I have a particular love for rain; I love that it gives me an excuse to stay inside and how it puts me in a creative mood, possibly because the tapping on my window reinforces my feeling that, though I should stay inside I should still be productive, or perhaps it’s because of old movies where writers […]

Albums: Center:Level:Roar (2003), Is That a Riot? (2006), Pax Volumi (2013) Artist: Youngblood Brass Band Description: Youngblood Brass Band mixes the New Orleans-style brass band with elements of improvisation, punk and hip-hop. They are unique in the brass band scene due to this mixture and their music is immensely enjoyable, catchy, wild, and full of spirit. Vocalist/rapper David […]

Album: The Lack Long After Artist: Pianos Become the Teeth Released: 2011 Description: Pianos Become the Teeth create visceral, passionate music. They are a post-hardcore band with influences of screamo and they create captivating music so long as your ears do not reject this genre of music. The band said that The Lack Long After would be […]

I spent a lot of my teenage years in the south Florida hardcore scene. What began with a listening of Poison the Well’s The Opposite of December turned into a love for this rhythmically complicated and emotional genre of music. My tastes in it have evolved over the last 16 years and for the past number of months I’ve been […]

Two more albums approved by me (whatever that means) that aid in the writing process. Weathervanes by Freelance Whales Freelance Whales feel like a band that came together naturally. Their music, a mixture of indie folk and electronica, is upbeat but intimate, like stealing a smile with your dance partner. The lyrics read like observations between two […]

I do all my creative writing to music void of lyrics. But email writing, blog writing, even social media writing, is often done while listening to a various assortment of bands. In a multiple part series, I will present some music I find conducive to writing that contains music. Never Trust a Happy Song by […]