Slightly toasted at a party in Hollywood the other weekend, I found myself agreeing to go to one of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour shows at Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium with my friend Dana. Dana's rhetorical skills and political machinations are unmatched. Though she is a
There are two TikTok-to-Twitter viral music stories that were rotating in the discourse rotisserie all last week: one is the systematic roasting and subsequent reclamation of a video of a Canadian band called My Son the Hurricane, and the other is the great success of and imminent backlash to a
A little guy named Mick Jagger once sang "you can't always get what you want," and in that song he was specifically referring to the Sky Ferreira album that has been in the works since 2014. This album, allegedly called Masochism, has been in limbo for
Have you seen how much music is out there? Man, the mind reels. And though there's a large internet out there where you can unleash your music, being able to make it stand out is a tall order indeed. Here at I Enjoy Music, I take a keen
The first time I ever really engaged with Travis Scott was when I watched his 2019 Netflix documentary, Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly. What made the biggest impression on me were the interviews with his fans. One by one, they breathlessly profess their devotion to Travis, a devotion
I wrote for the AntiArt substack a while ago about my obsession with CVS Bangers — you know, shiny pop-rock tunes of the late 1990s and early 2000s that sound right at home whether wafting through the Allergy & Pain Relief pharmacy aisle or running behind the closing credits of romantic
Oh goodie, a rock show to attend! My first time at Los Angeles's fine Moroccan Lounge was for a stacked bill of the punk rock persuasion. Accompanied by husband Chris and new friends James and Cat, I was ready to rock — respectfully. First up: Kuromy, a three-piece band
The music you dig doesn't just get transferred from a musician's brain to yrs. They gotta record it first!! I've always been fascinated with how music actually gets made in the studio, and after coming across a tweet from Heather Jones (who founded Philadelphia&
Back with more carefully quantified music discourse...related to an important (yet ultimately unanswerable) question: Best American Band? If we were to reduce the criteria to an American band that has composed a song called "We're An American Band" it would be a knock-down drag-out fight
Got an email from Mitski HQ today...she's back with a song called "Bug Like an Angel" and a new album called The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We? With a humming gospel choir that comes in the first time like an electric fly swatter
Wow the week had barely begun before the Music Discourse Machine came to life and started making loud mechanical chugging noises. All across the web, people have been sharing their opinions about two American bands: The Grateful Dead and Big Thief. Big Thief discourse arrived via Julian Towers's
Not sure if you're aware of this or not but it's hot in Southern California in the summer. Allegedly it's hot here most of the time, but especially in the meat of July, and during an El Niño year to boot, temps are soaring.