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TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #10: SEMI PRECIOUS WEAPONS – AVIATION…
This year put an end to a long wait to hearing new music from what has been one of my favorite “best kept secret” bands, Semi Precious Weapons. In 2007, this band released one of my favorite albums of the entire decade, We Love You. With only one album between then and now, it was […]
TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #21: YOUNG THE GIANT – MIND OVER MATTER…
An album that stayed with me consistently throughout this year was the sophomore release by Young The Giant, Mind Over Matter. With this album, the band showed they had many more tricks up their sleeves beyond their hit “Cough Syrup” from their self-titled debut. Songs like “Crystallized” and “Mind Over Matter” with their lush harmonies […]
REVIEW: SEMI PRECIOUS WEAPONS – AVIATION…
In the four years that have passed since the glam-glitter-trashy-fabulousness of You Love You, Semi Precious Weapons has gone through quite a metamorphosis. Anyone who has followed the band a while would know that change is definitely a constant. From the haunting torch ballads of frontman Justin Tranter’s two solo albums to the first couple […]
REVIEW: YOUNG THE GIANT – MIND OVER MATTER…
On their second full-length album, Young the Giant really tries to branch out. While their self-titled debut felt like it was carving out a certain sound, pace and guitar feel, Mind Over Matter attempts to shatter this mold. It kind of wants to be everything at once. And more often than not, it succeeds. “Slow […]
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 – #14: DEPECHE MODE – DELTA MACHINE…
One of this year’s best came from electronic pop and rock alumni Depeche Mode. These guys have always had their own niche carved out that inspired others but was never quite duplicated. Their latest album from earlier this year Delta Machine is testament to this. It stays on the darker soul-searching side of their music […]
The Year In *PRINCE* 2013: The Complete Singles Guide – including new controversial track “Da Bourgeoisie”
It has been a *very* exciting and fruitful year for Prince fans. Within the course of a year he has gone from his famous quote “the internet is dead” to quickly learning exactly why the internet is not dead and how he can use it to his advantage. With Prince having one of the biggest […]
REVIEW: DEPECHE MODE – DELTA MACHINE…
Depeche Mode has done a great job in the past decade carving out a nice little place in pop music that nobody else can quite fill. They’ve gone from a quirky charm in the 80s with songs like “Just Can’t Get Enough” to brooding gothic pop of “Personal Jesus”, “Walking In My Shoes”, and at […]
FREE MUSIC: NINE INCH NAILS – [AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE] (THE “FINAL” 2009 CONCERT)…
Today a Nine Inch Nails fan website called “a tiny little dot” has announced that a professionally produced document of what was to be the final Nine Inch Nails show in 2009 titled [After All Is Said and Done] has now been completed. It is available for free download in many audio and video formats […]
REVIEW: PRINCE – THE 3RD EYE GIRL SAGA (NEW MUSIC!)…
Prince fans have had a lot to be excited about in the past few weeks. The Purple Wonder’s stance “the internet is dead” has obviously changed, and one by one a stream of single releases are being sold virtually unannounced through a site called 3rdeyegirl.com. So here’s the background story. The first peeps we heard […]
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