Apr 12
Jack White – Fear of the Dawn By Michael Bamarni | Top tracks: That Was Then, This is Now, Shedding My Velvet, & What’s The Trick? The former White Stripe has created one of the best albums of his incredible two decade + career with the heavy and experimental, Fear of the Dawn. Jack White doesn’t …
Apr 11
Buy – James Chance and The Contortions By Tyler Mandell | Top Tracks: Contort Yourself, I Don’t Want to Be Happy, Throw Me Away, Incorrigible (Bonus Track) Part of the fun of being a music geek is discovering weird unfamiliar terms and genres to describe music you like. Do you have a thing for …
Mar 24
David Byrne Self Titled By: Tyler Mandell | Top Tracks: Angels, Back in the Box & Sad Song David Byrne’s solo career after Talking Heads had a lot of uncertainty for a while, with each album seeming to change drastically in terms of direction, style, genre, and songwriting. While I’ll be analyzing his 1994 self-titled …
Mar 21
Beach House – Once Twice Melody By Michael Bamarni | Top Tracks: Superstar, ESP, & Hurts To Love Beach House have always been a band I couldn’t get into. For one, their music is by no means energetic or catchy in the traditional sense, and two, they tend to stick a bit too much to a …
Mar 08
Harry Styles – Fine Line By Tyler Mandell | Top Tracks: Adore You, She, Sunflower Vol. 6 I have a fascination with contemporary musicians who build a lot of their career around tributes and throwbacks, with one of the most popular examples right now being former boy-bander Harry Styles of One Direction fame. At this …
Mar 07
Riot and the All-Encompassing-Humanity of Earl Sweatshirt By Matthewos Mesfin There seems to be a false notion that assumes that innovation in music occurs because after a while audiences get tired of industry pushing the same repackaged content. This is not true. Nothing gets the masses going like familiarity. Look back at all the times …
Feb 28
Monster Movie – Can By Tyler Mandell | Top Tracks: Father Cannot Yell & Outside My Door It’s hard to think of a more influential band that hasn’t gotten their fair dues than Can. They were one of the forerunners of the late 60s-early 70s German experimental rock scene which led to the development of …
Feb 07
Loaded – The Velvet Underground By Tyler Mandell | Top tracks: Who Loves the Sun, Sweet Jane, Rock & Roll “Loaded,” the final album by legendary art-rock band The Velvet Underground had that title because the record was to be “loaded” with hits. This would come across as insane to anyone who had listened to …
Jan 31
I, Jonathan – Jonathan Richman By Tyler Mandell | Top Tracks: That Summer Feeling, I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar, Velvet Underground It can be difficult to talk about one of your favorite albums because it can be hard to distinguish between something that’s objectively good and someone that just appeals to your personal …
Nov 30
Naked – Talking Heads By Tyler Mandell | Top Tracks: Bill, Sax and Violins, and Blind Talking Heads’ Naked was intended somewhat as a “return to form” album for the group, attempting to bring the band’s music and dynamic back to its artsier, more experimental roots by making music through jam sessions. After their …
