Play Something Good focuses on stuff that I am liking and why. It has no schedule, no theme. It’s a catch-all for my music reflections. Mostly it is comprised of songs that I just like and why I like them. Play Something Good has a playlist of all the tracks I have recommended of it, in order, which can be found on Spotify. I don’t try to capture everything in these tid-bits, so if I miss something crucial about a song or album, or you disagree with my take, let me know in the comments!
The latest from Play Something Good…
Concert Review: Death Cab for Cutie Will Possess Your Heart
This is a review of Death Cab for Cutie’s 2018 Thank You For Today Tour performance at The Palace Theater in St. Paul. Available here on YouTube. The piece was written for a college writing class. When, less than twenty minutes into the show, Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard says to the audience…
Scott Hutchison Writes the Incomprehensibly Comprehensible
Due to my activity on other publications, posting here will consist mainly of pieces written as assignments for college. The following piece was written as an assignment for a course in music criticism. When I first listened to “Keep Yourself Warm,” from Frightened Rabbit’s 2006 album The Midnight Organ Fight, I was laughingly uncomfortable and…
Play Something Good: “Act II: The Patents of Nobility” by Jay Electronica
I use the phrase “changed my life” with a great deal of reserve. It is primarily for David Bowie, Frightened Rabbit, boygenius, and Jay Electronica. The latter is a particularly remarkable case. Solely through four tracks – “Act I: Eternal Sunshine,” “Better in Tune with the Infinite” and Exhibits A & C – Jay Electra…
Get on Aux 