ACL 2020 ~ Top Ten Electronic

One of 2020’s greatest ironies was a surge in dance music ~ while clubs were being shuttered across the globe.  The surge reflected the desire to dance, and people didn’t stop dancing, happily demonstrated by Berlin’s drive-in raves.  Others danced

ACL 2020 ~ The Year’s Best Album Covers

What is an album cover?  The answer seems obvious, but it’s not.  For years, an album cover was a 12″ x 12″ image that graced the front of a record sleeve.  Once in a while, the cover was obscured by

ACL 2020 ~ The Year’s 10 Best Music Videos

From heartbreaking stories to contagious dance to animation and wild FX, we’ve got a cornucopia of video styles to share this year.  Either we have an especially strong selection of music videos, or we appreciated them more because we really

Rone ~ Room With a View

Room With a View is a life-affirming album whose impact goes far beyond its theme of climate change.  The overall impression is that of humans getting together, pooling their resources, working as one in a positive, imaginative fashion in order to