If the tides of time leave only one thing that Spacemen 3 are known for, it will be their famously self-reflexive motto: “Taking drugs to make music to take drugs to.” And even if the core message of the statement is a bit nihilistic or romanticized, it’s still one of the most beautifully articulated statements [...]
Dirty Beaches – Badlands
18 April 2011 by Leave a Comment
It’s sorta funny: no matter how many times I listen to Dirty Beaches’ Badlands (and it only came out a few weeks ago) I can’t manage to decipher anything about it. Maybe it’s the hypnotic rhythms or the cavernous reverb or the absolute lack of low end frequencies. Maybe it’s the near-perfect Chris Issak impression [...]
The Residents – Meet The…
4 April 2011 by Leave a Comment
Could you imagine what that would’ve looked like in 1974? It was only four years after the Beatles had broken up for good, and in their 10 years together as a band they changed the face of popular music forever. Meet the Beatles, originally released in 1964, was the United States’ introduction to a brand [...]
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