get a new favorite reference, baby

The 2020s have been a real trend particle accelerator so far—the Large Hadron Collider for quantum crazes, yr cottagecore and mob wife aesthetic and tomato girl summer and glazed donut face and hot rodent boyfriend. Unless you lived in a coastal metropolis, you used to have to wait for

music moots with midnight dive (“when bambi found her mother” by Mieke)

We are extremely back with Music Moots™, the blogseries where I ask someone to recommend me a song they like, and then I listen to the song and then write a little about it. Today we have midnight dive! This is the musical persona of Cheyanne Sawyer, a singer-songwriter in

fests 'n' friendship with josaleigh pollett and jordan watko

Historically on the blog, I'm simply a big fan of Salt Lake City-based singer-songwriter Josaleigh Pollett. So when I saw she was on the Kilby Block Party bill, I rubbed my hands together w/ glee. And I asked if they would be down to do an interview for

music for two year blogiversaries (megamix 10)

I am terrible with anniversaries but I realized as of May 22nd, I have been blogging on I Enjoy Music Dot Net for two years! A year ago I did a blogiversary post. No big message this time other than I'm having lots of fun, and that connecting

getting festival survival tips from hey, nothing

I had a blast at Kilby Block Party. You can read all about it in the recap. And one of my favorite sets of the weekend was delivered by hey, nothing, the emo-folk duo from Atlanta who've skyrocketed in both artistry and popularity since forming in high school

music moots with Gnat ("Taste" by Forth Wanderers)

We are extremely back with Music Moots™, the blogseries where I ask someone to recommend me a song they like, and then I listen to the song and then write a little about it. Today we have Gnat! Aka the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Natalie Antonia Rezek, who just released new

heaven knows it's got to be this time (kilby block party 2025)

I am from the East Coast of the United States of America. My ancestors arrived there from places like Ireland, the Netherlands, and France (via Canada) several hundred years ago. They all made it to upstate New York and thought, here is a good place to settle down. There was

[bravely] i liked the weeknd's new movie

In 2022, Canadian singer Abel Tesfaye opened his mouth to sing at a Los Angeles stadium show and nothing came out. A true nightmare-worthy scenario. I still have dreams about botching my high school theater productions in various ways, and I wake up in a cold sweat each time. The

the great millennial melt (Just Like Heaven 2025)

There is a wonderful feeling when you are introduced to a band through a contemporaneous album, and then you realize the album was preceded by several other great albums you have yet to experience. This is a feeling I felt in 2004 when, as a high school freshman, I borrowed

music for saying "whaazzzuppp" (megamix 9)

Here's a new megamix, with anti-skip protection. A reminder to hit up the MAILBAG - email me (ienjoymusicblog@gmail.com) with what you're listening to these days, musical memories, anything you think would be ripe for the blogging. wazzup mashup at the open streets There'

pregnant! at the music festival

I started bugging out a third of the way through Lady Gaga's weekend 2 Coachella set, somewhere around "Perfect Celebrity" and "Disease," because I was thinking about giving birth. Oh, that's gonna be so weird. Dangerous, even. And then they hand you

behind the album art with Countach

This past Sunday was a Couch Day. I love a good Couch Day, I'm on the record about that. Well, this one wasn't an entire Couch Day—the morning was spent dropping friends off at Los Angeles International Airport, and some chores needed doing—but a