Eric Renner Brown

RIP Bob Weir, the man whose voice I've heard more on record and in concert that any other. The prophet on the burning shore, a cosmic cowboy who stopped by Earth for a few decades to share his songs with us. A titanic loss, an immeasurable impact. The music will never stop. Rest easy.

Best of 2025

Lots more new music that I loved in 2025 open.spotify.com/playlist/2SQ...

Favorites from a great year of shows

My favorite albums and songs – led by Geese's Getting Killed and Alex G's "Afterlife" – of 2025. Alphabetically listed, my essentials separated and bolded

The 100 Best Songs of 2025: Staff Picks The Best Songs of 2025: The 100 best hits and deep cuts of the year.

Wrote about some of my favorite songs of 2025 for @billboard.com's year-end list: Water From Your Eyes' 'Playing Classics,' Alex G's 'Afterlife,' Turnstile's 'Never Enough,' and Tyler, the Creator's 'Sugar On My Tongue' www.billboard.com/lists/best-s...

The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Staff Picks The Best Albums of 2025: The 50 best releases of the year.

Wrote about two of my favorite 2025 albums for @billboard.com's year-end list: Kaytranada and Geese. My colleagues didn't share my opinion that Getting Killed is far and away the year's best album, and CERTAINLY a 2025 top 10... but that's OK! www.billboard.com/lists/best-a...

I get that... there is a part of me that does yearn for the old Tame days. But this was still fun imo

6 Best Moments From Tame Impala’s Deadbeat Tour Opener in Brooklyn The best moments from Tame Impala's tour opener at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Monday night.

Wrote about the live return of one of the best: Tame Impala's show last night at Barclays Center www.billboard.com/lists/tame-i...

Billboard cover featuring Cardi B with the cover line "CARDI B MAKES HER MOVE"

A new Cardi B era is upon us – and @billboard.com's latest cover is an unmissable, wide-ranging interview with ever-colorful hip-hop star www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip...

I know, he needs to be really bold and do it in the studio

Enough with the note-for-note re-records of old material. Need a Dylan album where he does barely recognizable reinterpretations of his most classic songs

Wednesday has a new album out next month, and it's one of their best. Talked to 'em about it for @billboard.com's fall preview www.billboard.com/music/rock/w...

Wild how immediately social media becomes way more grating when it's A-Certain-Someone Season again

A saccharine, mediocre song that was wildly overplayed – but somewhat surprised that 15 years later, it can still engender strong opinions of any kind (and as far as 2010 goes, the indie-pop Matt & Kim stuff was way more grating and has aged even worse)

The way every post on The Other Site currently is about Edward Sharpe's 'Home' ... cooked

In 2024, Harris and the Democrats decided that refusing to move an inch to the left, or to vocally defend trans people, or to condemn a genocide was worth risking this and myriad other catastrophic policies, and that's something we should never forget

Dead & Company Keeps the Dead Community Alive With Golden Gate Park 60th Anniversary Concerts Dead & Company celebrated 60 years of Grateful Dead music with three concerts in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.

Wrote about how Dead & Company reunited the Deadhead community in Golden Gate Park this weekend www.billboard.com/music/rock/d...

Thanks for sharing and for the kind words!

Solid, well-informed, and finely-penned rundown by @erbrown.bsky.social

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Dead & Company Keeps the Dead Community Alive With Golden Gate Park 60th Anniversary Concerts Dead & Company celebrated 60 years of Grateful Dead music with three concerts in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.

Wrote about how Dead & Company reunited the Deadhead community in Golden Gate Park this weekend www.billboard.com/music/rock/d...

Hm interesting, the more you know!

Jerry's Travis Bean guitar really getting around this weekend

7 Best Moments From Dead & Company’s Kickoff Celebrating 60 Years of the Grateful Dead in SF Dead & Company's performed at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on Aug. 1, celebrating 60 years of the Grateful Dead. Here are the best mooments.

Grahame Lesh playing Mission Control for 'Box of Rain,' Billy Strings leading a towering 'Wharf Rat,' and more highlights for @billboard.com from Dead & Company's first Golden Gate Park concert celebrating 60 years of the Grateful Dead www.billboard.com/lists/dead-c...

Big Grateful Dead 60th anniversary shows in San Francisco but without Steve Silberman feels wrong

Whoa no way! Cool.

Answers questions about Gizz as a jamband (namely it’s impossible since they are Australian). Great insights from Jello Biafra as well.

Via Twitter: @jimmyfallon: It's a Jorts Summer!! And it's also Will Ferrell's birthday. You know what has to be done. [video of Fallon dancing in jorts]

In a just world, it's Fallon who would've been canceled, not Colbert

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A choice nugget from a solid piece. Somehow the "are they/aren't they" question still does not feel definitively settled.

(For the record, I don't care if they're called a jam band, just keep being excellent to each other at the shows.)

Listening to Phish on the way to the Alex G gig