(Un)Focused Definition Ep. 51: A Random Riot

Super brief, but not exactly random. I’m upstate in the woods for a family get-together, and didn’t have time to properly get a playlist off. But there’s a small bit of method to the madness here: I’ve been listening to a lot of indie rock that is either comprised of women or feature women, and so the first half of this playlist is a showcase for some incredible music in that arena. The second half is all instrumental psych rock. Enjoy!

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(Un)Focused Definition Ep. 41: Getting The Prog Out (mostly)

In this case I mean literally. I spent the whole week absorbing one Italian Prog album after another, and while I genuinely liked everything I listened to (I really, really loved the Errata Corrige) I really needed to cleanse the palate when it was over. And since I had so much music come in over the week it spurred me to not only focus on that for this playlist, but for next week’s theme as well. Lots of new music, and music new to me this week, even if the length of one of the tracks makes this a shorter playlist than normal. Let’s dig in; I’ll see you on the other side.

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(Un)Focused Definition Ep. 34: The One With FKA Twigs and Dax Riggs

Not sure what to call these entries that are more just the music I’ve been listening to over the course of the week, so expect some playing around a bit. Besides the physical stuff I listened to, it’s also a bit of new release music I will probably (inevitably) end up purchasing in some form or another, especially as it relates to the two in the title. Anyway, also RIP to John Sykes whose guitar work was always incredible no matter what killer band he was a part of. I also just realized there’s some rhyme in my title so let’s quit while we’re ahead and get to the playlist.

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