Music Nostalgia
Flip It Over: A Small Ode to the B-Side and the Joy of Not Knowing What You'll Get
There was a time when the second track on a record was a lawless wilderness — a place where The Smiths recorded jazz poems and Blur put a bagpipe on things. Frank Popp mourns the algorithm-approved monoculture and asks whether Bandcamp is quietly rebuilding the hidden gem.