Brian's Year in Music

Suicidal thoughts & getting married.

Hits & astrology.

Identity crises & AI.

Stevie Nicks + Bud Light fall from grace.

Watch the city vibrate, from Brian's album of the year.

Cowboys, mushrooms & George Washington.

This year's rendition features songs from Amaarae, Andy Shauf, CMAT, Geese, Glass Bandit, and Yves Tumor.

Government conspiracies, emotional decisions & the human condition.

Turning 30, cognitive dissonance & reconciliation.

Resisting temptations of indulgence, productivity and/or snake oil.

Gun violence, infatuation & escapism.

Michael Jordan, the origins of COVID & heroic mythology.

How I Met Your Mother, #thoughtcrimes, uninhibited impulses & more.

This year's rendition features songs from Beach Bunny, Let's Eat Grandma, MJ Lenderman, Peach Pit, Spoon, and Viagra Boys.

A dedication to Hannah.

Reflecting on a year of COVID & what is honesty.

The best guitar solo of the year & the great resignation/burnout.

Data & movies.

Relationships & boundary crossing. Recorded in one take

Running, AA & relapse guardrails.

Technology's promise and betrayal, and the metaverse or whatever

COVID-19 vax, airports, periods of transition

Dreams, dreaming & addiction

Reading of a January 2021 freewrite & a few thoughts on thoughts on events at the time

Less weird, more personal, and just terrific music

Brian, from the show Brian's Year in Music, talks about the song "Interstellar Love" by The Avalanches, though you know by now that he doesn't really.

Brian, from the show Brian's Year in Music, talks about the song "Reach" by Lomelda, and Indianapolis Colts star TY Hilton, too, for some reason!

Brian, from the show Brian's Year in Music, talks about the song "Over It" by Eric Slick, even though most people are probably "over" Brian's Year in Music by now.

Brian, from the show Brian's Year in Music, talks about the song "Wishing Well" by Juice WRLD, asking hard hitting questions like why don't all wishes come true, except not that, or anything like that.

Brian, from the show Brian's Year in Music, talks about the song "America" by Sufjan Stevens, and whether it's red, white, or blue enough, or if all colors are the same in a different way.

Brian, from the show Brian's Year in Music, talks about the song "Kyoto" by Phoebe Bridgers, and where it happened in his ears.

Brian, from the show Brian's Year in Music, talks about the song "a few words for the firing squad (radiation)" by Run The Jewels, but also doesn't really.

Brian, from the show Brian's Year in Music, talks about the song "Fetch The Bolt Cutters" by Fiona Apple, and why scissors really just won't do it.

Brian, from the show Brian's Year in Music, talks about the song "Love Is A Drug" by Empress Of, running through all the nooks and crannies of this little life too.

Brian, from the show Brian's Year in Music, talks about the song "Eternal Summer" by The Strokes, which is about one thing but really is about another thing, at least that's what Brian thinks.

Brian, from the show Brian's Year in Music, talks about the song "Gates of Cool" by Purr, and how come it might mean different things, that is, if things were different...

Brian, from the show Brian's Year in Music, talks about the song "Violence" by Grimes, and what it might mean, or not?

Brian, from the show Brian's Year in Music, talks about the show Brian's Year in Music in the first episode, answering questions like "what this is?" and more, or less, depending on how you look at it.