End of April

MODEST MOUSE “Picking Dragons’ Pockets”

It’s the closest you can get to outer space without sneaking your way onto a rocket ship full of celebrities. My brain is dancing on another planet. The MODEST MOUSE has always had every reason to brag. There’s such an elegant intensity floating around. Powerful subtlety revealing grand displays of effective explosion. This song has a face and a body. Shake hands with the universe. 

WAIL “Nights”

WAIL knows exactly what they want to do and exactly what they want to say. I know people are going to want to hear it and see it. I can’t stop moving right now. Straight to your soul and your soles. I needed this one. There is a fire here that nobody is going to be able to put out. 

FEATHERWEIGHT “Hardship Always Brings a Friend” 

Front page of the big paper and all they write about in the sports section. Nothing else is relevant when they step in the ring. The reigning champions of all weight classes retain the title again. All the right moves, all the right slips and perfectly timed connections. The needle wasn’t found, it fought its way out of the hay stack. 

DAGGRS “I WANT TO TALK TO GOD” 

I like to believe god is Bruce Almighty or Alannis Morisette. 

MCLUSKY “as a dad”

Actual footage from a MCLUSKY concert. This is the show that the show watches. I put money on MCLUSKY being the most popular baby name of 2026. My last three dogs were all named MCLUSKY. In the future we will all be MCLUSKY.