Band: Miley Cyrus Album: The Time of Our Lives Best song: “Party in the U.S.A.,” of course. Worst song: Oh, whatever. In a radio interview I can’t find now, Ricky Gervais was talking about different types of art and called a song (any song) “The greatest piece of art someone can create.” Since the album’s resurgence [...]
Band: David Thomas Broughton Album: The Complete Guide To Insufficiency Best song: “Ever Rotating Sky” is a wonderful song. Worst song: “Unmarked Grave” is not as good as the other songs. In the sea of singer/songwriter music, it’s hard to make a serious impression. Because of the nature of the arrangements, singer/songwriters are seldom harsh. [...]
Band: Warrant Album: Cherry Pie Best song: The title track, however derivative and silly, is fun as hell. Worst song: Oh, whatever. One of the wonderful things about music and our relationship to it is the function of it bringing back memories, snapshots in time. I, of course, write a lot about this and especially [...]
Band: High on Fire Album: Snakes for the Divine Best song: The title track, “Bastard Samurai” and “Holy Flames of the Firespitter.” Worst song: “Ghost Neck” is not wonderful, but is still a nice record. I like metal a fair amount, largely thanks to a friend I met out here who reignited my love for [...]
Band: Childish Gambino Album: EP Best song: “Be Alone” is great. Worst song: “Freaks and Geeks” blows. I often use any of these records as a entrance into writing/thinking about something other than the music therein. I imagine I could write about the brilliance of the show Community here, but I don’t know that I [...]
Band: Adele Album: 21 Best song: Half the album is great. “He Won’t Go” is my current favorite, but my favorites change daily. Worst song: The other half is just OK. So much of this space is devoted to the conflict I have in aging, my self image and my cultural tastes, so it will come as [...]
Band: Rachel’s Album: Systems/Layers Best song: “NY Snow Globe” is wonderful. Worst song: “Packet Switching” falls short. Because this site doesn’t get a wide amount of traffic — and I’m thankful for this, by the way — I imagine I should try and reconcile my issues with Twitter, the outside world and the notion of [...]
Band: Genesis Album: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Best song: The title track is amazing Worst song: Much of the second disc is mediocre to just OK. In college, I went through a progressive rock period. It was largely due to my love of post-rock and the influences progressive rock and jazz had on [...]
Band: Tortoise Album: Gamera EP Best song: The title track is unstoppable Worst song: “Cliff Dweller Society” is not as good as the title track. Still great. It’s hard not to think about one’s origins when thinking about music and its place in our lives. My music fandom and the places to which I go [...]
Band: King Crimson Album: In the Court of the Crimson King Best song: “21st Century Schizoid Man” is a classic Worst song: “Moonchild” is great, but a little long. Progressive rock, like stadium rock, is often decried by the punk folks all too often as self-indulgent, obnoxious and overwrought. I’m not going to disagree, but [...]
