#dk lyons

If you’ve followed OTBEOTB for most any length of time, you’ll know that I love getting to unveil a new Show Diary segment. That’s because, while most postings here are purely my personalized thoughts, feelings, and opinions on the world of music and the artists within it, the Show Diary lets the focus shift collaboratively wider. This narrative space changes from my simple pair of hands over to…

Image Courtesy Of The “stop” Music Video I recently had the great fortune to spend more time here on OTBEOTB with alt-pop-preaching storyteller D.K. Lyons. The feature was related to the release of Lyons’ second single “stop,” which is a cut off of his forthcoming August 22nd EP Darling Kiss Louder. For all the slick groove that’s present on “stop,” there’s a very refreshing, overarching,…

I’ve grown up alongside a significant era in the realm of advancing technology. What was once dial-up modems, box-sized desktop computer monitors, and landlines has graduated into present-day artificial intelligence, Wi-Fi, and smartphones. Despite this evolution in progress and communication, it feels to me like humanity has ultimately used these advances to degrade the quality of true…

Photo Courtesy of Julian Donaldson Love is a divinely important bedrock in the foundation of so much of what guides music, both for its creators and those who listen to the result of that creativity to derive inspiration. There’s the upswell of new affection that arrives with all the strength of a wildfire, like two hands reaching out to find each other in the midst of twilight to make the light…