June 2016 - Benjamin Wagner

That Time The DJ Compared Me To Kanye

By Benjamin | June 27, 2016 |

While it’s true that Cumulus Radio’s headquarters are thirty floors above the fabled Madison Square Garden, the radio powerhouse’s offices are still nondescript on a good day, and wholly beige the afternoon I visited last week. I rode the elevator alone, and arrived at an empty, paint-chipped lobby where a Post-It Note lists after hours…

The Promise Of “Great Lakes”

By Benjamin | June 12, 2016 |

“Great Lakes” is an album haunted by water: water that drowns (“Oceans of Doubt”) and destroys (“Brand New Oblivion”), protects (“Bigger Than The Moon”) and purifies (“Great Lakes”). It’s an album about the forces that move us: storms, currents and tides. And it’s an album about the long road to finding one’s way (“A Kiss…