Sounds from Colorado: The Centennial State is a Hole
After the death of Ron Miles in 2022, Colorado has little to offer. Local networks are deficient, show spaces generally relegated to Denver, with the state as a whole treated as an after-thought on bloated touring schedules needing to check-off the western market. Trying to get to the heart of any local scene since I…
The Resurrection of Goonew, + Brief Thoughts on Grief
Grief is an inevitable part of life. How we each handle grief is a whole other bag. Metro area rapper Goonew (given name Markelle Antonio Morrow) died late last month on March 18th at the age of 24. Shot in Prince George’s County, Maryland, he died later that night at an unspecified hospital. So why…
5 Songs for Fans of Broadchurch (Susumu Yokota, Richard Hawley, John Murphy) | Audio. Visual.
In the Resident Sound series Audio. Visual., join Lubert Das as they attempt to become a music sommelier of sorts; serving cross-medium recommendations and top-choice pairings of music and other cultural works. Will Lubert serve you up a new favorite song? Something to flesh out your viewing-party playlist? Or the worst trash you’ve ever heard?!…
Resident Sound: 2021 recap!
As our first calendar year comes to a close, we take a look back at some of our hits! Be they blessed by the search engine algorithms or that people actually liked them, here’s Resident Sound’s top 5 most viewed articles of 2021! In Memoriam: Cesar Alexandre, + Brief Thoughts on Legacy Unfortunately, this article wouldn’t…
Sound in Residence 12.25.21
Sound in Residence is the weekly track-oriented recommendation list from Resident Sound and Lubert Das. It’s a Patreon exclusive regularly available to all Resident Sound Patreon members. But since the holiday season is coming to a close, and to thank you all for being with us for our first calendar year, we thought we’d go…
The Crumb Pile + Brief Thoughts on Adding Value as a Music Commentator
Is this all I am to you? Words on a screen? Consumable content? If so I’m delighted you’re reading this, for one. And two, I would be achieving the basic goal for contemporary music media. Contemporary ‘music media’ is an extension of the music-based lifestyles we buy into. Much of the time it’s forced positivity…
The Gruen Effect + Brief Thoughts on Retail Relationships
What is the relationship between a commercial space and the consumer? The American pastime of wondering late night department stores; an ongoing surreal relationship between a commercial entity’s physical manifestation and the passive consumer, a cultural element encapsulated in the vaporwave school of art. In a recent review of Maroon 5’s Jordi, music critic Jensen…
The Best Hip Hop Collab That Hasn’t Happened (Yet)
Forget the Judgement Night soundtrack (I wish I could), what the world needs is collaboration between UK hip-hop greats Strange U and American industrial dub maker skintape (stylized in all lowercase). Strange U Strange U is Kashmere (MC) and Doctor Zygote (producer). First coming on the scene with EP #2040 in 2014, Strange U’s ability…
The Best Show No One Attended + Brief Thoughts on Non-Anglophone Music
A few years ago I made a point to work non-anglophone bands into my music listening habits. I started off picking a country. In this case Japan, as city pop was starting to blowup in the west and, let’s be honest, they’re some of the best pop records released in past 50 years. But what…
Take Our Survey on Sleep And Television!
Do you feel a close bond with your favorite TV characters? Are your favorite shows feeling like a dream? You can now help us explore ideas surrounding television and dreaming! Whether you can’t fall asleep without the TV on or can’t imagine being near the thing, we would love your help with an upcoming article…
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