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ONLY NOISELike A Summer Thursday

One of my favorite descriptions of summer, particularly its languid, melancholy months, comes from Don DeLillo’s first novel, Americana: “Summer unfolds slowly,” DeLillo writes, “a carpeted silence rolling out across expanding steel, and the days begin to rhyme, distance swelling with the bridges,...

Madison Bloom

ONLY NOISEWhen You Walk

There is certain music that you share with close friends and family. Music that scores the first dance at your wedding, albums you recommend to your sister, and songs that make your dinner party mix. There is music that feels inherently a part of a communal experience, and necessitates sharing...

Madison Bloom

ONLY NOISEWelcome to the Workless Week

Rihanna is doing everything I am not. “Work, work, work, work, work, work/You see me I be work, work, work, work, work, work,” she barks through the café sound system – as if she knows. Another sunny day in the neighborhood. It is loping along at a drowsy pace. Parks are barren – full of empty...

Madison Bloom

PLAYING DETROITBonny Doon "I See You"

What do you get when you mix emoji-filled birthday texts from mom, a drunken journey through liquor store shelves and conflicted selves, plastic cup inebriation, and happy-to-be-alive appreciation?

Jerilyn Jordan

ONLY NOISECover to Cover

Cover songs as a genre get a bad rep, it seems. Covers = karaoke, or worse, Covers = Cover Bands.

Madison Bloom

ONLY NOISESex Music

But I refuse to accept that shagging to a soundtrack is only for teens and broke city-dwellers. Despite how “cheesy” and juvenile some might find it, I’m always down for some rock n’ roll in the hay...provided it’s awesome.

Madison Bloom

LIVE REVIEWBill Callahan @ Baby's All Right

This is the closest we will ever get to Bill Callahan’s living room, or…porch.

Madison Bloom

ARTIST INTERVIEW + SHOW PREVIEWBill Callahan

Madison Bloom catches up with Bill Callahan ahead of his shows at Baby' All Right to talk about joy, rap, and epitaphs.

Madison Bloom