Here’s a fun exercise for you: take any Radiohead album, play the first 30 seconds of the first track, and glance at the cover art. That feeling you get encapsulates the feel of the entire album instantly. A few examples below: The Bends leads with “Planet Telex” – a swirling void of reverb and pulsing [...]
Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
17 February 2011 by Leave a Comment
It says a lot about an artist when they quote fine art on an album cover. For Bowie, it meant his fascination with and immersion into a new, clean, modern, German way of life. For Iggy Pop, it meant he was hanging out with Bowie too much. For Coldplay, it meant the band thought the [...]
Jeff Buckley – Grace
7 February 2011 by Leave a Comment
The first time I heard the whinny and vibrato of Jeff Buckley’s voice, I had to think to myself, “Is this guy serious?” I appreciate the odd voices of the world having grown up gathering a second-hand legacy of Ian Curtis’ robot impressions, Tom Waits’ emphysematic hacking, and Billy Corgan constantly stubbing his toe for [...]
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