#nostalgia

ONLY NOISEMy Parents' Tapes Taught Me How to Love 'Uncool' Music

Kiri Oliver dyes Easter eggs at her grandparents' house in the Car Tapes era. ONLY NOISE explores music fandom with poignant personal essays that examine the ways we’re shaped by our chosen soundtrack. This week, Kiri Oliver takes us on a trip with the soundtrack to her childhood - before...

Kiri Oliver

PLAYING DETROITSammy Morykwas Pens Bouncy Ode to Sipping Arnold Palmers

After a long, long winter, the sun has finally graced us with its presence, lifting Detroit from its collective seasonal depression. Just in time for this changing of the seasons, local...

Sara Barron

PLAYING DETROITPrude Boys "The Outlaw"

The Outlaw, though only two tracks long, make for a grungy Lee Hazelwood x Nancy Sinatra reboot while garnering imagery of seduction and escape with their uniquely refined and playful nostalgia.

Jerilyn Jordan

ONLY NOISEA Man Called Priddy

I knew he was an immense connoisseur of wine and rich food. I knew that he used to bury fossils from all over the world in his Orange County yard to “confuse future scientists. And I know his record collection.

Madison Bloom