Tag: singer songwriter

Daily Dose: Ryland Bouchard, “Woke Up Alone”

Ryland Bouchard defies categorization. A musician and cinematographer, he was once described by Spin Magazine as “completely uncommercial.” He makes art, that’s all. And in 2008 he released a boxed set with two-hours of music and a DVD of Super 8 videos along with so many other analog goodies. This is a track from that experience called Seeds and only 500 copies were made. I know what I’m on the hunt for now…

Daily Dose: Lana Del Rey, “A&W”

If you have a blog that explores nostalgia, you’re contractually obligated to like and share music by Lana Del Rey.

On a level deeper beneath the surface, her music helps me navigate the experience of being a public woman. Here, where I am Content, people expect me to be specifically what they want, nothing more or less. My laugh is irritating, I sure don’t look like a historian, I must be an intern at the nonprofit I run, I sound like a failed comedian, I am too white, I am too woke, I am not enough but I am also too much.

“It’s not about having someone to love me anymore. This is the experience of being an American whore.” Drops beat around 4:10.