Monthly Archives: November 2021

The Ben Gibbard project from the other day made me want to explore his catalog more.

Spotify make a lot of great suggestions. I especially like ones from earlier eras of my life where I was stuck in a loop of mainstream rock and classic rock. I really missed out of many years of great discoveries, which are only becoming apparent now.

The side projects of Ben Gibbard are some fascinating albums. The success of the prolific album by The Postal Service really guaranteed that I will always listen to anything he is involved in.

Not only is Brandi Carlile an amazing songwriter and performer, but she is responsible for my discovery of one of my favorite live acts, the Avett Brothers. We went to see Brandi once long ago and it turned out that she was opening for the Avetts, with whom we were not familiar at the time.

I became obsessed with Wilco shortly before covid started, having previously only been familiar with a couple of their early albums. But I get it now. Listen to Wilco.

One of my favorite things in this project is when I am able to listen to an album that has been released that day. These guys’ past few albums have been fantastic, and really made a fan of me.

I’ve fallen way behind with my posts again, through a combination of factors, so the next bunch of posts will be extremely light on commentary. Normal blog entries to start again tomorrow. I promise that I’ve kept up on my listening each day, though.