Friday Awards (January 29, 2021)

Every Friday, I scour the internet for new music releases. The weekly Friday Awards will highlight my favorite discovery each week, with a special emphasis on artists that are new, new-ish, or new to me. January 29th was surely the year’s most stacked release date yet. For most of the weekend, I was torn between writing about …

What I’ve Been Listening To (1.31.21)

Welcome to my weekly column “What I’ve Been Listening To,” where I publish a post every Sunday with my 5×5 collage of most-listened releases (which is sourced by my Last.fm account and made into a collage via this site). I do not intend these to be lengthy write-ups, but I like to include notes on my …

Friday Awards (January 22, 2021)

Every Friday, I scour the internet for new music releases. The weekly Friday Awards will highlight my favorite discovery each week, with a special emphasis on artists that are new, new-ish, or new to me. The big news for this release weekend is that (obviously) my new album came out. But(!) I’m not about to give myself …

About the Song – “Fear Not Want”

Editorial note: The first section of this post is a brand new article about the writing and recording of this song; the second section is adapted from a write-up originally posted on Facebook about the meaning behind the song. “Fear Not Want” was the first single from Development & Compromise, and it has become the …

What I’ve Been Listening To (1.24.21)

Welcome to my weekly column “What I’ve Been Listening To,” where I publish a post every Sunday with my 5×5 collage of most-listened releases (which is sourced by my Last.fm account and made into a collage via this site). I do not intend these to be lengthy write-ups, but I like to include notes on my …

Development & Compromise – Album Credits, Liner Notes, and Lyrics

Click here to stream or purchase the album. Credits: Music & lyrics written by Chase Tremaine (https://chasetremaine.com) Produced, engineered, and mixed by Sean Power at the Hilson Studio (http://www.thehilsonstudio.com) Mastered by Audio Science Mastering (https://www.audiosciencemastering.com) Artwork created by Chase Tremaine and Lauren Crownover (https://www.crownovercreative.com) (Original photography provided by Hudson Hintze and Thusitha Dananjaya) Vocals (tracks …

Friday Awards (January 15, 2021)

Every Friday, I scour the internet for new music releases. The weekly Friday Awards will highlight my favorite discovery each week, with a special emphasis on artists that are new, new-ish, or new to me. December and January tend to be a slow-down/reset period for the music industry, and I didn’t find any albums from January 1st …

What I’ve Been Listening To (1.17.21)

Welcome to the introductory installment of my “What I’ve Been Listening To” series, where I’ll publish a post every Sunday with my 5×5 collage of most-listened releases (which is sourced by my Last.fm account and made into a collage via this site). I don’t intend these to be lengthy write-ups, but I’ll also include some …

Catching Up From Quarantine

I must apologize to my subscribers. As we approach a full year since my last post, I find myself amazed by how much has changed over the past year. The global pandemic, (amidst all the destruction we’ve seen worldwide that so vastly outweighs little ole me writing about music), threw off all my routines and …

Friday Awards (March 6, 2020)

Every Friday, I scour the internet for new music releases. The weekly Friday Awards will highlight my favorite discovery each week, with a special emphasis on artists that are new, new-ish, or new to me. Theoretically, hardcore and pop-punk are at opposite ends of the punk rock spectrum; hardcore took punk rock in a heavier, metal-oriented direction, …