Oh, LA is a fun place, isn’t it? Actually, I can’t even stand looking at pictures of it, what with those overly pruned palm tree sidewalks and that big tacky picture of Mickey Mouse on the side of a roller coaster, but I heard it’s full of drugs and fast women, so I guess that’ll […]
Ginger Baker, drummer of Cream, notable for extended solo-song “Toad” and for being somewhat of a “scoundrel,” [1] [2] left us for the stars last October. Clapton, though, Cream’s lead guitarist, assembled famous musicians like Roger Waters, Ron Wood and Steve Winwood in London just last night, presumably for London being the origin of Cream, […]
Granted, it might have been that stupefyingly ugly outfit she’d wear on this tour that was like attempting to be Britain’s answer to American whoredom. For whatever reason, anyway, after receiving what was basically unanimous critical adoration upon its release, PJ Harvey’s third album, 1995’s To Bring You My Love, has been discursively lost in […]
And so the proletariat American clothing saga continues. It’s funny: just as little as a few months ago, when footballs were being thrown by sun-kissed creeks, leaves were falling and those baggy jeans went just perfect with a light flannel on those crisp days, Wrangler Jeans seemed to be on top of the world. I […]
I enjoy various musics like Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Salt ‘n Pepa. I buy my clothes from reputable establishments. My limbs can be distended and replaced by electronic smoking devices, at the immediate convenience of any and sundry. But I’m deaf to The Shins. I can’t hear them. Indie rock is a […]
What’s that one band that you ALWAYS see on those lists of “Artists Whose Best Album is Their First One”? It’s Wu-Tang, without any question: people treat “C.R.E.A.M.” and “Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing ta F’ Wit’” like the second coming of Christ and basically throw the rest of their albums under the bus, calling them […]
Detroit rapper Black Milk burst on to the scene, to the delight of many, including me, in the 2000’s with some organic, soul-inspired beats and some fiery, street diction. 2008’s Tronic was the definite classic, full of insight into the rap game but mainly just egotistical swagger, all over those punchy, tight snares, kicks and […]
Pitchfork? What? I discovered Wolf Parade in Rolling Stone, in the reviews, saw the three and a half stars (they typically gave everything indie three and a half stars) but bee lined it to Best Buy for the CD for the group’s association with Isaac Brock, of Modest Mouse, who produced. And I put it […]
Something strange within the music industry without question is that there’s no “Best of AC/DC” disc or collection available anywhere. There’s no “The Essential AC/DC,” there’s no “Greatest Hits,” no “The Best We Could Do” or anything corny like that. The closest thing we get is probably AC/DC Live, which to be sure is at […]
Now here’s something I hadn’t known until just now: “I Will Always Love You” was originally written and also recorded by Dolly Parton, equal arbiter of The White Stripes’ magnanimous “Jolene” version, in which Jack White pleads “Jolene / I’m beggin’ of you / Please don’t take my man”. To be honest, to this day, […]