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Big Thief / Mary (2017)

A slow unfurling spell, heavy with nostalgia and sweetness.

Each word drifts in a wave of reverie, blurred yet piercing, as if memory itself were singing.

Intimate, infinite, and utterly haunting.

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Big Thief Perform “Mary” | Pitchfork Music Festival 2018
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August 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Beach House / Take Care (2010)

I’d take care of you
If you’d ask me to
In a year or two

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January 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline (2020)

Grab yourself a stool at the bar

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January 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (1975)

10 years to live
Two years to write
50 years to cherish

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January 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Bill Ryder-Jones / Iechyd Da (2024)

Life is beautiful. Life is sad. Life goes on

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January 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The Doors - The Doors (1967)

Break on through to the other side

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#thedoors
January 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Gram Parsons / Grevious Angel (1974)

But he was just a country boy
His simple songs confess
And the music he had in him
So very few possess

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January 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Jesse Malin - Brooklyn (2002)

The last car on the line
I guess you’re back doing time
The ghost of Christmas past
Left Walt Whitman in the trash

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December 24, 2024 at 8:59 AM
The Clash - London Calling (1979)

Phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust

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December 14, 2024 at 11:45 AM
John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)

The dream was over
December 11, 2024 at 10:33 AM
The 1975 - A Brief Enquiry into Online Relationships (2018)

The ambitious third album by The 1975 was a sprawling LP of existential dread. A masterclass in genre-hopping, it took a thoughtful look at how the internet distances us from one another.
December 7, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Van Morrison / Astral Weeks (1968)
November 29, 2024 at 10:33 PM
I Am Kloot / Ferris Wheels (2007)

I don’t know who I am
I don’t know who you are
But when I touch your hand
I see shooting stars
I see ferris wheels

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November 24, 2024 at 11:22 AM
The Smiths / Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want (1984)

Haven’t had a dream in a long time
See the life I’ve had can make a good man bad
So, for once in my life, let me get what I want
Lord knows it would be the first time

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November 16, 2024 at 12:11 PM