🤘 My new favorite rock song

I do enjoy revisiting music from the past, too. [READER]( The Daily Reader November 15, 2023 I’m not a terribly nostalgic person, especially when it comes to art. Sure, I like music, film, art, and literature from the past, but not because I became emotionally attached to it at some earlier part of my life. I do enjoy revisiting music and movies I loved at an earlier age, because I like to see how my changing tastes and perspectives have enriched those pieces of art. But I don’t desire to experience a song the way I did when I was, say, 9. A few days ago I started listening to Stepdream, the new album from a Florida rock musician who records under the name Quannnic. The second song, “South,” transported me back in time in the way only music can; the thick guitar tones that form a huge rush of sound at the song’s start felt as powerful and overwhelming to me as when I first heard grunge at the age of 8. I remember wanting to immerse myself in the sound of “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” to let the song’s momentum take me wherever it ended up. “South”' gave me a similar sensation. I’ve listened to the song, I suspect, dozens of times since music critic [Eli Enis]( tweeted about them on Friday, and I still am taken by “South.” I suspect I’ll ride this obsession out for at least a few more weeks, and not because it reminds me of music that came before, but because it's still perplexing and exciting to me now. I’ve included the song on [this week’s Reader playlist]( which I’ve also linked (as always) further in this email. Sincerely, “[This is (Happy) Hardcore]( by John Chiaverina (Nina Protocol) “[Deluge]( by Spencer Tweedy (Spencer Tweedy Substack) Calboy, [Unchained]( quannnic, [Stepdream]( Phony, [Heater]( 🍁 Leor’s “[third November 2023 Reader playlist]( playlist [Indie rockers Soft and Dumb pause work on their next album to drop an acoustic EP]( Plus: Jess Robbins’s group Course celebrate an intimate new record they recorded almost entirely remotely. by [J.R. Nelson]( and [Leor Galil]( | [Read more]( → [Lapgan borrows from South Asian music for idiosyncratic hip-hop instrumentals]( by [Leor Galil]( | [Read more]( → [An all-star bill gathers at Metro to support saxophonist Mars Williams]( by [Monica Kendrick]( | [Read more]( → [Sen Morimoto’s Diagnosis points to an antidote for our rotten times]( by [Leor Galil]( | [Read more]( → A sweater weather SALE! We're cleaning out our closet! Show your love for the Reader by grabbing a sweatshirt or hoodie for $25 to keep cozy this fall and winter. [GET YOUR READER SWEATER]( [Issue of Nov. 2 – Nov. 15, 2023 Vol. 53, No. 2]( [VIEW / DOWNLOAD ISSUE [PDF]]( [View this e-mail as a web page]( [@chicago_reader]( [/chicagoreader]( [@chicago_reader]( [Chicago Reader on LinkedIn]( [/chicagoreader]( [chicagoreader.com]( [Forward this e-mail to a friend](. Want to change how you receive these e-mails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. Copyright © 2023 Chicago Reader, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Chicago Reader, 2930 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 102, Chicago, IL 60616