I have just discovered The White Stripes and I gotta say their album Icky Thump made a good first impression and it keeps growing on me. Love the humor and energy, love the styles, love the way Jack and Meg White have dug up some old musical “rags and bones” and made them into something… Read more »
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Review: The Mother Hips
The latest Mother Hips album, Kiss The Crystal Flake, is so good I can hardly stop listening to it. It’s rousing and swoon-inducing by turns (especially if you close your eyes and visualize demi-god Tim Bluhm ;-) I’m in danger of overdosing on the ballad “Let Somebody.” I always did have a sweet tooth. The… Read more »
Review: Lucinda Williams
I am very sorry to say I’m disappointed by Lucinda Williams’ newest album, West. The songs are monotonous and meaningless. I always hope to be inspired by Lucinda but this time I’m not even mildly entertained. I can’t shake the image of the songwriter, deeply depressed, sitting in a corner and banging her head against… Read more »
Frightening thought
Super G has expressed his love of prog rock, along with the belief that most new music sucks. While I suspect he was at least exaggerating for the sake of stirring up some discussion, it did inspire this frightening question that I am asking myself: What if in thirty years, all the music that I… Read more »
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