Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Everything’s easy when you never have to choose.” Four months and hundreds of remixes later, the day has finally come when I can listen to Manners again and actually enjoy it. In terms of modern song writers Lykke Li is my muse but Michael isn’t too far off. The introspect, love and energy he captures [...]
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
I’ve been listening to a lot of ’60′s French Pop and ran into this amazing song about one of the worlds most common creatures – the flip flopper. While a serious topic indeed this song makes light of the consistently inconsistent nature of some people and I couldn’t agree more with that approach. Recently I’ve [...]
How important is a producer to an artist? Well, the Michael Jackson sound we all love wouldn’t really exist without Quincy Jones. The psychedelic pop genius of Oracle Spectacular wouldn’t be nearly as adventurous without the vision and direction of producer Dave Fridmann. Would there even be Snoop Dogg without Dr. Dre? M.I.A. without Diplo? I [...]
I’ve listened to a lot of music in my day but when it’s all said and done I still come back to Michael Jackson’s Thriller as my favorite album of all time. The reasons are endless but it’s mainly because of the vibe and energy Quincy Jones was able to capture in those records. The [...]
Thursday, November 5, 2009
By now I’m sure most of you have heard about the new Julian Casablancas album Phrazes For The Young, and if you’ve heard the whole thing I’m curious to know what you think about it. I posted 11th Dimension and we all know how great that song is but I can’t say the rest of [...]
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
And you can stand right there if you want, but I’m going on… You know Crazy was such a monstrous hit that it’s hard to say Cee-Lo is overlooked or underappreciated as a writer but he really is. There are some good writers out there but not many have the insight and soul that he does. [...]
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Holy shit it’s November and I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is another year has nearly passed and you feel like you haven’t done crap with you life – lame. The good news is that Steph Lund has been kind enough to provide you with some new inspiring music [...]
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