Jul 07 2009
Ever go back through lyrics of songs you haven’t listened to for a while? Just had a listen to an ‘old’ fave from the 90s – Break the Static by Snapcase(iTunes Link). Never really paid much attention to the lyrics since the music really kicks you in the junk. Pretty much sums up my philosophy [...]
May 06 2008
Just downloaded the latest Nine Inch Nails album – “The Slip.” Really good stuff and it ventures into new territory on the commerce of music front – it’s absolutely free. A treat for fans, like me, who have been rabidly consuming Trent Reznor’s music since the late 1980s. A nice way of a successful artist [...]
Dec 30 2007
each year i try to put together a list of my favorite albums, here goes: these are in no particular order, each with a link to the iTunes music store – Josh Ritter – The Animal Years – Brilliant songwriting, clever musicianship, beginning to end a fantastic album of rootsy and blues influenced folk music. [...]
Jul 25 2007
okay, smashing pumpkins – zeitgeist totally rocks! i’m a smashing pumpkins fan from the very beginning (i know that everyone says it but…). i’ll go out on a big limb here but ‘tarantula’ is the rock song the music industry needed, a big stiff kick in the balls, frankly as hard as music fans could [...]
May 10 2007
the new interpol single kicks ass – the heinrich maneuvre, not to be confused with the often laughed about joke – the hindlick maneuvre. they keep churning out catchy tunes, i especially liked the last album, the new album is surely going to be another alt-classic. they mix enough pop, 80s and 90s alternative and [...]