#5 ain’t half bad
Hey! Stereogum readers ranked Fuel/Friends as the #5 Music Blog That’s Not Stereogum. What a huge honor for me, to be among such stellar company on that list. A sincere thank you guys!
December 10, 2008
About Me
Name: Heather Browne
Location: Colorado, originally by way of California
Giving context to the torrent since 2005.
"I love the relationship that anyone has with music: because there's something in us that is beyond the reach of words, something that eludes and defies our best attempts to spit it out. It's the best part of us, probably, the richest and strangest part..."
—Nick Hornby, Songbook
"Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel."
—Hunter S. Thompson
Fuel/Friends
Chapel Sessions
- #01 The Head and The Heart
- #02 Kelli Schaefer
- #03 Joe Pug
- #04 Strand of Oaks
- #05 Denison Witmer
- #06 The Changing Colors
- #07 Tyler Ramsey (of Band of Horses)
- #08 Drew Grow & The Pastors' Wives
- #09 These United States
- #10 The Lumineers
- #11 Bryan John Appleby
- #12 Eef Barzelay (of Clem Snide)
- #13 Glen Phillips (of Toad the Wet Sprocket)
- #14 Adam Arcuragi & The Lupine Chorale Society
- #15 The Head and The Heart (encore)
- #16 Tyler Lyle
- #17 Typhoon
- #18 The Barr Brothers
- #19 Hey Marseilles
- #20 Field Report
- #21 Neil Halstead
- #22 Night Beds
- #23 Mike Clark & The Sugar Sounds
- #24 Nathaniel Rateliff
- #25 Pickwick
- #26 Will Johnson (of Centro-matic)
- #27 Dawes
- #28 Desirae Garcia
- #29 Vandaveer
- #30 David Wax Museum
- #31 PHOX
- #32 Small Houses
- #33 Alex Dezen (of The Damnwells)
- #34 Gregory Alan Isakov
- #35 WIDOWER
- The audio guys behind all the Chapel Sessions!
Fuel/Friends
House Shows
- Alex Dezen (of The Damnwells), November 22 2013
- Ark Life & Poets Row, April 12 2013
- Blind Pilot & Tyler Lyle, August 7 2012
- Cataldo, February 29 2012
- Damien Jurado, May 12 2013
- David Bazan, March 23 2011
- David Wax Museum w/ Chimney Choir – July 11 2013
- Drew Grow & The Pastors Wives, w/ Kelli Schaefer, Nov 4 2010
- Edmund Wayne w/ Covenhoven, December 15 2013
- Field Report & Hey Marseilles, October 8 2012
- Hip Hatchet, March 18 2014
- Isaac Pierce (Ten Speed Music) w/ Some Say Leland, June 28 2013
- Joe Pug & Strand of Oaks, May 7 2011
- Lemolo w/ You Me & Apollo, March 12 2013
- Nathaniel Rateliff, w/ Desirae Garcia, Feb 21 2013
- Radiation City w/ Mike Clark, March 18 2013
- Small Houses, w/ Tyler Lyle, August 10 2013
- The Head and The Heart & The Lumineers, Nov 9 2010
- The Head and The Heart, w/ Kelli Schaefer, Ravenna Woods, and The Moondoggies, March 12 2011
- The Lumineers w/ These United States, July 31 2011
- The Oh Hellos, Dec 29 2013
- Tyler Lyle, w/ John Heart Jackie, March 3 2012
- Vandaveer with Joe Johnson, June 6 2013
Hey! That Was Cool
- "A Big Something" feature on NPR affiliate KRCC: Local Music Blogger Heather Browne
- "Influential Women of Colorado," Denver Examiner
- 10 Women Music Writers To Read Now (NPR)
- Article by The Denver Post on the Fuel/Friends house shows
- Article: Getting Heard By Music Blogs (my contribution to ASCAP magazine)
- Feature in the Colorado Springs Independent on our chapel sessions & house shows
- Fuel/Friends in the 2008 Gummy Awards: A "Best Music Blog That Isn't Stereogum"
- Guardian UK article: The things that help us feel alive
- Me on NPR's World Cafe w/ David Dye, 2011
- Me on NPR's World Cafe w/ David Dye, 2007
- Me on NPR's World Cafe w/ David Dye, 2008
- Me on NPR's World Cafe w/ David Dye, 2009
- My SXSW 2012 panel (listen now) – Man vs Machine: New Music Discovery
- NY Times mention from Nick Hornby: "Living With Music"
- Wired Magazine, Italy
Let's be Friends
About The Songs
Mp3s are for sampling purposes, kinda like when they give you the cheese cube at Costco, knowing that you'll often go home with having bought the whole 7 lb. spiced Brie log. They are left up for a limited time. If you LIKE the music, go and support these artists, buy their schwag, go to their concerts, purchase their CDs/records and tell all your friends. Rock on.
Interviews
- Josh Ritter Album Club! (group conversation and interview)
- Interview: Winston Yellen of Night Beds
- “the songs of sickness can become the songs of healing” :: the Typhoon interview
- Talkin’ italiano with Jovanotti
- The musical brilliance of Friday Night Lights
- Interview: The minds behind the new Jeff Buckley/Shakespeare musical
- Talking to Josh Ritter in Telluride
- “A new sonic playground” :: Works Progress Administration interview (Glen Phillips)
- Nobody but you :: Interview with Langhorne Slim
- Standing at the center of the occupation :: Interview with The Handsome Furs
Shows I've Seen
- a damn good night :: Nada Surf, and Leon Bridges open mic!
- Eaux my goodness, Eaux Claires
- now here’s the moon, it’s alright
- another uninnocent elegant fall :: The National at Red Rocks (9/17/13)
- i’m the air you cannot breathe
- so, Blind Pilot played at my house
- really, i’m not ready
- i feel it pushing down on me / so please baby, just drive
- on these Red Rocks, sounds like hallelujah
- safe from harm but going numb
Books I Like
Colorado Pals
- A Walking Disaster
- Backbeat Online (Westword)
- Bocumast Records
- Brass Tree Sessions
- Cause=Time
- CC Block Partie
- Concerted Effort
- Coverville
- Danger Radio
- Denver Reverb
- Denver Six Shooter
- Empty Reviews
- Gigbot concert community
- KRCC Colorado College Radio
- KRCX Regis Univ. Music Blog
- Merry Swankster
- One Track Mind
- Oomph Music Blog
- Radio 1190 CU Boulder
- Rocky Mountain Highway Blog
- Something Like Sound
- Spork (Twist & Shout Record Store blog)
- That's The Thing About That
- The Denver Eye
- The Donnybrook Writing Academy
- The Flat Response (Denver concert recordings)
- The Ruckus
- The Troubadour's Road
Blogs That Rock
- Aquarium Drunkard
- Aurgasm
- Awesome Tapes from Africa
- bag of songs
- Can You See The Sunset From The Southside?
- Chromewaves
- Cover Lay Down
- Dance Hall Hips
- Daytrotter
- Elvis Enthusiasts Unite
- Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands
- Fingertips Music
- HearYa Live Sessions
- Henry Miller Library's music blog (Big Sur)
- I Guess I’m Floating
- La Blogotheque
- Marathonpacks
- Music vs. Misery
- My Old Kentucky Blog
- Passion Of The Weiss
- Postsecret
- Said The Gramophone
- Scatter o’ Light
- So Much Silence
- Some Velvet Blog
- Songs For The Day
- Sound on The Sound
- Stereogum
- The Vinyl District
- To The Maxx
- You Ain’t No Picasso
Well Done Heather. In 3 years you have become one of the most influential music blogs on the planet. You should be proud. What separates you from the rest of the pack is that your articles are well thought out and you write about what you like rather than the what is most popular this week.
Tawriffic — December 10, 2008 @ 3:49 pm
aw shucks. thank you tawriffic! very kind of you to say.
heather — December 10, 2008 @ 4:00 pm
I think you’re better than #5. You’re the first one I check when I get on my computer every morning (i.e. afternoon). Keep up the good work and thanks for doing it…
Anonymous — December 10, 2008 @ 4:37 pm
Well done Heather.
But wait, no post on the super deluxe edition of Ten yet?? You must be slippin’! ;o)
pdh1978 — December 10, 2008 @ 4:59 pm
Nice work chica. We got love on the comments! hahaha
Sebastian — December 10, 2008 @ 5:43 pm
i saw that seb! well-deserved.
heather — December 10, 2008 @ 5:48 pm
Congrats, Heather — you’re the highest ranking “famous blog” in my book, too!
PS: I’m pretty sure I came in 497th or something.
boyhowdy — December 10, 2008 @ 5:48 pm
I think #5 is great!!
Kelly
Glass Dragonfly — December 10, 2008 @ 9:39 pm
Congratulations Heather! You should be very proud. Keep up the awesome work!
Barry — December 11, 2008 @ 7:27 am
congrats! that’s f’n brilliant heather!!!!!
Julio Enriquez — December 11, 2008 @ 8:05 am
Heather,
it’s nice to know that Stereogum has taste! You constantly put out a terrific blog that is always insightful and filled with quality music. I know you lead a busy life, being a mom and all… but damnit, keep up the good work! Have a great holiday.
FJ
Anonymous — December 11, 2008 @ 2:14 pm
Congratulations!
Buckingham — December 11, 2008 @ 4:59 pm
One vote for your blog from this side too. Should’ve ranked higher.
volume-addict — December 12, 2008 @ 3:26 pm
Congratulations, this blog is one of my favorites!
Rob — December 15, 2008 @ 2:03 pm