I’ve been very intensely working on both academic research and short fiction writing for the past couple of weeks which has determined the nature of my listening. But there’s also been a heavy component of nostalgia which influenced my listening choices. Soundgarden’s Superunknown has been on repeated play on my evening drives home and occasional … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 11/05/2025
For the first three months of 2025 I feel that the music landscape of the year failed to capture me as much as 2024 did. I felt that 2024 was epic for music in more than one way. In fact, I was stubbornly listening to 2024 playlists for weeks and weeks in 2025 (I may … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 14/04/2025
It’s been some years since I started posting mixtapes and playlists here in the shape of YT videos but they tend to feel somewhat unsatisfying for more than one reason. For one thing, videos sometimes get deleted which messes up old posts. For another, embedded videos make for clunky pages. And with what is happening … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 6/04/2025
Insecurities — Shabaka ft. Moses Sumney The combination of Sumney’s ethereal voice with this sonic wizardry makes this song a total win for me. Burial Ground — The Decemberists The Decemberists continue to be bad-ass. True story, The Hazards of Love stirred in me aspirations to write my own rock opera. When it comes to … Continue reading (Some) Songs I loved the most in 2024 (Part Five)