Train in Vain

I am currently binge-watching The Crown, the award-winning series which depicts the 70-year reign of HRH QEII with all the decorum and discreet charm of high tea at Buckingham Palace. As befits the viewpoint of a figurehead who gets her daily news updates delivered on …

Train

It’s hard to remember the feeling now, but in 2003 listening to electronic dance music felt downright transgressive, like peeking into an alien and forbidden world. Especially for an isolated rural kid, growing up in a world where an actual nightclub was about as real …

Trailerpark

The main thing that you need to know about this song is that it was originally written for the 1998 smash hit compilation Chef Aid: The South Park Album, but didn’t make the final cut. Which is objectively one of the funniest pieces of trivia …

Trail Mix

I’m not sure if this little piano ditty is enough to convey why I’m so enamored with Cecile McLorin Salvant’s Ghost Song. But if it encourages you to check it out, my job here is done. I’m not big on keeping up with the latest …

The Tradition

Halsey is not the first musician to make a record about motherhood, but she may well be the first to decide that her big motherhood album was going to be a Nine Inch Nails joint. Among mainstream pop stars, Halsey was always the one who …

Tracy Jacks

“When our third album comes out, our place as the quintessential English band of the ’90s will be assured. That is a simple statement of fact. I intend to write it in 1994.” – Damon Albarn, 1990 And that, spoiler alert, is exactly what happened. …

The Tracks of My Tears

Motown music is not, as far as I know, one of America’s contributions to UNESCO’s World Heritage list, but it damn well should be. It is, at the very least, one of the first things to point to when asked what this dumb country has …

A Trace

Gone but not forgotten. Admittedly, I haven’t listened to ThouShaltNot in a long time, since becoming slightly obsessed with them in the 2010’s. The 2010’s, as you’ll recall, was a really great period for light fluffy music, but not so much for darker toned stuff. …

To Your Love

Fiona Apple is another big 90’s artist who I made a point never to listen to when she was big, under the misapprehension that she was a pop singer. Fiona Apple, of course, is a pop star only by the vaguest possible definition. She is, …

Toy Gun

And now, a song about Texas gun laws. Or so I imagine it to be. A Giant Dog are, of course, a Texas band and as local gems, a lot of their songs reflect the peculiarities of life in Austin. Although mostly, that leans towards …