Sufjan Stevens’ new album Carrie & Lowell, his first in five years, is undoubtedly his most nakedly honest release to date. In the past, Stevens has alluded to a lot of the familial issues he grew up with, but they were always couched in metaphors Read More …
Hello. Honored readers. Honored staff. And especially Dylan J. Roth, esteemed BB-8ditor of Deadshirt.net. I am Michael Duquette, Deadshirt staff writer, and I am writing because I made a mistake. Earlier I ran a review of a new musical album and I said some rude Read More …
There are a lot of things to like about Sometimes I Sit And Think And Sometimes I Just Sit, the debut longplayer by Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett. If you buy it on CD or LP, it’s round and circular, just like…just like that weird new Read More …
Deadshirt is Listening…Bringing you a rundown of our staff and guest contributors’ favorite new tracks released in the past week after they’ve had the weekend to blast them in their cars, in a club, alone in their rooms, etc. David Lebovitz is going hand in Read More …
Deadshirt is Listening…Bringing you a rundown of our staff and guest contributors’ favorite new tracks released in the past week after they’ve had the weekend to blast them in their cars, in a club, alone in their rooms, etc. Mike Duquette is kicking it old Read More …
Everyone has an album that has stayed with them for years, even decades, a constant musical companion that grows with you as your life and perspective changes. With that in mind, Deadshirt presents Perfect Records, an ongoing series of personal essays about the albums that stuck Read More …
At what point is an artistic work truly complete? I’ve been a musician long enough to know that the temptation to endlessly tweak and rearrange and augment an album is ever present. Spending a long time with a project can be beneficial, as meditation on Read More …
This month, Deadshirt’s two movie columns, Dark Gable Presents… and Stale Popcorn have joined forces as Dom Griffin and Max Robinson discuss the 1972 blaxpoitation classic, Blacula. Spoilers ahead for this forty-three-year-old film. Max: Blacula has long held a warm place in my heart. On some level because Read More …
Deadshirt is Listening…Bringing you a rundown of our staff and guest contributors’ favorite new tracks released in the past week after they’ve had the weekend to blast them in their cars, in a club, alone in their rooms, etc. Julian Ames is waking up to… Read More …
Deadshirt is Listening…Bringing you a rundown of our staff and guest contributors’ favorite new tracks released in the past week after they’ve had the weekend to blast them in their cars, in a club, alone in their rooms, etc. Mike Duquette is really really really Read More …