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ROGER WATERS – IS THIS THE LIFE WE REALLY WANT?: The RWOM REVIEW…
I had long ago accepted that we would likely never get a new album from Roger Waters. His last album, Amused To Death was released way back in 1991. I wasn’t even more than passively interested in Pink Floyd at that point. My obsession with everything Pink Floyd related developed during my high school years. […]
PRINCE – HITnRUN PHASE ONE: THE RWOM REVIEW…
Less than a year after Prince’s successful double dose of Art Official Age and PLECTRUMELECTRUM, he announced that he had a new album ready. However, as typical of Prince, this wasn’t without some controversy. This summer Prince yanked all of his music, with the exception of a few stray compilation tracks, off of Spotify, which […]
REVIEW: DEAD SARA – PLEASURE TO MEET YOU…
With their self-titled debut album, Dead Sara made a believer out of me. A believer that the the true fire of rock and roll is very much alive. From the sounds of their newest album Pleasure To Meet You., they were just getting warmed up. This album may have as well been named Dead Sara […]
REVIEW: MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS – FROOT…
Marina Diamandis, or Marina and the Diamonds as she is professionally known, most likely for those that can’t spell, is back with her third album, FROOT. Last time around, with her concept album Electra Heart, Marina took on the persona of a pop princess superstar, singing songs that highlight both the facade and the reality […]
REVIEW: IMAGINE DRAGONS – SMOKE + MIRRORS…
The sophomore album – that event that spells out make or break for an artist. Imagine Dragons has now reached that second album, following 2012’s blockbuster Night Visions, an album that kept rock music in the pop charts when few others could. Of course having crossover success brings harsh criticism. It brings a whole new […]
REVIEW: D’ANGELO AND THE VANGUARD – BLACK MESSIAH…
D’Angelo’s latest, and first new album since 2000’s Voodoo is not an easy album to review. A few listens in, I’m still trying to absorb it. The music is so varied and has so many dense layers. It recalls everything from Prince (well, at all times there’s some Prince influence – at times I think […]
REVIEW: MARY J. BLIGE – THE LONDON SESSIONS…
Last summer, Mary J. Blige put out a brand new album with very little fanfare. It was the soundtrack to the comedy Think Like A Man Too. The album was pretty decent for a Mary album, containing a few deep slow songs about relationships that seemed tailored to the film, and a couple upbeat tracks […]
TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #2: FOO FIGHTERS – SONIC HIGHWAYS…
Sonic Highways is the most ambitious project the Foo Fighters have pulled off yet. Rather than just repeat what they know, the band set out to do a documentary series about making an album in eight cities. An album fueled by the stories and interviews collected for the documentary. A documentary that ties the rich […]
TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #3: PINK FLOYD – THE ENDLESS RIVER…
I had to think long and hard about this one. Pink Floyd is a band that is way up at the top of the list in many respects for me. Yes, The Endless River is essentially a collection of outtakes from The Division Bell that have been embellished with better sounding guitar and drums, and […]
TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #12: MACY GRAY – THE WAY…
One album that really stood out from the rest this year was Macy Gray’s latest release The Way. Pop charts be damned, time after time Macy proves that the knows how to do it right. The album is full of catchy but heartfelt feelgood songs, ballads that pull at your heart strings, and above all […]
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