Tag Archives: 2013
REVIEW: A GREAT BIG WORLD – IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?…
In this day when every type of music has to have a category, A Great Big World’s debut Is There Anybody Out There? isn’t the easiest to classify. The band consists of two singer-songwriters Ian Axel and Chad Vaccarino that met while at NYU. They don’t look like rock stars, but they are far too […]
FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT: ARCADE FIRE – LIVE AT CAPITOL STUDIOS 10/29/13…
Tonight’s concert pick is a recent one. Arcade Fire performed a special show outside Capitol Studios to showcase a large portion of their new album Reflektor live in front of a festively costumed audience. The show was definitely a celebration! Here it is.. Arcade Fire! SETLIST: Reflektor Flashbulb Eyes Afterlife It’s Never Over (Oh Orpheus) […]
Top 25 Albums of 2013 – #1: twenty|one|pilots – VESSEL…
My number one pick of 2013 hands-down. Before this year I had never even heard of twenty|one|pilots. This is even more odd because I live in their hometown, Columbus, Ohio. Vessel goes from food for thought to primal scream therapy and hits all points in between. Bandmates Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun are fearless in […]
Top 25 Albums of 2013 – #2: JANELLE MONÁE – THE ELECTRIC LADY…
Janelle Monáe is one of the few modern examples of the true meaning of the word “artist”. The Electric Lady is her second major album, and contains the 4th and 5th “suites” of her ongoing Metropolis saga. Like the 1930s movie of the same name, the story explores a future where there is a frightening divide […]
Top 25 Albums of 2013 – #3: LORDE – PURE HEROINE…
There’s a saying that goes “when a man screams, you must learn to whisper”. That saying pretty much sums up the success of New Zealand newcomer Lorde’s surprise smash of the year “Royals”. In the middle of many songs that are produced as loud and pushed to the max as possible, songs about partying til […]
Top 25 Albums of 2013 – #4: TEGAN AND SARA – HEARTTHROB…
Here’s one I didn’t see coming. As I stated in my original review, I only knew of a couple of Tegan and Sara songs before this year. For Heartthrob, the girls decided to try on a pop sheen and see what that could do for their already great songwriting. Much to many hipsters’ dismay, their […]
Top 25 Albums of 2013 – #5: DAFT PUNK – RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES…
Daft Punk’s return after a long absence was hyped up as possibly the musical event of the year. While they might have been overshooting by just a tad, they did work their way into the mainstream this year while making an album nothing like what people expected. The guys stretch out here melding their classic […]
Top 25 Albums of 2013 – #6: FRANZ FERDINAND – RIGHT THOUGHTS, RIGHT WORDS, RIGHT ACTION…
Franz Ferdinand’s first album in 4 years is everything I could want in a Franz album. It has the high energy guitar licks, the quirky and instantly catchy choruses, witty lyrics and a type of nerdy funk that this band does right. Like with the band’s past albums, all of which I love, they have […]
Top 25 Albums of 2013 – #7: PRINCE – THE 2013 COLLECTION (A CD-R OF HIS BEST 2013 SINGLE RELEASES)…
Yes, this is kind of cheating. I don’t care. It’s my list. I have had two different configurations of songs burned to CD-R this year, both arranged for most effective playback funkiness. My most current configuration is called “The 2013 Collection”. Coupled with a cover photo culled from a fashion magazine that had Prince with […]
Top 25 Albums of 2013 – #8: GROUPLOVE – SPREADING RUMOURS…
After L.A. band Grouplove released one of my favorite albums so far this decade, Never Trust a Happy Song, I had really high expectations for their followup. Grouplove’s formation was a strange one. Vocalist Christian Zucconi met Hannah Hooper in Manhattan, Hannah invited Christian to an artists’ retreat in Greece, and the members met there […]
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