top of page


"Cruel Summer" fits the mood during a heatwave
...which, through yesterday's post, I may have caused. Sorry, folks. But enjoy Bananarama regardless.
Benjamin Kassel
Feb 11, 20223 min read


"Sacrifice" is both a dance floor-ready pop anthem and a narrative turning point
In The Weeknd's newest single, he revels in his old lifestyle one last time before his outlook on love shifts across the rest of the album.
Benjamin Kassel
Jan 13, 20225 min read


I ring in 2022 with "Comfortably Numb," of all songs
Why? It just kind of happened once, and I've kept it up since... but I try to read into it anyway.
Benjamin Kassel
Jan 1, 20224 min read


Nothing gets me fired up quite like "Seek & Destroy"
It's a song I consider a sports anthem, and just a track that gets you in the mood for a thrashing.
Benjamin Kassel
Nov 19, 20213 min read


Remembering the tragedy of the Edmund Fitzgerald through Gordon Lightfoot's haunting "Wreck"
Twenty-nine men and the ship with which they went down are memorialized each November 10, with this song serving as a backdrop.
Benjamin Kassel
Nov 11, 20213 min read


"Pursuit" captures how I want Halloween to sound
The industrial instrumental's dark, chilling nature makes it a great fit for the holiday — but it also isn't exclusively an October track.
Benjamin Kassel
Oct 31, 20215 min read


Atonement involves recognizing my “Dark Necessities”
Yom Kippur offers me the opportunity to reflect as I bare my soul in the hope of bettering myself.
Benjamin Kassel
Sep 15, 20215 min read


"Lights" instantly threw me back a decade when I heard it, and I both did and didn't mind that
Sometimes you forget how much you love a song until you hear it for the first time in years. Thanks to autoplay, this is one of those songs.
Benjamin Kassel
Sep 12, 20214 min read
bottom of page