I’m writing this pretty soon after having a black gentleman angry-react to me making a Facebook comment about Bronny James’ collegiate appearance being poised to be a “cameo” one. Now, as most people would know, the reason why the son of Lebron James would exit college early would be to play professional ball in the … Read more“Inquiring as to Whether Eminem Wrote Royce da 5’9’’’s Verses in ‘Bad Meets Evil’”
So Metallica can get up and ROCK. Nobody would deny that. They can do anything any other band can do, pretty much, and in that way, they’re “good,” I suppose. But that’s also kind of the problem, in itself — there’s no sense of them forging their own musical direction. Like in ’92, after Nirvana … Read more“Random Metal Mini-Spiel”
I have to admit, before I start my little inquiry here, that there is a certain charm about those bands whose Spotify catalogues features SOLELY studio albums — no live albums, no best-of, no re-releases. It’s probably even a bit odder that The Strokes are one of these parties. With Deerhunter, you get a bizarre, … Read more“Pontificating on Why Deerhunter Has Never Released a Live Album”
Score: 8.5/10 I’d totally gone to the Guided by Voices Spotify page to listen to Alien Lanes and noticed they had another new album out. So they put out a new album approximately one time per instance in which I want to listen to them, which oddly kind of makes sense, in a way. Anyway, … Read more“DD Review: Guided by Voices – La La Land.”
Deerhunter’s last full album, Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?, hit us in 2019, the same year as “Timebends,” a 12-minute single released later that year. Anyway, the obvious answer to this question posed in the aforementioned album would be, “Because you’re supposed to adopt a 1970s-inspired prog rock persona and actually jam out with your … Read more“Deerhunter’s ‘Timebends’ is a Hidden Gem amid Their Catalogue”
I have to admit, when I saw that there was a Cypress Hill album produced by Detroit rapper/beat-master Black Milk, I was very psyched. Cypress Hill has been probably one of my five favorite rap groups from the ’90s, along with Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Bone, Wu-Tang and the Beastie Boys, for their reckless … Read more“It’s Time to Start Respecting Black Milk as an Elite Hip-Hop Producer”
10 Can Kicker – “Disassociate Now” The UK’s Can Kicker belt out intense, crisp grunge rock, in the old school vein of the punk-mindeds like The U-Men and Mudhoney, with tight grooves underlying the stylishly nihilistic vocals of the singer who just goes by the name “Luke.” ST LP will call to mind Iceage’s authoritative … Read more“Dolby’s Top 10 Tracks Jan. – Mar. 2023”
Very few things are more nauseating in music discussions to me than these fetal claims that Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) is the only good Wu-Tang album or that it somehow single-handedly negates the importance of all their other work. This is a legendary group, world renowned and respected (even on the Big L album, … Read more“My Harebrained Attempt to Defeat 36 Chambers Favoritism in One Blog Post”
After a 12-year break from album releases, indie rock giants The Dismemberment Plan returned in 2013 with Uncanney Valley, a largely acoustic collection of light-hearted, lyrically-minded rock songs. I think I burned the CD from the library or something along those lines and found the LP infinitely rewarding — solid and energetic all the way … Read more“Uncanney Valley Would Be the First Dismemberment Plan Vinyl I’d Get”