“Never Know Me” by Uma Bloo: Dark, Defiant Indie Rock
You wanna know what makes me weary/ What makes my eyes all teary/What went wrong /I’ve got so many songs Uma Bloo’s latest release “Never Know Me” is a dark, unsettled song about the ways in which we look, and don’t see, one another. The four minute track is fiercely furious. It’s infused with throaty […]
“Florida” by Wild Pink: Honoring the Sunshine State
“Florida Man.” Spring Breakers. Zola. Jason Mendoza shouting “Bortles!” as he chucks a Molotov cocktail at a boat. Miami Vice, Hotline Miami, Scarface. For decades, much has been made of sunny Florida’s seedy underbelly, to the point where the Florida of our public imagination is nothing but underbelly. The Sunshine State stereotype holds that the […]
Is Songfinch Worth It for Artists?
Ready for an elevator pitch? Here’s a good one: Custom songs that capture your personal stories and memories, created by a professional artist and delivered in a few days for only $199. The use cases are almost endless (Send a personalized song for a birthday present! Liven up staff meeting with a customized tune celebrating […]
Contrary to its Name, “Ridicule” by An Triangles Deserves Praise
Boston-based indie rocker Doug Poppe, going by the moniker An Triangles, is prepping to release his debut album Triangular Life in 2022. The first single off the album, the pop/punk track “Ridicule” arrives on December 3rd. “Ridicule” is a unique beast. In one sense, it is a back-to-basics rock song. There’s lots of raw distortion […]
Music Business Insights from the Founder of Band Builder Academy
My call with Todd McCarty didn’t go as planned. And not in the good, “wow-what-an-awesome-rabbit-trail-we-ended-up-on!” kind of way… but don’t worry, it all worked out okay. (Keep reading if you want the backstory on what happened. If you’d rather get to the main stuff, click here.) The backstory: I found Todd online a few years […]
“Fake” by Chastity Belt Takes On the Clownery of Impostor Syndrome
Here are words I’m sure you’ve all heard before: “impostor syndrome.” It was first observed in successful professional women, but it’s significantly more widespread than that: people of all stripes doubt themselves, and live in fear of being exposed as frauds. Maya Angelou had it, Neil Armstrong had it, and I have it too. (This […]
Andreas Moe Proves the Beauty of Simplicity in All Our Worries Are Poems
Andreas Moe has an incredible voice. The moment that Moe transitions from the textured substance of his lower register into a honeyed falsetto in the opening lines of first track “Fire and Stone” on his newest record All Our Worries Are Poems, that much becomes clear. Of course, if you’ve tracked with Moe’s career, […]
What Is Music Publishing?
Music publishing is the monetization of musical compositions. “But that sentence is just a jumble of jargon,” you say, shaking your head in disappointment. “I don’t actually know what that means.” Yeah. I agree. I’ve run Two Story Media (a music PR firm) and Two Story Melody (the music blog you’re currently reading) for about […]
“Madison” by Sloppy Jane: A Surreal, Empathetic Portrait of a Marginalized American
There’s a movie that came out a couple years ago called Greener Grass, and it came to mind when I was listening to this song. Greener Grass is a suburban satire about a nervous pushover of a housewife named Jill, who increasingly finds her picturesque life encroached upon by outside forces until she has nothing […]
“We Are Not Alone” by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Reconnects Us With Nature
My sister and I used to go camping with our uncle when we were young. Although my uncle was a very capable outdoorsman, we weren’t exactly roughing it in the wilderness; perhaps correctly assuming that there was only so much nature two bookish kids from Long Island could take, he only took us to the […]
