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90% chance if you see me on the street this is what I'm listening to

favorite bruce album can’t lie

one of the best final tracks on an album ever

no songwriting can compare to joni mitchell’s

It's hard to separate the sound of Remain in Light from its visual presentation. Bouncy, jouncy, artsy, fun. This record feels like experimental short story writing—I guess I'm thinking of David Foster Wallace and George Saunders—that tackles big issues in a surrealist, comic, wacky way. It somehow manages to be heady without being pretentious. Maybe it's the listeners who are pretentious? Whatever, let's party.

I'm not crying, YOU'RE crying

free now specifically live from vevo

Give me the mic

no notes

for a good cry

Yesterday's gone!

This album made me feel a lot cooler than I was when I was in 7th grade.

I struggle to determine if I love Levon, Rick or Richard's vocals the most on this album...but usually net out with Rick on When You Awake....you will remember everything.

I have vivid and important memories of listening to the end of this album early in the morning on 420

I love Drake. He has so many incredible singles. I don't know if he's ever made a great album though

One of the brightest and best young stars

One of those albums that gets better the more time you spend with it

Are you in the mood to FEEL? “Skylight” by Montclair’s own emo/alt-country band Pinegrove will transport you with its longing guitar tones, contemplative chord and rhythm changes, and lead singer Evan Stephens-Hall’s iridescent lyrical metaphors. The album begins with “Rings” and “Portal” and “Intrepid,” which I believe are the 3 best songs on the record, all back-to-back. It is an immersive opening that lets the listener in to Stephens-Hall’s mindset as he comes to terms with loss in a relationship. “Isn’t it lonely? I’ll never hold you the way you held me up.” Or, “If we learn to love ourselves better, maybe we could commit?” The next song, “Paterson & Leo,” is a re-recording of a song from their previous record. Not all songs should be re-done, but Pinegrove truly outdoes themselves here. If you’re in the mood for a good cry, I suggest hopping in your car at 1am, driving some back roads, and throwing this on. At just 2 minutes long, the song is an ode to the Stephens-Hall’s 2 dogs and their friendship to one another. It’s beautiful if taken literally, but also offers an analogy to the human connection. I think of the same person every time it comes on. All of our great memories together. Some other highlights on this project are “Angelina,” one of my Pinegrove’s more popular tracks (and most brilliant melodies), “Easy Enough,” which features some of the most beautiful building of harmonies you’ll ever hear, and “Darkness,” a song that instills an undeniably meditative motif. More than anything, what Pinegrove delivers here is the universal feeling of confusion, loss, friendship, and humanity through melancholic guitars and raw, emotive drumming that mimics a change of feeling over time. I highly recommend that you give this album a listen. Prepare yourself to be broken and rebuilt.

On “Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You,” every song is an instant classic and so sonically distinct. Take the alternative percussion in “Time Escaping” for example, (like, HOW did they make this??) and then immediately following it, “Spud Infinity,” which is a jaw harp folk-country jam. Not to mention, “Change” opens the record and perfectly sets up our world with a stripped-back performance of pure, speculative feeling. “Could I set everything free? When I watch you holding her the way you once held me?” The album sits at 20 songs. That’s a lot of music! None of this runtime is wasted, however. Buck Meek’s guitar playing is stunningly explorative and experimental throughout, and James Krivchenia’s drum patterns are unique and fit right into this universe’s pocket. And Adrienne Lenker shreds on her lyrics of course, diving straight through to the core of each sentiment. In a standout track, “Simulation Swarm,” she sings “You are the river of light who I love, that I cling to in the belly of the empty night.” Lenker is one of the finest poets of this generation. I could go on and on here, so you might as well just take a listen and decide for yourself. No matter what, I promise you will find meaning in it.

Hits everytime