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In the 21 years since Pitchfork’s launch, the Chicago-based music website has crafted itself into an essential outlet for criticism (and discovery) of independent music. Forging their own style of editorial authenticity through overly-passionate and often-irreverent reviews of your favorite band — and eventually branching out into the curation of music festivals, coverage of mainstream […]
yes we cayenne
Twitter is wonderful. In fact, you should follow Random Nerds on there. However, we find the 140 character limit a bit, well, limiting sometimes when it comes to our ‘Cool thought, but there isn’t a whole article here’ ideas. Too Long; Couldn’t Tweet is where we share those 141+ character thoughts stuck in limbo between […]
a spice odyssey
Renowned author Emilie Buchwald once said, “Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” In our series Book Reports for Adults, we hope to make up for all those parents who turned on Seinfeld instead. Not that there’s anything wrong with that… *** Dune by Frank Herbert Book size: Long and dense. You’re […]
greatest gigs in the swamp
Random Nerds serves a national readership, but we live and pursue happiness in Washington, D.C.; a city that, in the past 20 years, has transformed from a sleepy quasi-southern town to a vibrant center of cosmopolitan musical entertainment. Award-winning venues like the 9:30 Club attract top-tier national talent, while our dynamic local music scene provides […]
the soundtrack to summer love
At the end of each month, our daily newsletter The Morning Commute purges its Spotify rolls like they’re full of ID-less voters in order to start the latest lunar cycle anew. However, to honor those truly exemplary songs that helped us get through the month that was, I like to single out the dozen or […]
