 30%: Doing Wedding Shit...

Hello and good Tuesday to you. It seems like we all survived the great 405 shutdown of 2011. I spent the weekend mixing bizness with wedding...

Continuing in yesterday's tradition of bands with ampersands, I've been hearing about Amadou & Mariam for a while now. Although...

Have you ever noticed how many Iron & Wine songs are about death? I mean, honestly guys, it's a lot. Here are three of my favorites....

Friday Shout/Chant: Local Music Friday What's up with Local Music Fridays? Dear old friend and general mountain-of-a-man Michael Bea...

Wow. Between now and last we spoke, I rode some roller coasters and turned 28. Well, that wasn’t all…but those are the highlights. I’ve also...

A Jam Majestic and Untamed: Local Music Friday What's up with Local Music Fridays? Guys, I am just going to stop making promises about ...

I'm not sure how this one slipped through the OSS cracks, but this song was IT right around when I was leaving NYC. I first heard it whi...

OK, dudes--you have to forgive me. This is a TOTAL guilty pleasure situation, but I just can't get the sample from this song out of my h...

I can't thank my good pal Tash enough for introducing me to this amazing set of comps, LA Burnout and LA Burnout 2 . I've become com...

A situation came up tonight that reminded me of this song. In fact, it's probably a bad sign that there are a few ongoing situations in ...

OK, so I know I'm a few days late on this...ok...a week and a half. But I really wanted to post this song in honor of Easter. Because I ...

This is not a Monday, it's a volcano: Monday Mail What is Monday Mail? Yesterday's news provided one of those moments. You know, the...

Man, I am having a hard time getting going on today. Chalk it up to a too-late bedtime last night or a weird dream or this strange three-day...

I've been thinking a lot lately about technology. And the endtimes. Haven't we all? I've especially been thinking about how in a...

A Month of Mondays: Monday Mail What is Monday Mail? Earth Girl Helen Brown's biography reads like a Lifetime made-for-tv movie waiting ...

Return to the Local: Local Music Friday What's up with Local Music Fridays? Wow, where does the time go? Mine went to New York for the ...

I really cannot tell you what made this song pop into my head recently, but once it got there it was hard to make it leave. Here, Mississipp...

Life can try but the music keeps us afloat: Monday Mail What is Monday Mail? I like a good story, which is one of the reasons I immediately ...