09/courtney barnett/sometimes i sit and think, and sometimes i just sit
courtney barnett has a way with words. a deep appreciation and affinity for words. and language. and all the myriad ways we can use them to get a point across, paint a scene, or simply communicate effectively. and when she talks, we the people listen. cause as sometimes i sit and think shows, ms. barnett is a masterful wordsmith & storyteller whether she's being smart mouthed or contemplative; a debbie downer, or hopelessly devoted to an object of desire. songs come shaped like songs in the literal structural sense, but they also come as essays or vivid prose; a letter to a loved one, and monologues for others and her army of one. throughout, courtney is witty and observant, the smooth conversationalist everyone in the room flocks to to be entertained. and she shreds or can play it soft, wrapping this 45 minute set in buzzy, razor sharp alt-rock that's as crisp and straightforward as the words she uses to let us in on her thoughts and the things she takes in when she sits down and observes, or just sits down and thinks.
KEY TRACKS: pedestrian at best/small poppies/depreston
10/sleater-kinney/no cities to love
11/d'angelo & the vanguard/black messiah
12/kurt vile/b'lieve i'm goin down...
13/deerhunter/fading frontier
14/tobias jesso, jr./goon
15/hudson mohawke/lantern
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