(November 2015) I have completed episode 64 of my “opus project,” in which I listen to a band’s entire discography. This episode: OK GO. This band always reminds me of my second daughter, as their debut CD was in my car as I went back and forth to the hospital when she was born.
Favorite album: OK Go
Favorite song: What To Do
Compared to expectations: ↓
(August 2015) I have completed episode 58 of my “opus project,” in which I listen to an artist’s full discography from beginning to end. This episode: MATTHEW SWEET.
Favorite album: Girlfriend
Favorite song: Evangeline
Don’t bother: his first two albums from the 1980s
Better than expected: Sunshine Lies
Interesting: Under the Covers vol 1, with Susanna Hoffs. While the covers are unremarkable, the songs (all from the 1960s) are many of my special favorites
Compared to expectations: same
(December 2014) I have completed phase 44 of my “opus project,” in which I listen to an artist’s entire discography from start to finish. This episode: THE APPLES IN STEREO.
Favorite song: Strawberryfire
Favorite album: The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone
Low point: Travellers in Space and Time (too synth pop)
Compared to expectations: same
(July 2014) I have completed phase 31 of my “opus project,” in which I listen to a band’s entire discography in chronological order. This episode: OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL with spin-off bands THE SUNSHINE FIX and CIRCULATORY SYSTEM.
Favorite album: Music from the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle
Favorite song: I Have Been Floated
Compared to expectations: same
(October 2013) I have completed phase 13 of my “opus project,” in which I listen to a band’s entire discography from start to finish. This episode: Sloan.
Favourite album: Never Hear the End of It
Favourite song: Iggy and Angus
Favourite songwriters (in order): Patrick, Andrew, Chris, Jay
Hooks: aplenty
Special sauce: Andrew Scott
Compared to expectations: same
(August 2013) Completed phase 8 of my “opus project,” wherein I listed to a band’s entire catalogue in chronological order. This episode: Fountains of Wayne.
Favorite album: Fountains of Wayne
Favorite song: Barbara H
Low point: Sky Full of Holes.
Best line: “lead us not into Penn Station”
Little Red light: not blinking
Special sauce: Adam Schlesinger
Compared to expectations: same
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