There was this thing that Blake Butler said a few months ago, about how if you are writing, you are doing it in a period more than twenty years after the death of Donald Barthelme, and that you should probably act accordingly. I feel the same way about Edwyn Collins; if you’re making music, you’re doing it in the wake of his genius.  Edwyn’s literate, soul-infused ballads from the band Orange Juice, and later in his solo career, have influenced […]