Ten songs is a weekly playlist from Jason Tate featuring songs enjoyed over the previous week. It is included in every edition of the Liner Notes newsletter and is free to sign up for via email.
This playlist is available on Spotify and Apple Music.
Read More “5/21/22 (Ten Songs)” This week’s newsletter has first impressions of the new Coheed and Cambria album, other music thoughts from the week, and my regular entertainment rundown. Plus, a playlist of ten songs I enjoyed, and this week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.
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Read More “Liner Notes (May 21st, 2022)”
Ten songs is a weekly playlist from Jason Tate featuring songs enjoyed over the previous week. It is included in every edition of the Liner Notes newsletter and is free to sign up for via email.
This playlist is available on Spotify and Apple Music.
Read More “5/14/22 (Ten Songs)” Hi hi hi. This week’s newsletter has thoughts on music, thoughts on production complaints, thoughts on entertainment I enjoyed (and didn’t enjoy), and a playlist of ten songs I think are worth your time. And this week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.
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Read More “Liner Notes (May 14th, 2022)”
Ten songs is a weekly playlist from Jason Tate featuring songs enjoyed over the previous week. It is included in every edition of the Liner Notes newsletter and is free to sign up for via email.
This playlist is available on Spotify and Apple Music.
Read More “5/7/22 (Ten Songs)” This week’s newsletter has thoughts on music I enjoyed (Set Your Goals, POP ETC), new music out this week (Stand Atlantic, Carly Rae Jepsen), and other random musings. Plus, a playlist of ten songs I liked, and this week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.
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Read More “Liner Notes (May 7th, 2022)”Anyone that knows me, or has been following my newsletter, knows just how excited I am to finally add this one into the collection. Not only one of my favorite pop-punk albums ever, but an album that’s has come to define the changing of the weather for me. As winter fades and we march into spring, my soul craves the bounce in these songs. A joyful throwback to the smell of freshly cut grass, sun soaked skin, and carefree nights.
It’s not quite summer, but I can feel it sneaking through the clouds.
#vinyl #newfoundglory
Ten songs is a weekly playlist from Jason Tate featuring songs enjoyed over the previous week. It is included in every edition of the Liner Notes newsletter and is free to sign up for via email.
This playlist is available on Spotify and Apple Music.
Read More “4/30/22 (Ten Songs)” This week’s newsletter has some musings on the state of advertising online, some thoughts on new music out this week (Let’s Eat Grandma, Tomberlin), some thoughts on old favorites (Ace Enders, Green Day), and the usual random commentary. There’s also a playlist of ten songs I enjoyed this week, and this week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.
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Read More “Liner Notes (April 30th, 2022)”Walking into the weekend with a new one: this fantastic fast melodic punk album from A Wilhelm Scream. I’ve long thought of this band as one of my all time faves, and a big reason is that they just don’t miss. Album after album of incredible adrenaline pumping jams, and no matter how much time they take between albums I always know they’re going to deliver.
#vinyl #awilhelmscream
Haven’t posted anything for a while since I was spending most of my nights working on an album review the past week or so. But this week has me diving back into a whole bunch of Ace Enders and The Early November tunes and it’s a … looks at camera … real gold rush of quality tunes. Running the gamut of genres, from rock, to soft and introspective, there’s something for literally every mood. Tonight has me spinning this one and it’s working well for these early evening spring showers.
#vinyl #icanmakeamess #aceenders #theearlynovember
Ten songs is a weekly playlist from Jason Tate featuring songs enjoyed over the previous week. It is included in every edition of the Liner Notes newsletter and is free to sign up for via email.
This playlist is available on Spotify and Apple Music.
Read More “4/23/22 (Ten Songs)” In this week’s newsletter, I look at finally writing an album review for the first time in a few years, give some other thoughts on music out this week, offer some first impressions of the new Simple Plan album, and there’s also a playlist of ten songs I enjoyed. This week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.
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Read More “Liner Notes (April 23rd, 2022)”
Years ago, and barely out of my teens, I scribbled music mends broken hearts in the margins of a notebook. I was trying to put to words how finding music, and getting lost in the perfect song, could save your life. It was melodramatic. It was true.
Over the past two years, while locked down in a global pandemic, we as a society have experienced previously unimaginable trauma. Mass death. Isolation and fear. Uncertainty and rage. And as we begin to navigate what life looks like next, I’m reminded of those four little words I once scratched across a piece of lined paper. Now, I’m not arrogant enough to think I have a universal answer, but I know for me, in my moments of despair, I reconnected with music and it pulled me out. Last year, discovering Turnstile flipped a fuse in my brain that showed me how to love music again. It unlocked something within me and reminded me what it was like to feel the joy of finding a new favorite band. And this year, it’s discovering an album that feels like it could have only been made after what we all just went through. An album that not only helps define the state of the world but the ethos of a generation. The album is Goodbye to Misery; the band is Cold Years.
I’ve always used music as a metric of remembrance, with periods in my life defined by the albums I was listening to. But it goes further than that. At the core, music is what we have long used to tell our stories. To pass down the legacy, the learnings, the trials, and the current mindset from one generation to another. You can listen to music and hear the pain, hear the joy, hear the triumphs, and feel the defeats. It’s a way to mark our personal lives and build milestones of collective memory. And Goodbye to Misery is an album that could only have been birthed from the well of COVID. An album that paints the state of the world with an American Idiot like clarity and mirrors a generational attitude back through the speakers. And it’s done with a maturity and grace far beyond expectations for a band on just their sophomore release.
Read More “Cold Years – Goodbye to Misery”
This was a pretty damn good week for music. I share some thoughts on three of my favorite punk adjacent albums, as well as some commentary on other things I’ve been checking out over the past week. As always, there’s a playlist of ten songs I liked, and this week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.
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Read More “Liner Notes (April 16th, 2022)”
