Anna Minard, our city hall reporter, claims to “know nothing about music.” For this column, we’re forcing her to listen to all the records that music nerds consider important.
SKIP SPENCE
Oar
(Columbia)
Um, I was not aware that music boss nerds were allowed to like just some nice guy playing acoustic guitar and quietly singing dad songs about rivers. What? I have to completely recalibrate what the world means now.
That’s not to say I don’t like Oar, because I really do. But I like it the way I like simple, nostalgic music that reminds me of my childhood…