Sean Nyffeler

11 Years Later: Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous [video] bit.ly/1NVyz6h

11 Years Later: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand [video] bit.ly/1NFqyMM

10 Years Later: Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary [video] bit.ly/1laASW8

09/22/15 - On Taylor, Ryan, and the Clickbait Economy bit.ly/1PouFPF

09/10/15 - On Getting There First [video] bit.ly/1K1zCKG

Whiplash bit.ly/1CTG4my (On 'greatness,' the canon, and being tragically misguided)

Unlikely INOJ bit.ly/1KGXgPw (On covers, 90s R&B, dance music, and hit songs falling through the cracks between them)

2014: To the Future, and Beyond! bit.ly/1HW9Ply (On getting hitched, throwing parties, and where to go from here)

Hate to Say They Told You So: Garage Rock Revival in the Early 2000s bit.ly/1k7LuTT (On hype, pop culture fads, and 'real' rock)

Kyu Sakamoto - "Ue o Muite Arukō" ("Sukiyaki") bit.ly/1qkcWwn On cultural mistranslation, the night sky, and the original J-pop

Pop-Rock in the Late 90s bit.ly/TmJwCz (On alt-rock's diffusion, sunny old Americana, and middle school)

Bananarama - "Cruel Summer" bit.ly/UMIrp6 (On tainted legacies and the oppressive heat of success)

Stodgy old rock dudes, why does anyone pay attention to you?

Massive, massive egos in the face of not having put out anything worthwhile in many years, abandoned by all their classic bandmates.

Jack White is the Billy Corgan of garage rock.

Bon Voyage - "West Coast Friendship" bit.ly/1l1OtXP (On bittersweet teendom and navigating the weird world of religious rock)

Jo Stafford - "You Belong to Me" (1952) bit.ly/U752MY (On standards, epic voices, and missing people)

Even in our awfulness, we insist on being special, lolz

A lot of older people do too, BTW. It's just like this dead zone of mid-to-late 20-somethings.

Everyone younger takes it as a given and doesn't get why we're so proud of ourselves