Smashing Pumpkins – Gish

A highly emotional Black Sabbath. A overly sensitive Led Zeppelin. A Van Halen that’s not afraid to cry. These are possible ways I’d describe the Smashing Pumpkins on Gish, their first LP.  As you’ll see plainly from the sample tracks, these guys know how to rock.  The album starts with chugging drums, bomping bass, and [...]

David Bowie – Low

It seems simple when you look at first.  It’ll even seem simple after you’ve seen it a thousand times.  But this album cover of David Bowie’s Low is one of those specimens that points to the music in a very simple way, but also directs the mind to the artist himself. Futurism.  Apocalypse.  Loneliness.  Detainment. [...]

Spiritualized – Ladies and…

I think I’m in love – probably just hungry. That line, which is this site’s namesake, is taken from the third track on Spiritualized’s Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space.  It signifies the confusion and self-deprecating humor of songwriter Jason Pierce, who doesn’t seem to have the capability to distinguish between simple feelings [...]