Jennifer McGillan

Jennifer’s Favorite Songs of 2024

31 December, 202431 December, 2024 Opinion 0

These are some of my favorite songs of 2024, presented in no particular order: APT., Rosé and Bruno Mars: The title is a play

Notes and Reflections: Lana Del Rey

16 May, 202316 May, 2023 Opinion, Pop, Record 0

There were eight whole records to listen to. Eight!

Flower Face: The Shark in Your Water (2022).

10 February, 202323 July, 2023 Indie, Opinion, Record 0

Something to listen to while tending your greenhouse full of carnivorous and/or poisonous plants.

Farewell: Panic! at the Disco, 2004-2023

27 January, 202323 July, 2023 Opinion, Pop 0

Nineteen years isn’t a bad run, for a baby band that blew up and then fell apart several times along the way.

Sometimes I just want to listen to R.E.M.

25 January, 202323 July, 2023 Opinion, Pop, Rock 0

I like to put an R.E.M. mix on while I’m baking. But only the ones that include Man on the Moon.

Video: Fall Out Boy: Love from the Other Side (2022).

20 January, 202320 January, 2023 Pop, Record 0

Fall Out Boy have once again regenerated. I’m not going to say they’re back, because they didn’t leave.

Missed Connections: Happy Mondays.

18 January, 202323 July, 2023 Dance, Indie, Opinion 0

I had an epic musical missed connection when I confused the Happy Flowers with the Happy Mondays, and didn’t realize what had happened until thirty-odd years later.

Shelf-reading at Bandcamp: Industrial — Leæther Strip, Metal Heart, Master Boot Record, Pertubator (2022, 2023).

13 January, 202323 July, 2023 Dance, Industrial, Opinion, Record 0

Yeeeeeahhhh that’s the 2nd floor of Slimelight GOOD STUFF, y’all.

Collected thoughts: The War on Drugs

11 January, 202323 July, 2023 Opinion, Rock 0

I’m sulky mainly because of the band name, which causes me to think muffled cross thoughts about failed social policy. But the name harmonizes well with the band’s overall vibe, which is “skate park during the golden hour.”

Late Night Listening: Status/Non-Status: Surely Travel (2022).

6 January, 202323 July, 2023 Opinion, Record, Rock 0

The blogging equivalent of sitting in the garage twiddling radio knobs just to see what might be out there.

Mixtape: Songs for 2022

3 January, 20233 January, 2023 Country, Indie, Pop, Record, Rock 0

Some of these are old. Some of them are new(ish). They are all songs I listened to, with varying levels of obsessiveness, at various times during 2022.