Ben Sisario

Great!

"I’m just trying to get the idea out before the inspiration is gone," he told The Times last year. "Everything I do is motivated by the fear of running out of time."

I might have hoped increased variety and decreased commercial potential might have made me more interested in the critical darlings of "indie rock" instead of less. I’d suggest it has something to do with my fondness for creative constraints, but many of my favorite artists have made a career out of eschewing genre conventions. Hmm.