Editor's note: Doug Davis is on hiatus. This column ran previously. Ideas for songs come from just about anything and anywhere you can imagine, and some have even come from places and things you most ...

I traveled to Portland, Oregon a couple of time over the holiday season, which is always a fun trip. The city seems to me to comfortably combine the best elements of the Midwest (friendliness, lack of ...

The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. There are a few constants in life: death, taxes, the ...