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Album review: Radiohead – “The King of Limbs”
We can always count on Radiohead to change the game from album to album. Because of this I feel that their latest album, “The King of Limbs”, deserves something beyond the usual track by track review. Everything that Radiohead does, … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, music, news, reviews, thoughts, writing
Tagged 2011, albums, in depth, jonny greenwood, king of limbs, phil selway, radiohead, thom yorke, thoughts, vinyl, writing
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Album review: Yuck – “Yuck”
Finally, after all the hype of indie culture coming to the mainstream, with Arcade Fire winning the Album of the Year Grammy and every band everywhere looking for a unique sound, we get an album that gives us exactly what … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, groovemine, music, reviews
Tagged 120 minutes, british, indie, mtv, rock, sebadoh, shoegaze, sloan, sonic youth, thrush hermit, yuck
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Album review: Queens of the Stone Age – “Queens of the Stone Age” (re-issue)
Re-issues are a touchy subject to some. Who decides whether or not an album is deserving of a 2nd look? Does an album have to be a runaway hit and become hard to find in order for it to be … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, groovemine, music, reviews
Tagged desert, heavy, josh homme, kyuss, queens of the stone age, review, rock
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Album review: The Two Koreas – “Science Island”
Sometimes a straight forward rock album is exactly what the doctor ordered. Noisy, sloppy, balls to the wall rock has the power to erase any traces of trend-mongering buzzbands that exist only to grab a quick piece of the action. … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, groovemine, music, reviews
Tagged canadian, garage, groovemine, music, review, rock, science island, toronto, two koreas
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Album review: Colin Stetson – “New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges”
Colin Stetson is a saxophonist that is clearly out of his mind. Sax players, in my experience, are a divided lot. They usually either stay on the side of jazz or classical and never the twain shall meet. More accurately, … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, contemporary classical, groovemine, jazz, music, reviews
Tagged 2011, albusm, amazing, classical, colin stetson, composition, contemporary, groovemine, jazz, music, reviews, saxophone, virtuosic
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Album review: Chikita Violenta – “Tre3s”
Chikita Violenta is a Mexican indie rock band that is trying to make waves in a very crowded scene right now. They have the sound and the songs and, mostly, the production backing them up. Unfortunately they are about 6 … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, music, reviews
Tagged arena rock, arts and crafts, bss, chikita violenta, indie, mexican indie, music, rock
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Album review: Deerhoof – “Deerhoof vs. Evil”
Deerhoof, the ultra-quirky indie math rock/pop/irony heavy band is back with an album cheekily titled “Deerhoof Vs. Evil”. To me Deerhoof is a band that I am constantly curious about. They seem to be combining things that one wouldn’t necessarily … Continue reading
Album review: Sonic Youth – “SYR 9: Simon Werner a Disparu”
I should start this post with a full disclosure: I am just about the biggest fan of Sonic Youth that there can be. This is not to say that I instantly love everything that they do. Even I can admit … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, music, reviews
Tagged instrumental, kim gordon, lee ranaldo, matador, music, rock, sonic youth, soundtrack, steve shelley, SYR 9, Thurston Moore
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Album review: The Insane Warrior – “We Are the Doorways”
Music has the ability to take on a character of its own and often the musicians that are creating it feel that they are a different person while in the studio. This much is quite true for hip-hop producer RJD2 … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, groovemine, music, reviews
Tagged 2011, album, fusion, groovemine, insane warrior, instrumental, jazz, retro, rjd2, virtuosic, we are the doorways
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