Yearly Archives: 2026

Singles Spotlight

Singles Spotlight: Jack Barksdale (Feat. Julian Taylor) – “Battleground”

Joshua M. Miller - November 4, 2026

Hello reader, Welcome back, or welcome if this is your first visit to Scummy Water Tower. Please look around the site and stay awhile—our search...

Artist Essays

What Darkness Asks of Light By Paul Farran (Artist Essay)

Joshua M. Miller - November 3, 2026

Editor's Note: Next year, Montreal-based singer-songwriter Paul Farran will release an album and memoir, both entitled Stems from Darkness. Here's how a press release describes the backstory: "On January...

Singles Spotlight

Singles Spotlight: The Calculus – “Shake the Crown”

Alex M Theel - November 2, 2026

Hello reader, How are you today? Welcome back, or welcome if this is your first visit to SWT. Please look around the site and stay awhile....

Album Reviews

Tommy Oeffling – Neighbors (2026) Album Review

Alex M Theel - October 30, 2026

Hello reader, Welcome back. Today, we're going to dive back into Tommy (Tom) Oeffling. Recently, SWT shared one of the songs, "Psycho," that is included on Oeffling's newest...

Singles Spotlight

Singles Spotlight: Harrison Lemke – “Why Finish A Masterpiece?”

Alex M Theel - October 28, 2026

Hello reader, How are you today? Welcome back, or welcome if this is your first visit to SWT. Please look around the site and stay awhile....

Singles Spotlight

Singles Spotlight: Ryan Burns – “Madeline”

Alex M Theel - October 27, 2026

Hello reader, How are you? Welcome back, or welcome if this is your first visit to SWT. Please look around the site and stay awhile. Over a...

Sequential Listening

Sequential Listening: BODEGA – All Inside Aquarium

Joshua M. Miller - October 26, 2026

In Scummy Water Tower’s Sequential Listening series, we sit down with artists to examine their albums in order track by track, exactly as intended....

Singles Spotlight