July is happening next week, you guys. But today, we celebrate what’s happened from January to June. That’s right, it’s time for the SIC “So Far” playlist. Click HERE to subscribe to the playlist on Spotify, or simply stream from the widget below. We’ve probably left out your favorite song, and honestly, we would love … Read more
Jeff Tweedy of Wilco | Photo by Jason Gonulsen Our Best of 2014 continues with a look back at the interviews we conducted in 2014, from Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy to Grouplove. Here are a few snippets, with links to the full interview. Jeff Tweedy on creating set lists, emotions I think that we strive to … Read more
2014 Austin City Limits Music Festival | Photo by Jason Gonulsen I’m sitting here today with a big old bloody bandage on my head, the result of a second surgery in 2014 to repair a ruptured ear drum. The new few weeks will be unpleasant, but really, all I can think of is how much … Read more
There’s a little bit of magic, everybody has it There’s a little bit of sand left in the hourglass There’s a little bit of magic, everybody has it There’s a little bit of fight left in me yet Well, friends, here we are again. Once again, we haven’t listened to every release in 2014, so … Read more
We hope you’re enjoying our Best Of lists for 2014. Let’s refresh what we’ve posted so far: — The 20 Best Sad Bastard Songs of 2014 — The 150 Best Songs of 2014 Today, we’re excited to reveal another list: The 35 Best Albums of 2014. What this really means is that these were our favorites (ie, … Read more
Glen Hansard at Lollapalooza | Photo by Jason Gonulsen From shooting at The Pageant in St. Louis to the Austin City Limits Music Festival, we had a lot of fun in 2014. I would personally like to thank all our photographers whose photos are shown here: Agatha Donkar, Louis Kwok, Nate Burrell, Rachel Waters, Tim … Read more
It’s time to get sad. Well, you don’t really have to get sad. There is hope here, just take the album cover shown above for Damien Rice’s My Favourite Faded Fantasy (what a sad bastard title that is!). The poor chaps at the top have “made it,” although they have nowhere to go. I’d like … Read more