Monthly Archives: July 2012

Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By

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Band: Lovage
Album: Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By
Best song: “Stroker Ace” is a classic.
Worst song: Damon Albarn ruins “Lovage (Love That Lovage, Baby).”

Whatever happened to Dan the Automator?

I realize this is kind of a rhetorical question. After doing a quick Google search, it appears he still tours, he’s going to work with some indie acts and has even released his own beer. Shit, looking at his wikipedia page shows that he’s been producing stuff for a bunch of artists recently. On some level, I think my lack of thought about him in recent memory is based on a few things. Continue reading →

The Grime and the Glow

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Band: Chelsea Wolfe
Album: The Grime and the Glow
Best song: “Halfsleeper”
Worst song: “Bounce House Demons” is not as good as the version on Ἀποκάλυψις.

I made a very dopey pledge a while ago to never write about any album twice. This, of course, is a ludicrous notion, though it’s one I’ve kept. In doing so, I’ve not done any album twice in a post, despite my desperate want to do so. Most of the time, it’s because I want to revisit an album — feelings and opinions change just as people do — and it’s not as easy to get around that as it is to write again about an artist. Continue reading →

The Kink Kontroversy

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Band: The Kinks
Album: The Kink Kontroversy
Best song: “Where Have All The Good Times Gone?”
Worst song: The opening track is blues rock. Not the Kinks’ best work.

English is an amazing language. From what I understand, it’s really difficult to learn when not your first language. It’s the language of Shakespeare and the Beatles and a million other geniuses. It’s wide-ranging and — at least until China becomes our benevolent overlords — remains the language of international business. A lot of that has to do with the United States’ standing in the world, as well as the colonialism of the British. Continue reading →

Divorce Your Legs

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Band: Worker Bee
Album: Divorce Your Legs
Best song: “Recital” is the album’s gem.
Worst song: “Imploder” is the least strong track on a very strong album.

I’m not as up on philosophy as I should be — a quick reminder to those who don’t know: I have undergrad and graduate degrees in journalism. Not a real subject. — so my self-identification as somewhere between Nietzsche, Levi and Camus is probably poorly-constructed. With that said, my nihilistic leanings bring me to this: One of the few things in which I believe is the progressive, changing nature of society. Continue reading →