I was turned onto an article by the AV Club referring to something called the five-album test. It's actually an old music cliche that was originally coined by Sting decades ago. I guess some writer thought he could pass it off as his own, hoping his audience wouldn't know about or have forgotten a 30-year-old theory. Basically the five-album test proves true greatness. It basically poses the
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
The Unknown: Coldplay - A&B
Posted on 21:41 by Unknown
I was turned onto an article by the AV Club referring to something called the five-album test. It's actually an old music cliche that was originally coined by Sting decades ago. I guess some writer thought he could pass it off as his own, hoping his audience wouldn't know about or have forgotten a 30-year-old theory. Basically the five-album test proves true greatness. It basically poses the
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
The Unknown: She & Him - Volume II and 1/2
Posted on 17:51 by Unknown
Recently Zooey put up some videos of herself singing covers of Patsy Cline and other various traditional songs by herself to a webcam...although one featured a cameo by Parks & Rec's Jean Ralphio, check them out here and here. How many singers could do this? Could Lady Gaga in her undershirt, lack of make-up and a guest spot by a supporting cast from Community not only generate some viral buzz
Monday, 24 October 2011
The 11 Best Songs By My Brightest Diamond
Posted on 21:39 by Unknown
My Brightest Diamond fans always seem to look exactly the same. They're usually all woman. They're tall but not tall enough to play basketball. Skinny. They like wearing felt trench coats and scarfs even when it's still rather warm out. They usually have black hair or black hair with a red streak down the side. And they always wear that stupid little hat that is a cross between a beret and
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
The 11 Best Songs By Puscifer
Posted on 20:58 by Unknown
Someone sent me a review of the newest Jane's Addiction album from the Onion's AV club. They slammed it. They gave it an F. Now, after giving the album a few listens I can verify it's not their greatest effort but it's no F quality. Here was my problem with the review. It sounded like the reviewer listened to the album already expecting to hate it. So then, he looked for things to hate
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
The 11 Best Songs By M83
Posted on 21:16 by Unknown
M83 ran into an interesting hurdle with their new epic double-album masterpiece. It leaked. Now, most albums leak these days. There's actually websites out there that keep track of the very instant an album leaks and links to them. When the Jay-Z/Kanye West collaboration didn't leak...that was huge news! But not only did M83's new album leak...it leaked two months early. A week or two
Monday, 17 October 2011
The 11 Best Songs By Jane's Addiction
Posted on 22:38 by Unknown
One of my friends in college, praised Jane's Addiction as the greatest rock band of all time. He said there has never been a band like them and there will never be another like them. When Jane's Addiction broke up in 1992, he said he would never see the band reunite or buy another album if they got back together. To him, Jane's would always be that eclectic spirit that was frozen in time
Friday, 14 October 2011
Free Music Friday: Tokyo Police Club - The Polaroid Album
Posted on 17:35 by Unknown
I know this is a few weeks old but that doesn't change how much fun the music is. As a promotion for Polaroid, Tokyo Police Club covered 10 songs from the past decade. They covered one pivotal song from each year. And the choices are all over the place from the alternative smash hit The Sweetness by Jimmy Eat World to the indie darling Kim & Jessie by M83 to the tween pop smash hit Party in
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
The 11 Best Ryan Adams Solo
Posted on 23:04 by Unknown
Doing any sort of list for Ryan Adams is a complicated mess. The guy has so many different albums it's hard to compile them in any sort of comprehensive list. There's the music he made with the Cardinals, his dozens of B-sides, his unreleased albums and bootleg albums. Since I've done Cardinals albums and posted many unreleased tracks...I thought I'd go back to his solo work since this is the
Monday, 10 October 2011
The 11 Best Radiohead B-Sides
Posted on 23:40 by Unknown
I can't believe the Detroit Lions are 5-0. For too long, they've been the dirt that everyone complained about at the bottom of the NFL barrel. They were always the fodder on the schedule that gave good teams an extra win to pad their schedule. B-sides are kind of like the Detroit Lions of sports. While you always hope for them to be great, you never really expect them to be any good. But on
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
The 11 Best Songs By Feist
Posted on 18:44 by Unknown
At first I wasn't going to do a Feist post today with the new of Steve Jobs passing. But then, considering how Feist's career is so closely tied to the success of one of Jobs' marketing campaigns, I found it's actually rather fitting. I have always been a PC guy. I've never liked working on Macs despite being pressed into using them by all my apple friends. I have an ipod and appletv...so
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
The 11 Best Songs By DJ Shadow
Posted on 23:10 by Unknown
There's a new trend going around with rock stars creating their own wines. I think the Grateful Dead might have the been the first out of pure novelty. But Tool's Maynard really took it to the next level by quitting the band to focus on his grapevines full time in the Arizona desert. Once Maynard did it...and did it well, it opened the floodgates. Primus' Les Claypool has his own wine. Kiss
Monday, 3 October 2011
The 11 Best Songs By blink-182
Posted on 23:11 by Unknown
With the list of nominees up for this year's Rock N Roll Hall of Fame Induction, the irresistible question about a possible Guns N Roses reunion has already sprung up. I've talked about the GNR reunion in the past and although I was a huge fan of the original band...I'm not one who is expecting a reunion. People just want a reunion because it's nostalgic of the band they grew up with. But a
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