I didn't listen to as much new music in 2023 as years past - much more into building a vinyl collection now. But here are the ones that I did spend time with and listen to a whole bunch. 1. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal // MAPS2. Hotline TNT // C... more info

 Good night for the die-hards. 1. Alvvays / Blue Rev2. Billy Woods / Aethiopes3. Big Theif / Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe4. MJ Lenderman / Boat Songs5. Destroyer / Labyrinthitus6. Danger Mouse & Black Thought / Cheat Codes7. Alex G / God Save... more info

 Better late than never I suppose. Been compiling a list for this year and remembered that 2021 was a year we had and I never got around to it. Here's what I liked best last year. .1. Fiddlehead / Between the Richness2. KA / A Martyr's Rewa... more info

 If you're reading this right now I'm very curious as to what led you here. I mean, PHW has been mostly on permanent snooze-control for about 6 years except for the annual year-old reflections, so there are not many avenues leading to this site anym... more info

 There is little I can add to the 2020 conversation that hasn't been said already and with far more poingancy. But it's a real good thing that songs were here for us this year. Most of the artists on this list are not making a lot of money from musi... more info

The end of another decade is upon us, and it was a goddamn weird one. At least in America. Though PHW has been dormant for most of the decade, I poke my head out every once in a while to shout into the void.  Here are my favorite records of the past... more info

Here are my favorites as of 12/11/19:1. BIG THIEF / Two Hands2. WILCO / Ode to Joy3. PURPLE MOUNTAINS / Purple Mountains4. BON IVER /  i, i 5. BIG THIEF / UFOF   6. FKA twigs / MAGDALENE   7. HELADO NEGRO / This Is How You Smile   8. WEYES BL... more info

2015 - Albums1.  Waxahatchee // Ivy TrippAfter that awesome album the rest are in no particular order: The Tallest Man on Earth // Dark Bird  is HomeSufjan Stevens // Carrie & LowellViet Cong // s/tThee Oh Sees //  Mutilator Defeated at LastCourt... more info

It’s become way too hard (and not as fulfilling) to try to maintain Pop Headwound as I get older. Music is still there, and it still echoes around my car and my headphones and my living room and it is still affecting me in the same ways it al... more info

Another Phosphorescent cover, this time a stunning version of VW's Modern Vampires of the City standout. This dude could sing a take-out menu and have it break yr heart. more info