Elbow’s Lover’s Leap: 2000s Brit Pop Pioneers Continue to Evolve and Inspire
You ever have a band you love, but then just fall off of their music? That’s my history with Elbow.Continue Reading
Category: New Music Reviews
Too busy to keep up with new music? This section is dedicated to reviews of the key new tracks out and about. This is a chance to tap into some new tracks.
Nicki Minaj’s Red Ruby da Sleeze: A Return to Monster Form
Nicki Minaj first really burst on the scene when her bars stole the track Monster from Kanye and Jay-Z onContinue Reading
Paramore’s Cover of Burning Down the House: Hayley Williams Channels her Inner Byrne
Everyone has their list of songs that should never be covered. For me that includes anything by Aretha Franklin, certainContinue Reading
Peter Gabriel’s I/O: The Core Thesis of Gabriel’s Existential Masterpiece
To call Peter Gabriel’s new concept album I/O a “record” is so far below its artistic genius it is bothContinue Reading
Op-Ed: Perhaps Billy Joel Should Have Kept the Lights Off
Dave recently gave his thoughts to Turn the Lights Back On, the first Billy Joel song since 2007. Joel has onlyContinue Reading
Billy Joel’s Turn the Lights Back On: Was it Worth the Wait?
Billy Joel has not put out an original studio track since 2017 with Christmas in Fallujah and only his secondContinue Reading
Top 50 of 2023 / #5 – 1: Pure Joy, The Devil and Being the Worst
We’re here. We have gone through the top 45 tracks of 2023 all to get to this point. There isContinue Reading
Top 50 of 2023 / #10 – 6: More Aussies, A First Timer and One Long Song Title
This section will see another Aussie artist hit the list…but not the last Aussie on the top 50. We haveContinue Reading
Top 50 of 2023 / #35 – 31: Songs About Time, Reclaiming Your Music and Some Spice
We are getting closer to the 20s and I was about to say that this is the first section withoutContinue Reading
Top 50 of 2023 / #40 – 36: More Foundational Comebacks, Made – Up Languages and Aussie Music
We are moving through the 50 and getting to some great music. We have a couple returning artists from pastContinue Reading
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