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REVIEW: MARILYN MANSON – THE PALE EMPEROR…
Mr. Manson has returned with a ferociousness on his new album The Pale Emperor, following a hot streak and return to glory started with his last album, Born Villain. This time around he has new company. In fact, the band now only consists of Manson and two other people – both newcomers. First is multi-instrumentalist […]
TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #5: PHARRELL WILLIAMS – G I R L…
Pharrell was certainly everywhere this year wasn’t he? From the unexplained monstrous success of his little tune called “Happy”, to being just about everywhere on TV, producing some great songs by Ed Sheeran and Paloma Faith, and staying busy as ever. But in there he finally released a solo album worthy of the weight his […]
TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #9: PIXIES – INDIE CINDY…
After a 20+ year wait, the Pixies came stomping back this year with a brand new album. Even though founding member Kim Deal is missing this time around, the band rock as loud and as crazy as ever. Songs like “Blue Eyed Hexe”, “Bagboy” and “Another Toe In The Ocean” haven’t left my playlists all […]
TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #18: FOSTER THE PEOPLE – SUPERMODEL…
This year Foster The People released their second album, Supermodel, which was in some ways a complete left turn from their near-perfect debut Torches. Instead of electronically driven pop hooks and catchy layered harmonies, this album contains… well it still contains layered harmonies, but not as catchy this time. Instead, Mark Foster looks inward and […]
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: PIXIES – INDIE CINDY…
To the uninitiated, Pixies was one of those one of a kind bands that, while they didn’t have mainstream success at first, seems to influence just about every important alternative rock band in their wake when they split up in 1993. About a decade later, the band decided to reunite and tour. Frontman Black Francis […]
REVIEW: PHARRELL WILLIAMS – G I R L…
Pharrell Williams has finally delivered *that* album. Last year Pharrell was part of two of the summer’s biggest hits, Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” and Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky”. With his second official album, G I R L (yes, it’s spaced that way), Pharrell delivers on the promise that all of his production work over the […]
REVIEW: FOSTER THE PEOPLE – SUPERMODEL…
Foster The People’s second album Supermodel is a rather challenging one. According to frontman and writer Mark Foster, his mindset changed after being on the road for two years supporting Torches. Then he traveled to other countries such as India to clear his head. The musical tones on Supermodel definitely show this, as there is […]
THE CARS – *HEARTBEAT CITY* TURNS 30! (A “Looking Back” Review)…
In 1984 The Cars were everywhere. My earliest memories of watching MTV for the first time in the summer of that year includes two images: Ric Ocasek buzzing around as an animated fly (“You Might Think”) and Ric walking on water across a pool as others chasing him fell in (“Magic”). That was my first […]
PRINCE TAKES OVER THE ARSENIO HALL SHOW!
Now I have to be completely honest. I was excited to see Arsenio Hall come back to late night TV. The summer of 1991 when I first started watching and at the time I was heavily entrenched in that time frame’s R&B music and especially hip-hop, which has some of its finest moments and artists […]
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