Monthly Archives: December 2007 »
Robert Wyatt Continues an Enduring Legacy
First off, I hope everyone’s holidays treated them well. I took a break from the site for a week and I come back feeling relatively relaxed. After that arduous (though heavily rewarding) “Best Albums
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The Best Albums of 2007
by Mike Mineo Albums #01 to #10 Albums #11 to #20 Albums #21 to #30 Albums #31 to #40 Albums #41 to #
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Best Albums of 2007: #10 to #01
———————————————————————————————– 10. B.C. Camplight – Blink of a Nihilist Musicians who have struggled with past mental illness are often tagged with a very undeserving label. Foolish critics shout names like Brian Wilson and Syd
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Best Albums of 2007: #20 to #11
———————————————————————————————– 20. The Field – From Here We Go Sublime With the excess of charming indie-pop generating from his native Sweden, Axel Willner likely took a slight risk in choosing the stylistic vein of
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Best Albums of 2007: #30 to #21
———————————————————————————————– 30. Richard Hawley – Lady’s Bridge As a longtime (and near obsessive) fan of Pulp, I suppose it is only natural that I admire Richard Hawley’s songwriting prowess with great veneration. Though many
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Best Albums of 2007: #40 to #31
———————————————————————————————– 40. Mono in VCF – Mono in VCF Various bands often attempt to sound “outdated” for stylistic effect. In most cases, when such a method is attempted, there is a thin line between
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Best Albums of 2007: #50 to #41
Oh, here we are again. I hope you were looking forward to this as much as I was. 2007 was a great year in music and, just like last year, I have rediscovered a
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Steve Aoki’s Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles
If you live in Los Angeles, attend parties every weekend (or weekday), and love to dance (or just listen to it), then the name Steve Aoki probably sounds more familiar than George W. Bush.
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British Sea Power Likes Rock Music
The “sophomore slump” is a term that has been applied a countless number of times for musicians, with indie-rock artists arguably being in that recent undesirable majority. It often proves difficult to attempt to
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Mike Ladd Turns on the Nostalgialator
In terms of self-coined genres, the result is often either overbearingly descriptive or shockingly accurate with no wavering point, especially when “Afro-” is the preceding article to a genre that is considered somewhat conventional
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A Beach House Getaway
Like many of those who immediately latched onto Beach House‘s fantastic self-titled debut last year, I kept my admiration for the release no secret. It was an atmospherically beauteous album, flawlessly transcribing humane emotions
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18 & Under: John Kappas
It is a beautiful thing to dwell in an industry where talent knows no age. When it comes to music, it is notably difficult to deny a true child prodigy, whether his expertise lies
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The Depreciation Guild Revives the Famicom for Free
Super Nintendo and shoegaze. Many of those who are legally considered adults at this point will find those two words to be synonymous with the late ’80s, even if both were too separable to
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