http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists daily 0.75 2019-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1465503292699-9M3YQHLE8NKAVSLSRRNM/midwest.png Playlists http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/6/27/summer-fun monthly 0.5 2018-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1467077809889-6FGNOHES8E3GVVYDP9LJ/baker.co Playlists - Summer Fun Art by Chris Baker http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/7/5/happy-rap monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1467778534253-VABDQY3P5WHQO2ZH2KWR/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Happy Rap Art by Daniel Carr http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/7/7/not-your-mamas-world-music monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1467954068448-RTE1AFX4OQQA45QP1A9C/Lokal Playlists - Guest List: Not Your Mama's World Music by Sam Ryo Art by Winny Tan. Anyone recognize thiiiiiis? LOKAL's label art for their single origin Bali Kintamani cold brew! Winny has made label art an anticipated part of LOKAL's distribution around Columbus, and she was kind enough to let us use this beautiful piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1467955297668-HEL2K6C05FM4ZUWRRO0H/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Guest List: Not Your Mama's World Music by Sam Ryo Sam Ryo http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/7/13/best-case-list-pool-partyrip-diving-boards monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1468437159585-5JBEQR861A91TA643RDX/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Pool Party/RIP Diving Boards Art by Devin Goebel . Devin is a stellar Nashville-based fine artist. This photo is from one of his installations called "Pool Party." Go look at his site. Thanks, Devin. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/7/15/ecclesiastes monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1468600347315-GHDRFCOS7PBXUXJIWR0Q/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Guest List: Ecclesiastes by Chris Baker http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/7/24/guest-list-gospel-roots monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1470794615660-N0N4652AHOZRM1QNV4HL/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Guest List: Gospel Roots by Tiff Ima Art by our best buddy Janet Dapo. Methinks she is a great artist and better friend. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/7/26/crush-playlist monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1469589914020-GPCFI9KCZXJ4SBYTBL0S/Crushin Playlists - Crush Art by Mark Ledgerwood and Janet Sung. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/strangerthingstribute monthly 0.5 2019-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1470328603756-VEE62E7QE9DF7MY545OI/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Stranger Things Tribute Art by Daniel Bretas, who let us use this original poster. Check out his work on his Facebook page at Máquina Sem Tempo. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/8/4/inspired-by-stranger-things monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1470328357369-PTY9SSXODCS2AM4HYF4A/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Strangest Things Art by Nels Arne, who we're overjoyed to feature here because it is both of our (Austin and Nate's) favorite piece of Eleven fan art. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/8/24/backyard-barbecue monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1472066334972-NUAA498FW8VNK6DLS5FT/blakegalloway Playlists - Backyard Barbeque Art by Blake Galloway. Also feel free to check his website HERE. You'll thank us, ya'll. And him. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/8/26/guest-list-90s-basslines monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1472236949631-E05JJBGTU3VS23R98YMI/image-asset.png Playlists - Guest List: 90s Basslines Art by our friend John Beaver http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/9/1/space-jams-the-final-frontier monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1472745204942-SWYP78EDL6U48Q838NYD/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Hallo Spaceboy Art titled "168.582.581" by Melchizedek Chan. His work was just featured at Union LA. Please check him out. It's worth your time. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/9/15/head-to-the-sky monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1473977035431-NMHPK5BIFO30Q4OSI6NR/Alyosha+Karamazov Playlists - Head to the Sky Art by Ryan West, based on one of Nate's favorite Dostoevsky passages. Ryan started Uniquely Ordinary, a collective dedicated to opening lines of honest and open conversation about mental health and depression, and speaking truth into a void where truth is much needed. Check out their page and donate to help them reach their goal of nonprofit status here. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/9/21/nbw-series-ass-beaters-anonymous monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1474466286230-5VMD791715P2K2JNB1P6/Ass+Beating+Champ Playlists - NBW Series: Ass Beaters Anonymous by Jeff Stuckel Art by Annie Churdar, a friend of Jeff, and it is spectacular. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/9/23/hemingway-esque monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1474660464739-5CWWM6COU8F2752SESS5/Matilda Playlists - Hemingway-esque Art by our pal Janet Dapo. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/9/24/nbw-series-the-conflict monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1474735303858-VEGD7XEQ9VRXOBO6GPF6/Take+a+hike+with+Bri Playlists - NBW Series: The Conflict by Brianna Hunt Art by Bri, taken while on a hike. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/10/2/nbw-series-chillin monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1475524210675-302CR0A229GOM8J2VX1K/DSC_6280_1600.jpg Playlists - NBW Series: Chillin by Chris Sawicki Art by Sam Stone. Sam is photographer and videographer based out of New York. He also happened to go to school with us. Sam is brilliant at catching light, weather it's a daytime scene like this one from Mississippi or a crackling neon sign on a winter night in NY. He was kind enough to let us feature him here. Check out his work. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/10/10/nbw-series-2000s-sad-radio-rock monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1476160426630-OBFD34A086E767X8OSZN/Sara Playlists - NBW Series: 2000's Sad Radio Rock by Grant Johnstone Art by Sara Schubargo, who really likes hands. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/10/19/hix4nybgknoaevazejq5raqiui9mda monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1476904658232-4WGJDOZ5H10PWOKCOMI7/Miles+Naruto Playlists - Crisp as Hell Naruto art by Miles Sipes, and it may be one of our favorite pieces of fan art EVER. Fan art is a unique expression of devotion and love to something unlike any other form of art. It tells you more about the artist than the subject - the more wholehearted the fandom, the more you'll learn about the fan. In our eyes, being called a fan is one of the highest compliments we can bestow on anyone. Cheers to fanboys and fangirls everywhere, starting with Miles. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/10/19/smashing-pumpkins-spice-latte monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1476933672940-WVCSZYP75WRMSXOI7AC9/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Smashing Pumpkins Spice Latte Art by our friend, artist, drummer of Problem of Pain, and all around funny guy, Jake Beaver. Check out his band's album, Burn What My Hands Wrought by Problem of Pain, because it will make a lot of year-end lists (like MINE). Anyone know what song those Smashing Pumpkins lyrics come from? http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/10/26/black-birthday monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1477609144718-DUF4F88KU1UHM5WWVJD8/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Black Birthday At Chewy's. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/11/10/nbw-series-nates monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1479312926906-ZT1KBY6XYBZ2CBUS7UYI/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - NBW Series: Somber Things by Steve Hendrickson Art by the very talented Isaac Harris. If you're in Columbus, go to the Lokal Outpost at STUMP on Sundays and hope to run into him. Also get some great coffee. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/11/10/youre-not-alone monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1478802206481-UPV232P9OH4APBR8DME3/6336762185358971847-account_id%3D1.jpg Playlists - You're Not Alone Austin here. My roommate Julia Wood is very good at a lot of things, including making collages. This bird felt hopeful today. If you want to see beautiful pictures of other collages and baby animals and vegetables and flowers and fingernails black with soil, follow her @Juliawoo_ . http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/11/11/guest-list-obvi-were-the-ladies monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1478875694549-V0HQAU8C57GAC3AKYACL/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Guest List: Obvi, We're the Ladies by Linzi Moore This week's art is a beautiful watercolor from our beautiful friend, @shiloh.marie. Please check out her work. But that's okay if you don't because we're going to be posting a lot more of it ourselves. Peace and blessings, friends. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/11/17/guest-list-new-abuse-by-jake-beaver monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1479417733890-1CEVXOPWQ43LANHM5F4L/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Guest List: New Abuse by Jake Beaver Art by Jake Beaver. For more of his art (I know, I know--his VISUAL art, NOT his music. He's got a lot going on!), visit his Dribble and peak at some of his hand-lettering and illustration work. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/11/29/guest-list-non-epic-music-by-ben-martindale monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1480438677275-AZNKOGHDZIR3UO9BPXWT/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Guest List: Non-Epic Music by Ben Martindale Phenomenal art by Kyle Williams http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/12/1/2016-in-review-album-of-the-year-lists monthly 0.5 2017-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1482446877393-T0NIOD090TD5ZDRH7MQO/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - 2016 in Review: Album of the Year Lists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1482447083821-4797ZQVNY99LI0PB21I4/15658816_10211614616985253_1218888779_o.jpg Playlists - 2016 in Review: Album of the Year Lists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1482447217665-QQM10BQILJ35O8C38O88/15658075_10211614349938577_823306401_o.jpg Playlists - 2016 in Review: Album of the Year Lists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1482464837866-VRC3E0JKNR6FGRF0RY5Y/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - 2016 in Review: Album of the Year Lists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1482447066837-64LMQ3SFGWY5G83N0HQK/15659044_10211614349458565_1567109745_o.jpg Playlists - 2016 in Review: Album of the Year Lists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1482447204918-QJQAZINIBTQEYIOE0ZHF/15681701_10211614349898576_1031746053_o.jpg Playlists - 2016 in Review: Album of the Year Lists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1482447111667-2PT5XSHXH22FM9UWUMQI/15682310_10211614417380263_319901650_o.jpg Playlists - 2016 in Review: Album of the Year Lists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1482446966334-I9G1214EZ73QPW45L6O4/15659044_10211614349458565_1567109745_o.jpg Playlists - 2016 in Review: Album of the Year Lists All photos by our buddy Sam Stone. Sam gifted us with these unpublished photos he took this year, and we're thrilled to use them. Thank you, Sam. Check out his work. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/12/13/movements monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1481649165941-SO6ONX211TU15317NV9G/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Movements Art by Shiloh Marie. In this season of arts and crafts, it's nice to see a truly beautiful collage once in a while. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2016/12/16/guest-list-first-listen-list-by-jack-sipes monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1482241371596-C8YZG8WN2FZZVKX9NSCR/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Guest List: The Song Remains the Same by Jack Sipes More art by our friend, Jake Beaver of Problem of Pain. His band is on one of our year end lists. Check out his band and stay tuned for our lists! http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/1/13/one-sleeps-better-in-the-cold monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1484326753545-O34JJ01AA0HMTC8DZ4TS/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - One Sleeps Better in the Cold Art by Ryan West, founder of Uniquely Ordinary, a nonprofit dedicated to spreading awareness about mental illness. This painting was sold at Uniquely Ordinary's art therapy session to raise money for counseling sessions to a few individuals who can't afford it. This Monday, January 16, Uniquely Ordinary has their second art therapy at the Roosevelt Coffeehouse in Columbus, where they'll be selling homemade journals and art by some very talented people. Check it out and consider donating! http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/1/18/-open-windows- monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1484759337086-WU3VY1O5L8CI2HYQY8NH/4.jpg Playlists - Guest List: - open windows - by Sam Stone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1484759235133-RSTUYJZEG9HVCTOUAK8E/2.jpg Playlists - Guest List: - open windows - by Sam Stone All photos by Sam Stone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1484759356852-4UE3G26ERP4V8K4ICQJM/5.jpg Playlists - Guest List: - open windows - by Sam Stone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1484759317453-HUJXTMWI4NK760B3YNR4/3.jpg Playlists - Guest List: - open windows - by Sam Stone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1484758632224-ESFZXGT9ZHZY164TJAOP/1.jpg Playlists - Guest List: - open windows - by Sam Stone http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/1/28/guest-list-sound-of-silver monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1486660549186-S79XYRPTB2PL6LQ6IM47/2017-02-09.jpg Playlists - Guest List: Sound of Silver http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/2/1/r5lp170c0ttgt7scca04w7ahw6pmd8 monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1485981895467-TE3V3IQE5EI9AVFQQ3LR/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - I Found Myself Amid a Dark Wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1485979508921-HK7JKPUK1Z71VCY8C1U7/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - I Found Myself Amid a Dark Wood All photos are by Sam Stone in the second part of our series of his unpublished work. Catch the first part of the series in his guest list, "- open windows -." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1485981850761-TY3JA2MPHEE0JZI1F0WW/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - I Found Myself Amid a Dark Wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1485975989418-6CBETB613HU2NY784NEJ/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - I Found Myself Amid a Dark Wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1485975824653-LVITO0Z0YBAS2ZB9UOHO/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - I Found Myself Amid a Dark Wood http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/2/18/story-rap-the-reaper-calling-im-cottonmouthed monthly 0.5 2018-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1487862827874-DW5C8D0PL0DOKJYIVE1M/2017-02-23.jpg Playlists - Story Rap: The Reaper Calling, I'm Cottonmouth A beautiful portrait of Columbus, Ohio by Noah Van Sciver. Check out more of his work on his Instagram! http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/3/1/guest-list-ash-wednesday monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1488410206066-O1UVGO75484NO5BVQDWM/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Guest List: Ash Wednesday Art by our buddy Isaac Harris. Please check out more of his work on his Instagram, @breakingfad. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/3/13/9zc6rkk51tonnv5r6lc8cvq7u5sr3m monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1489529407563-IU5SRCTPOTEM0SEQMBSG/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Guest List: Running by Nick Van Heest Art by Amrita Marino, illustrator and designer in Brooklyn. Please see more of her brilliant work at her site, illustration.amritamarino.com. This won't be the last time you see her on Best Case! http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/3/14/break-up monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1491072771858-650VR8M49TPDUTH0RZWI/Amrita-Marino-PinupGirls-006-t.png Playlists - Break Up We're very excited to feature another piece from Amrita Marino. We're in awe of her work. Check out more on her site. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/3/14/guest-list-jules-lee monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1490051032984-5KR0MGKXHI9U21KLPB2G/IMG_4152.JPG Playlists - Guest List: Ballad of the 1994 Suburban by Jules Lee Art by Matthew King. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/4/14/heres-my-number-so-call-me-ishmael monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1492204827270-8MU59R2Q93BPTSS6KF7O/image-asset.png Playlists - Here's My Number, So Call Me Ishmael Logo designed by the effervescent Anna Swierenga, a Chicago-based graphic designer, great friend, and fearsome boxer. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/4/20/guest-list-anticipationprecipitation-by-justin-rutzen monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1492715992174-9ZNXPWFLKKX61MIP057Y/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Guest List: Anticipation/Precipitation by Justin Rutzen Photo by Justin Rutzen in Atlanta, GA shot on Polaroid Sun 660 w Impossible Project Film http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/4/27/guest-list-tuned-to-the-music-blog monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1493301456532-XQCSCFI9AYRCLN44T33V/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Guest List: Tuned to the Music Blog Art by Maria-Ines Gul, who was gracious enough to let us use this piece. Check out her work! http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/4/27/early-2017-faves monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1493390092077-A1O7IVCV7778N4TYCKE4/2.jpg Playlists - Early 2017 Faves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1493325147367-JNXXBEVCL6OTAJSK4FQ1/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Early 2017 Faves Art by Erika Strohecker, a Columbus designer. She's currently underway in #the100dayproject, and we're happy to be bringing you these pieces. Tune into #airikacreates to see the whole series. Thank you, Erika. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/6/26/guest-list-home-by-keith-scowden monthly 0.5 2017-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1498513365247-PYH9HM4O89HCBNX6DCLU/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Guest List: Home by Keith Scowden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1498513294705-PT5XML095EM3TI1932ZI/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Guest List: Home by Keith Scowden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1498511131526-K1R7WI9DSI5BNBRJGZSL/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Guest List: Home by Keith Scowden All art by Jane Dandron. Read about it in Keith's intro narrative below. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/8/9/2g7q8sv7j9un23qzbxtjoqraw60sy0 monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1502288062388-CSUL7D8TYP5DO4OJ50KX/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Chewy's Front Pocket Songs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1502292887109-X44FCVIM99QZN9CG29SM/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Chewy's Front Pocket Songs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1502292921028-70WRPF81PHBC9G3THUEV/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Chewy's Front Pocket Songs http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/8/10/guest-list-by-katie-harrington-tbfec monthly 0.5 2017-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1502677075743-O9BP96HE0P7OZZ02P9R6/Daniel_Carr Playlists - Guest List: Soundtrack Serum by Katie Harrington Art by Daniel Carr http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/8/24/charlottesville monthly 0.5 2017-08-28 http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/8/30/no-country-for-young-men monthly 0.5 2017-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1504110975618-IEQQDVAI3EIGTKPDVSVD/Between+H%26H-Sea%2C+no+shadow.jpg Playlists - No Country for Young Men https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1504110853575-SLT621LOUR8LM9ZC2KOF/Between+H%26H-Wind%2C+no+shadow.jpg Playlists - No Country for Young Men This week's art is by Grace Oller from her series, "Between Heaven and Hell." Grace is a fine arts student at the Columbus College of Art and Design, and Julia's sister. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1504110962546-9KNNU2WQAMTID2ZMYNVQ/Between+H%26H+Earth%2C+no+shadow.jpg Playlists - No Country for Young Men http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/9/4/sad-waters monthly 0.5 2017-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1504640140628-6Q38UNI1WPQM3GPMYLK4/alex-tan.jpg Playlists - Sad Waters. Art by Alex Tan. Check out his beautiful work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1504640180408-EGC4LLPG8ILLXBITX6QS/alex-tan-2.jpg Playlists - Sad Waters. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/9/7/song-premiere-benji-phonehome monthly 0.5 2017-09-13 http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/9/14/guest-list-sobriety-the-great-life-by-kenny-sipes monthly 0.5 2017-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1505420382465-PDO6D4L4SSXEI2MPTGQ8/lauren-ashleigh.jpg Playlists - GUEST LIST: Sobriety: The Great Life by Kenny Sipes Art by Lauren Ashleigh Benjamin. As part of Hurricane Harvey relief efforts organized by Kenny Sipes, all proceeds of this print, sold exclusively at The Roosevelt Coffeehouse, and 100 percent of barista tips will go to Houston. Together, Sipes and Benjamin have raised over $2,000 in donations to the Houston Food Bank. Prints are $12, and are still for sale. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/10/4/88yz1ab46pszuqqnmotjm0irbcwx6u monthly 0.5 2017-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1507148154752-4L2H1B83LFQLZ36WFB14/ryan-schaffer.jpg Playlists - Untitled Art by Ryan Shaffer http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/guest-list-pensive-fall-jams-by-ryan-getz monthly 0.5 2017-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1508623986952-2KPDJDK719AG88ALH0K7/b64f2fe0-8a3a-4acb-9fae-f047de1c7a64.jpg Playlists - GUEST LIST: Pensive Fall Jams by Ryan Getz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1508623831666-RP0JEHXLXCEPJH19A2WY/90a771f4-3e0b-49db-ae2c-fdba39fa464c.jpg Playlists - GUEST LIST: Pensive Fall Jams by Ryan Getz This week's art is by Peter Cowen http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/9/29/guest-list-thank-god-im-a-country-boy-by-ridge-rhine-tcm2j-pbww7 monthly 0.5 2017-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1506695743392-9QSW91X0PLIZO4SINR2Z/ridge-rhine Playlists - GUEST LIST: Thank God I'm a Country Boy by Ridge Rhine Art by Ridge http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017/11/10/song-premiere-mentally-by-moon monthly 0.5 2017-11-11 http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/jazz-kids-threw-a-party monthly 0.5 2017-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1510949587115-66FKNH5AHR16SODMZYB4/4.jpg Playlists - Jazz Kids Threw a Party https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1510874865551-VC9D2V3ZQXZ2TBCXRMX9/1.jpg Playlists - Jazz Kids Threw a Party https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1510875097791-ZTEWK6POV1AZV7JF8M8S/2.jpg Playlists - Jazz Kids Threw a Party Art by Corrinne James, musician, designer, and animator. Check out her work! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1510875363449-NASBH93B2UMPYWHR2T15/5.jpg Playlists - Jazz Kids Threw a Party http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/bike-messenger monthly 0.5 2018-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1513632482076-81IARMG7G9ALF4LWH8Y5/2017-12-18.jpg Playlists - Bike Messenger Art by Andrew Davalos, a photographer and painter in Chicago. Model: Aunty Chan. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/guest-list-think-you-can-wait-by-evan-casey monthly 0.5 2017-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1513881120185-RU4IYI490H2EH8HO0L1X/Think+You+Can+Wait+Photo+%281%29.jpg Playlists - GUEST LIST: Think You Can Wait by Evan Casey Photo by Evan, taken at Gettysburg last summer. http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/2017-in-review monthly 0.5 2018-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1514480270907-D6LAMO66VQTQYPODN6MM/bystarlight8.jpg Playlists - 2017 in Review: This Year in Albums :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1514480457362-Y1QEA59ME37247FHTNLQ/bystarlight1.jpg Playlists - 2017 in Review: This Year in Albums :) All photos by Josh Chaney. Read below about his series, "By Starlight," and upcoming zine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1514480175497-5XSGUIPFAYVL97SRLSKO/bystarlight2.JPG Playlists - 2017 in Review: This Year in Albums :) "By Starlight" by Josh Chaney is a series of photographs that explore the concept of time being frozen in suburbs during the night. As the sun goes down, less and less is happening as people return to their homes for the evening. Busy places like parking lots and streets become empty, and all that is left is a soft, glowing light coming from windows, street lamps, and the stars to illuminate the neighborhood until the sun returns. See the complete series up at Mache. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1514480247158-EVMDROPIEZWFNGJ09A8P/bystarlight13.jpg Playlists - 2017 in Review: This Year in Albums :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1514480288031-FS0KO5BU43217JDTLA38/bystarlight7.JPG Playlists - 2017 in Review: This Year in Albums :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1514480202129-997DP2Q23KKQDCGHQU1E/bystarlight3.jpg Playlists - 2017 in Review: This Year in Albums :) http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/walking-to-coffee monthly 0.5 2018-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1545367624547-EO2KHVKOS2WPH2FW62B8/armando.jpg Playlists - Walking to Coffee Art this week is by Armando Penagos. He’s releasing some new work today. Go check this and more of his work on his Instagram @thatmandokid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1545367793702-FA74093F8I969I6TIB4F/2018-12-20-1.jpg Playlists - Walking to Coffee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1545367774468-TMCSW1B686V6LSUC8KEB/image-asset.jpeg Playlists - Walking to Coffee http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/march4 monthly 0.5 2019-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1549576981702-LCVV8BMB9SQNCKHDQFPR/nate1 Playlists - March 4, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1549576882890-4ZIAQ1VOCSO843VUW7DV/sara2 Playlists - March 4, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1549576855016-54MLJ6V2F7AAP5ATS72S/sara1 Playlists - March 4, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1549577002157-S9VP5AXF0C4WEGZI9HG6/nate2 Playlists - March 4, 2018 http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/category/Guest monthly 0.5 http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/category/House monthly 0.5 http://www.bestcaselist.com/lists/category/Review monthly 0.5 http://www.bestcaselist.com/new-gallery daily 0.75 2019-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1466005352282-YPJZ065OVNMIPV7XQCON/austin.jpg Curators - Austin Sisson 1. Where you live: Avondale/Logan Square, Chicago 2. The first four songs you remember loving: Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie, Today - Smashing Pumpkins, More Than A Feeling - Boston, Spirit of Radio - Rush 3. Favorite 1st gen pokemon: Mankey son! 4. Two albums you can listen to in any mood: Kaputt - Destroyer. Cerulean Salt - Waxahatchee 5. Poor personal hygiene habit: There is a spot on my back that I can never reach with the soap, even if the soap is on a rope. I tell myself that I need to buy a shower brush every time I shower, but then I end up spending that 3 bucks on pierogis and the cycle continues. 6. Red or white wine: Red, but chilled more than most people chill it if it is summer. Have you ever mixed red wine and Coca Cola? Don't. 7. What artist you want to see before you die - OR - drag name: Drag name - Ira Ass 8. Bizarre trait: My left eye is significantly lower than my right, and not in a cute way. 9. What music makes you feel the most fabulous: Don't Speak by No Doubt 10. Favorite form of transportation: My beautiful ten-speed Raleigh Record, Special Agent Dana Scully. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1466005352282-YPJZ065OVNMIPV7XQCON/austin.jpg Curators - Austin Sisson 1. Where you live: Avondale/Logan Square, Chicago 2. The first four songs you remember loving: Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie, Today - Smashing Pumpkins, More Than A Feeling - Boston, Spirit of Radio - Rush 3. Favorite 1st gen pokemon: Mankey son! 4. Two albums you can listen to in any mood: Kaputt - Destroyer. Cerulean Salt - Waxahatchee 5. Poor personal hygiene habit: There is a spot on my back that I can never reach with the soap, even if the soap is on a rope. I tell myself that I need to buy a shower brush every time I shower, but then I end up spending that 3 bucks on pierogis and the cycle continues. 6. Red or white wine: Red, but chilled more than most people chill it if it is summer. Have you ever mixed red wine and Coca Cola? Don't. 7. What artist you want to see before you die - OR - drag name: Drag name - Ira Ass 8. Bizarre trait: My left eye is significantly lower than my right, and not in a cute way. 9. What music makes you feel the most fabulous: Don't Speak by No Doubt 10. Favorite form of transportation: My beautiful ten-speed Raleigh Record, Special Agent Dana Scully. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1466005189637-M4Y2K6DZDBG8URT8X6AE/austin.jpg Curators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1487713677323-UV2N0O4Q7SZDK8CIB6TE/burd.jpg Curators - Nate Burdette 1. Where you live: Columbus, Ohio 2. The first four songs you remember loving: Once in a Lifetime, Talking Heads; Basket Case, Green Day; Muskrat Love, America; The Butterfly Song by Psalty (l-o-l); first rap song that really stuck was Gangsta Nation by Westside Connection (still love) 3. Favorite 1st gen pokemon: machop 4. Two albums you can listen to in any mood: Love by Amen Dunes and Cosmic Slop by Funkadelic (Trouble Will Find Me by the National would sneak on there as a reliable third) 5. Poor personal hygiene habit: Very greasy sleeper (ask Corbin) 6. Red or white wine: Merlot or else 7. Artist you want to see before you die - OR - drag name: Outkast (I got nothing on the drag name) 8. Bizarre trait: Broke my nose in January and thought it was cool but now it just hurts 9. What music makes you feel the most fabulous: New Wave/ Grimes/ Amel Larrieux 10. Favorite form of transportation: Love me some boat, PARTICULARLY if it's a ferry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1465501805155-CJ3GQOO3EBI2C6VPULUP/austin.jpg Curators - Austin Sisson http://www.bestcaselist.com/about daily 0.75 2019-08-08 http://www.bestcaselist.com/combined daily 0.75 2016-06-22 http://www.bestcaselist.com/reviews daily 1.0 2018-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797400745-LHSM1XR4ADGK66SXP3GF/under-the-western-freeway.jpg Reviews - Grandaddy - Under the Western Freeway The first post-Mars colonization high-school term paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797391951-E7M1EVA8TTPFA99OUR2C/breakup-song.jpg Reviews - Deerhoof - Breakup Song You're breaking up with me? Your loss. Listen to how fucking FUN I am. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797379460-R8CAORX9NJU88BN4PQV8/TRST.jpg Reviews - TRST - TR/ST The sound of someone dying in a cave and really reveling in it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797521747-ASH68172M3MWRK9DV14Q/humor-risk.jpg Reviews - Cass McCombs - Humor Risk A handbook for those wishing to be widely liked and profoundly unlikeable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797612647-AZ62MZTV7JWOHI6Q503X/the-pains-of-being-pure-at-heart.jpg Reviews - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Making out in a treehouse wearing big sweaters and too much eyeliner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797789421-880WH7UDPGRV8K9GEOO1/mother-jumo.jpg Reviews - The Gun Club - Mother Juno A walk through the park at night and the people you encounter there, material or not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797309745-SGYP41FIF9APIBHYGQEK/western-medicine.jpg Reviews - Pierre - Western Medicine If Linkin Park was fixated on people who wanted to watch them fall, Pierre matches their tone but sheds the paranoia and seems to be okay with falling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797334538-ZQCEACI0MRGEK40PAWJJ/fantasma.jpg Reviews - Cornelius - Fantasma Someone whispering in your ear, describing what summer is like. Then you go outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797320624-O70V64OFS5XK8YRQR9GB/reachin%27-%28-a-new-refutation-of-time-and-space-%29.jpg Reviews - Digiable Planets - Reachin I’m black like that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797358544-YI56XPH2EMB8WQ8X8RY5/hunky-dory.jpg Reviews - David Bowie - Hunky Dory Notes left on a fridge for family members, or in a journal for no one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797592652-PRIDKQHDFQX88NRVGSOG/hats.jpg Reviews - The Blue Nile - Hats Have you ever heated caramel sauce, poured it over ice cream, and watched the heat wave roll over frozen hills and melt shelter into frozen walls? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797300823-4DN886DO39HGNP6EJJA3/steve-mqueen.jpg Reviews - Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen A grand treatise on love and loss over big ballad synths, all stuffed into a pretty little pop pill. But in your stomach, it expands like one of those toy magic-grow capsules in a glass of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797854049-LQDW60D6ZDD9JJ6N2PBU/the-boatmans-call.jpg Reviews - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call Hymns of repentance awash in a sea of blood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1528917035794-88ISO1YIXT0PTHGZLDZT/51OS7-t13eL._SY355_.jpg Reviews - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands The colors are almost indistinguishable from the texture of the soundscape, like whiskey that's been left in the freezer long enough to pour syrupy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1529684148709-UCOA5YCQUH9LST13FJSE/transient-random-noise-bursts-with-anouncements.png Reviews - Stereolab - Transient Random Noise Bursts with Announcements Whether a fence has been electrified isn't as important as the tingly impulse in your gut, daring you to touch it and find out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797546092-Q20B5WG6POUSHIIAMMV9/electric-warrior.jpg Reviews - T. Rex - Electric Warrior Every guitar note sounds cosmically planned, and Marc Bolan sings with the whimsy of a person with no agenda other than to follow the leadings of the universe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797557935-6PWG8ZYH36LODLZ2WXJP/the-legendary-marvin-pontiac.jpg Reviews - Marvin Pontiac - The Legend of Marvin Pontiac John Lurie, hiding behind a fantasy, walks a tightrope hung between serious musicianship and playfulness, but finds unexpected sanctuary in the middle and stops to rest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797620305-PPQI7KTYQWQ26N47DXA7/R-4157845-1357222024-1158.jpeg.jpg Reviews - Ryo Fukui - Scenery Not the static sort you see from a porch; this is scenery through the window of a fast-moving train, a kinetic blur until you focus on the same spot and snap things into clear, clean focus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797773722-HLP8I9C30VQFXA2CALTS/malice-at-the-palace.jpg Reviews - Malice at the Palace - Malice at the Palace Play before attempting commonplace activities that require just a little extra panache, like wearing new pants or confronting your roommate about "forgetting" to pay rent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797447428-FOA8NM2JKJ06J78MQ9EH/aquemini.jpg Reviews - Outkast - Aquemini The tricky-to-pronounce title belies the picture-book lucidity of the sweeping street epics this duo spins around themselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797636948-Q85WKQY463S78EFUKPSP/the-stone-roses.jpg Reviews - The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses A buried shoebox with a live dove inside. She who unearths it should settle her heart to the awestruck panic of finding the familiar in unfamilar spaces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797480188-8KGSWFZ15B7G4BY1Y7D0/are-the-village-green-preservation-society.jpg Reviews - The Kinks - The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society Town hall meetings are fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797466827-DD6CO1I3F1AEPIOJYUKB/quik-is-the-name.jpg Reviews - DJ Quik - Quik is the Name And it's a self-produced name that has become synonymous with a snare as gritty as a stone being dropped into a pile of rocks beside a riverbed, and a g-funk bass tone that sounds like its strings were dipped in oil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797628381-5GWWU388R88I03J7O1VN/graceland.jpg Reviews - Paul Simon - Graceland The album winks at the Divine Comedy in its standout jam, and it almost feels like a footnote to this immense tome of the American mythology flowing out of Memphis, its Mecca. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797827458-VWFKEMJJ54W6DTFOBJR8/so-tonight-that-i-might-see.jpg Reviews - Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I May See Ethereal brushstrokes splayed with sandy paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1525797743905-X31CQ1TEJ9RNH32QLSBQ/and-you-will-know-us-by-the-trail-of-dead.jpg Reviews - ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes Somehow manages to be the bull AND the china shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574bcf997c65e4c37e117a99/1528833548925-KAZCPYR9OS9DLRR3ZLIS/loaded.jpg Reviews - The Velvet Underground - Loaded Welcome to Velvet’s most try-hard record. But goddammit, even then, it’s humanity wrapped in dirty skin, and when the kaleidoscope intro of “Sweet Jane” shifts into the vision of a single, driving guitar strum, you aren’t sure whether you’re standing on the curb with Lou Reed as he sings about his suitcase, or if he’s strolled into your room and sat down on the bed beside you to tell you a memory. 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