It surprised me immensely, as, I imagine it would a lot of people, to learn that Nirvana did not win “Best New Artist” at the 1992 Grammys [1]. It was “the dude who wrote ‘Walking in Memphis,’” as a lot of people might have referred to him, the epitome of one-hit-wonder, Cleveland-born and New-York-based Marc […]
It seems that, for So Cal alt-pop star Beck, there were strong trade winds blowing him home following his “sea change” [1]. 2005 brought Guero, an immediately more auspicious development from the unconscionably down and somber Sea Change. The lead single was called “Girl”; and, over cheery chords and a funky, delicious beat from The […]
I’m sorry, Miss Swift, for your astronomical ebb in level of attractiveness. Certainly, it’s hard to believe you’re the same person who once sang, with the utmost confidence and vitriolic fervor, “We are never ever ever / Getting baaaack togetherrrrrr!” (Of course, it’s equally hard to believe you’d completely abandon country music, your initial meal […]
The purpose of this post is to spotlight Eve 6 lead singer Max Collins and the unique contributions he’s made to the alternative rock world. True, in general, Eve 6 is very well received, by the listening public, if not necessarily the critics, and “Inside out” is pretty much everyone but the Scrooge’s favorite song. […]
The message came in from the White House, which, of course, had fully begun living up to Frank Zappa’s label of “The entertainment sector of the military-industrial complex.” Funding was being cut to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the non-profit assigned with funding PBS and NPR. The budget cuts, which came by of a mid-fiscal-year […]
It seems like “Saints” was just doomed from the start, more or less. On one hand, it’s almost impossible to imagine the ruling male radio industry gentry allowing a girl band to skyrocket into the stratosphere of pop stardom the way Nirvana and the Pumpkins did. “Saints” is a good enough song to get that […]
I’m actually not going to analyze “Crazy”; the chart-topping 2006 radio hit from Gnarls Barkley, on a musical level, in this post. If I were, gee, that would be a challenge, since it’s not every day you come across a song that lacks even a single phrasing unorthodoxy or solitary creative flare, in terms of […]