Ben W. | March 26, 2009
As reported in the first of this series — My Favorite Albums Of 2009 (1) — the first two months of this year gave us precious little in the way of exciting music.
That music critics around the world felt compelled to heap pounds of praise on middling works by Bruce Spingsteen and Antony & The [...]
Ben W. | March 25, 2009
When last we checked in on Morrissey, the international man of misery was actually happy. Downright giddy even. He was living it up in Rome with the love of his life, singing about “explosive kegs between my legs.”
But three years on since the Ringleader Of The Tormentors album, the Roman holiday has gone awry. No [...]
Ben W. | March 15, 2009
Monday is for items of interest. It’s Monday. So here are your items of interest.
DARK NIGHTS/HAPPY DAY
I know this is like the 56th Super Furry Animals post in this blog’s 14-minute history, but I can’t help this one — this one is big. Big!
Our favorite furry friends from Wales have a new album. Today. That’s [...]
Ben W. | March 13, 2009
Fridays are for mixtapes. I’ve just decided this. But now it’s fact.
Five songs every week that are new and very good for our loyal readers to check out and, hopefully, enjoy.
I’m gonna try to make these downloadable mp3s soon. But right now I don’t know how to do that. So this is what you get [...]
Ben W. | March 13, 2009
Believe it or not, we’re already 10 weeks into 2009.
So that means it’s time to start organizing the first Best of 2009 lists of the year.
Unfortunately, I have yet to hear an album that I really, really like from this year.
There’s been a couple of good ones. But certainly nothing close to great.
But no matter. [...]
Ben W. | March 1, 2009
Monday is for items of interest. It’s Monday. So here are your items of interest.
BABY C’MON
A week after giving us a top 10 Smiths song list, Paste Magazine delivers again. This time it’s a compilation of the best appearances by babies on album covers.
Fun stuff, but I fear they made an egregious omission (see left).
The [...]
A borderline psychotic explosion of opinion.
