Year of the Month: Miller on GOAT
What was the greatest band of the 90s? There are as many contenders as there…
Music and My Freshman Year
I turned fourteen in December 1990. That means I spent most of 1991 at that…
Taco Inventory: Great Album Tracks (by Miller)
The album is a weird artform. Instead of being defined by structure or aesthetic, its…
You Will Make Some Sense of This: Persia on GHOST IN THE MACHINE
The Police felt like legends almost out of the gate, a not-quite-punk, not-yet-New Wave act…
Year of the Month: Haley Ioppini on 2NE1
Last year at Coachella 2022, 2NE1 reunited for the first time since 2015 to perform…
The Best Original Songs of 2022, according to the Academy
Greetings, music-loving Soluters! (and music haters, as well) This year, as a change of pace,…
Let Me Hold Your Hand: The British Invasion Begins
People talk a lot about the impact the early rock ’n’ rollers had on the…
Disney Byways: The Sherman Brothers
The Coen Brothers shared a Celebrating the Living column some years ago. I felt kind…
Year of the Month: Haley Ioppini on SUPERSTAR: THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY
Karen Carpenter was an icon. It’s hard to dispute that the silky-smooth-voiced adult contemporary singer…
The Solute Record Record Club: Haley Ioppini on Utada Hikaru’s DEEP RIVER
How do you follow up the fastest-selling album of all time? This is where Utada…