one week until A STILL LIFE REVISITED, the new album by the tisburys. pre-save here pls (or RT if you already have 🙏) & thank you: ffm.to/tisburysaslrpr…

No musician has had a greater impact on Titus Andronicus than that of Dan McGee and his incredible band Spider Bags To me, this man is the 🐐 the OG of OGs, carved in stone on my personal Mount Rushmore He also has as big a heart as anyone Please help gofundme.com/f/dan-mcgee-ne…

I find myself in a sentimental mood so I am updating my definitive ranking of Titus Andronicus albums Chat, what do you think??

Looking forward to listening to this (each episode I've heard so far is a labour of love)

What a treat to see first thing in the morning

Oh helllllll yeah

The Life of the Record talks to Bill Million and Glenn Mercer about the making of The Feelies debut album Crazy Rhythms. lifeoftherecord.com/#/the-feelies/

In our latest episode, Bill Million and Glenn Mercer of The Feelies discuss the band’s look of dressing like old men and the need to stand out in the 70s punk scene. Full CRAZY RHYTHMS deep dive: lifeoftherecord.com/#/the-feelies/

1. my new town 2. everywhere 3. my bifurcated mind 4. unruly crowds 5. the music business 6. throughout history 7. at the bottom of the bottle 8. our romantic relationships 9. everywhere 10. by my side, completing me

R.I.P to one of the all-time great musical geniuses. As a young child, I fell in love with music for the first time after hearing the Beach Boys. As I grew up, I only appreciated his ear for melody, harmony and arranging even more. Pop music wouldn't be the same without him.

To me, Brian Wilson was not merely about surf music, rather a true musical genius toiling away at melding POP into startling sophistication. He will he be missed mightily. xx jc

For the 20th anniversary of the debut Clap Your Hands Say Yeah album, we spoke to Alec Ounsworth about how it was made. A solo project morphing into a band, dealing with newfound attention, being labeled "blog rock," and remaining independent. Listen: lifeoftherecord.com/#/clap-your-ha…

Check this out! 👏 The making of CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH - feat. Alec Ounsworth open.spotify.com/episode/0xFvdu…

In our latest episode, Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah describes the surprise success of the first album and their DIY process for mailing out all the CD orders they were getting. Full album deep dive: lifeoftherecord.com/#/clap-your-ha…

Paddy Stacks speaks on the USA youtu.be/zeUo0rZLci0?si…

Geoff Wilt I thought this deep dive by Life of the Record into Prine's first album was very good: lifeoftherecord.com/john-prine

Great behind the scenes of this album from Life of the Record: lifeoftherecord.com/elliott-smith

Today is the 30th anniversary of one of the great Elliott Smith albums. 5 years back, we took a detailed look at the mystery and magic of the self-titled record: Listen: lifeoftherecord.com/#/elliott-smit…

I'm absolutely thrilled that Heatmiser's MIC CITY SONS is available on vinyl again. Such an incredible record. Hear our deep dive oral history of the album that we did for the 25th anniversary: lifeoftherecord.com/heatmiser/