2021 is taking us through the Summer with pulsing music. Here is a playlist with some of the best songs of the year so far, as we ask ourselves, “Are we there yet?” The musical highlights from 2021 (so far) include Genesis Owusu, Cassandra Jenkins, and Squid. Genesis Owusu’s groundbreaking debut album, Smiling With No
Apologies for the lengthy delay. Both George and I have been swamped with our day jobs but glad to be back for a new batch of tunes on Record Store Day weekend. Speaking of, if you haven’t gone and supported the artists and your local store, now is as good of a time as any.
Australian rapper and singer, Tkay Maidza, just released the final installment for her amazing Last Year Was Weird EP trilogy. As this is the final EP for the series, Tkay made sure to end off the trilogy with her best work yet. With the help from producer Dan Farber, Tkay Maidza takes us on a
Hello everybody! Happy 4th of July! We are finally halfway down with the year. Although this hasn’t been a crazy year for music so far, I have a feeling things are going to start picking up. Just this past month there have been a lot of great singles. I’m going to cap it at 6
Welcome to the Summer Kickoff edition of 2+2. We have an A1-batch of tunes for you this week, and couldn’t be more excited to review the latest from Deafheaven, Scale the Summit, Light the Torch featuring Courtney LaPlante, and White Ward. Deafheaven- Great Mass of Color GF: Wednesday morning of this week, I listened to
Hello everybody! Happy June! I hope you are all doing well. This past month was pretty busy for me. My semester ended last month, so that means I had finals to worry about. Somehow I passed all of my classes so yay me! Now that my semester is over I can finally focus a bit
Welcome to the Memorial Day Weekend Edition of 2+2. I was out of town this weekend, relaxing by the ocean which has done wonders for me but also delayed this post. Anyhow, I’m so glad to have a bunch of new tunes to jam while I watch the waves knock down some unsuspecting beach-goers. Excited
Hello and welcome! For those reading my column for the first time, these monthly playlists which I’m re-visiting (and continuing to create) came about as a result of an idea I had back in January of 2010: an idea that woud see me create one 80 minute playlist a month. The reason for doing this
Welcome to the Mother’s Day Weekend Edition of 2 + 2. I think every track here is PERFECT for every mom out there. At bare minimum, I expect every mom to jam hard to “White Jeans” from The Night Flight Orchestra, our first track to cover today. Stay tuned for tracks from Book of Wyrms,
Yow. Worst blogger of the month award? That award certainly goes to this guy right here– please accept my humblest apologies, ye IndiePong faithful. I wish I had good reasoning for my absence, but I don’t. In any case, as penance, I’m offering up a particularly EXCELLENT playlist this month, so please, read on! Also,
