The New News And Maybe Some Old News Too By Brian Polk Art by Jason White Published Issue 103, July 2022 A Threat To My Insomnia In No Uncertain Terms Dear Insomnia, I am driving 22 hours across the country today. In the past, you’ve done nothing but hinder my ability to function as a […]
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Accusations, Recriminations, Lamentations, Imputations By Brian Polk Art by Jason White Once A Year For My Birthday, I Allow Myself 14 Minutes Of Uninterrupted Happiness It’s a gift that I very much look forward to receiving, though last year I only gave myself 13 minutes because it started to fucking rain. Do What You Love
Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 102, June 2022 Bryon Parker – 3 Consecutive Championships Bryon Parker uses an almost processionally repetitive drum beat to frame the narrative of “Alma Mater.” Its tale of the low-aspiration-having virtues celebrated by people who don’t know better, for whom being the captain of the high school
Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 101, May 2022 ADULT. – Becoming Undone On the surface, this most recent ADULT. album seems the most eclectic and stylistically untogether. But it is unified as a reflection of human civilization fragmenting under pressures born of embracing political and economic systems and habits that are inadequate
Rumors, Idle Talk & Fireside Chats By Brian Polk Art by Jason White But What If I Find Myself Momentarily Uncomfortable? As I continue to ungracefully age, I find myself asking this question every time I leave the house. Every time. What if it gets cold? I think. What if it gets too hot? I
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Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 100, April 2022 Dormition – E.P. 2 Reforming in 2021 after a 20-year hiatus, dream pop/slowcore band Dormition offers us its second EP of lush, meditative, ambient pop daydreams. Its sighing dynamics and slowly expansive and winding soundscapes serve as the perfect companion to lyrics that in
Some Things To Think About By Brian Polk Art by Jason White Published Issue 100, April 2022 The Person I Was Telling A Story To Walked Away Mid-sentence, So I Will Finish Telling The Story To The Guy Who Happened To Be Standing Nearby I was trying to recount a funny anecdote that happened last
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Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 099, March 2022 Alien Neighborhood – Fear Is The Enemy!!! Ugly & Unlikable, Volume II A kind of sequel to 2020’s volume one, this album finds Jaden William tapping into that emo and power pop vein that made the earlier record so appealing. Making everyday struggles into
Idle Chatter, Ins And Outs, And Various Other What-have-yous By Brian Polk Art by Jason White Published Issue 099, March 2022 I’m Not Even Very Mindful About My Lack Of Mindfulness. I’m so shitty at being mindful that it doesn’t even bother me that I’m not mindful. In fact, I hardly ever think of it.
Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 098, February 2022 flyvee | prodigium asmr Imagine a podcast format soundtrack to taking random peeks into six different Twitch gaming channels and you have some idea of what was created for this release. Like an episodic, strange, science fiction movie cast as music rendered in miniature