And I mean it’s stupid ordering these things, it’s not like I like one facet better than the others: what this album is to me is a masterpiece (pigeonholed in the pitchfork review of Escape from Evil as “experimental,” as if that’s a bad thing) by a bona fide electronica band that can likewise, at … Read more“Dolby’s My-10-Favorite-Things-about-the-Lower-Dens-Song-‘Lion in Winter, Pt. 2′”
* Anybody who’s ever ridden back from the beach in Michigan at 7:30 on a 75 degree July evening will understand this mix. (Sorry, we just had like a week of 70-degree temps in the Midwest, got the itch.) .. 1 Pink Floyd – “Take it Back” 2 Pixies – “Here Comes Your Man” 3 … Read more“Beach Rock”
I find it odd how here in 2016 amidst not only a litany of major star deaths but an almost equally upsetting processional of false “genre” death professions, we really have a richer music genus in America than we ever have. We’re not all operating under computer bit paradigms listening to nothing but techno, or … Read more“Dolby’s Top 20 Albums of 2016.”
No matter what your ethnicity is, we can all look forward to a couple of days off around the end of this month, having some drinks, sharing some laughs, and probably loosening the ol’ belt a notch or two. I’d originally planned on boycotting Christmas entirely because of my association of it with corporate America … Read more“Dolby’s Holiday Wish List”
So here we are. “In a big country.” We know something’s wrong, because all the buildings are closed down and boarded up, and all we see on TV are flashiness and pretty people laughing. Is music really going to solve anything, at this point? It’s certainly a valid question. I mean, it’s just sound waves … Read more“Dolby’s Top 10 Production Jobs of All Time”
Because as we all know, what’s a hipster’s favorite cheap, easy way to sound cultivated and superior? Profess a dislike for Led Zeppelin. Ooh, hipster, you got me good. But not good enough. Ok. Let’s just operate, for some odd reason, under the premise that it actually matters what music you’re listening to, that music … Read more“Dolby’s Top 25 Led Zeppelin Songs”
Eat sh**, fu**in’ metalhead. Punk lives. 2016. Punk lives in 2016. We’re gonna bong some beers, and when we run outta beers, we’re gonna sniff some nitrous, and when we run outta nitrous, god da**it we’re gonna break into our little brother’s stash of Elmer’s glue… anything, anything to make us forget that Donald Trump … Read more“Bratty Punk Mix 2016”
Brrr!!! Gettin’ toward that blustery part of the year again, time to fire up the VCR. Er, DVD player. Er, Blu-Ray. Er, Smart Phone. Er, manufactured back of a dragonfly’s exoskeleton, depicting pristine, panoramic quality. Gather ‘round and cozy up, and don’t laugh too hard (hey, it ain’t freakin’ Jerky Boys). .. 25 Face/Off This … Read more“Dolby’s Top 25 Movies of All Time”
Pat Benatar – “Heartbreaker” Apparently they were serving coke in the school cafeteria where Pat Benatar went to high school, and not the kind you drink — sort of like listening to a screeching weasel with no sense of climax. Big Sean – “I Don’t Fu** with You” feat. E-40 E-40? Are you in there? … Read more“Dolby’s 10 Worst Songs of All Time”