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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: Pepper Rabbit – “Beauregard”
Pepper Rabbit, with their most recent release, “Beauregard”, have produced a stripped down, folky version of ethereal dreampop with a bit of honky-tonk barstool blues added to the mix. The music has a familiar sound that is quite inviting, like … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, albums, groovemine, music, reviews
Tagged 2010, albums, arcade fire, beauregard, folk, grizzly bear, groovemine, music, pepper rabbit
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Album review: Wonder Wheel – “Brave New World”
Los Angeles’ Wonder Wheel is back with their trademarked brand of pulsating rock music that stands somewhere between a dream-like haze, drugged out reality and a hallucination. The music shimmers with retro keyboard sounds amongst the swirl of delayed guitars … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, albums, music, reviews
Tagged 2010, albums, brave new world, cure, music, neon indian, paul a rosales, review, rock, wonder wheel
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Working for a Nuclear Free City – “Jojo Burger Tempest”
Every once in a while an album comes along that can only be described as “massive”. Working for a Nuclear Free City’s double-disc “Jojo Burger Tempest” is one of those albums. Eighteen tracks that clock in at nearly an hour … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, albums, groovemine, music, reviews
Tagged 2010, albums, electronic, groovemine, jojo burger tempest, music, prog, review, WFANFC, working for a nuclear free city
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Album review: Titus Andronicus – “The Monitor”
When it comes to Titus Andronicus’ “The Monitor” there is no such thing as hyperbole. There simply isn’t a way to describe this album well enough to get across the point of how amazingly complete, perfectly executed, and complex it … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, groovemine, music, reviews
Tagged 02143, 07452, 201, 2010, albums, best of 2010, civil war, Glen Rock NJ, the monitor, titus andronicus, xl recordings
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Sonic Youth – The Eternal
Sonic Youth has been my favorite band since I first heard Dirty in the summer of 1993. I was immediately attracted to what I thought was a very much “anything goes” mentality. The music was (and remains, to a certain … Continue reading