Discussion: What’re You Listening To?
In All Things Must Pass, the bittersweet post-mortem of Tower Records, they eventually come to the part of the story when the wheels really started to fall off. The part where the banks come in and decide they know what’s best — that they know more than those who spent their lives building the chain.…
Tortoise vs. Perfuse 73
Best Record of 2001: Day 56 Good morning! Today we’re taking a quick look at Tortoise’s Standards LP as it faces off against Perfuse 73’s Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives. By the end of this week, I’ll officially be in my 50s (okay, 51, but still), and as we go through these records, I keep…
Fever: The Album That Finally Made America Love Kylie Minogue
Best Record of 2001: Day 55 Cover art courtesy of Parlophone. Good morning! We’re in for a treat today, as Lavender Sound (Max Freedman) takes the wheel and shares his take on Kylie Minogue’s Fever LP. Today, as part of the Best Album of 2001 series, Lavender Sound (Max Freedman) is back to share his take on Kylie Minogue’s…
A Quick Look at New Order’s ‘Get Ready’
Best Record of 2001: Day 54 Cover art courtesy of London/Reprise Records Good morning! Today we’re taking a quick look at ‘Get Ready’ by New Order It took 8 years to get the band back together for what would ultimately be their final record in their original form. Get Ready isn’t a bad album; it…
A Quick Look at Life Without Buildings’ ‘Any Other City’
Best Record of 2001: Day 52 Cover art courtesy of Tugboat Records Good morning! Today we’re taking a quick look at Life Without Buildings’ Any Other City. When I listen to a band like Life Without Buildings, I think about the music, sure, but mostly I think about the listeners. There are a lot of…
Discussion: What’re You Listening To?
The longest-running parlor game for music fans might be arguing about which era of Van Halen is the best. A close second: what song defines your generation? The answers are almost always a tell: Boomers might point to The Beatles, The Stones, or Dylan. Gen X often lands on something like “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”…
Yeah Yeah Yeahs S/T EP vs. Lightning Bolt’s Ride the Skies
Best Record of 2001: Day 50 Good morning! Today we’re taking a quick look at Yeah Yeah Yeahs self-titled EP. Yeah Yeah Yeah’s self-titled, 5-song EP was self-released on their own Shifty label in 2001. Their decidedly garage-punk sound featured guitarist Nick Zinner, drummer Brian Chase, and no bassist. No matter; even in these early…
A Quick Look at Destroyer’s ‘Streethawk: A Seduction’ at 25
Best Record of 2001: Day 50 Good morning! Today we’re taking a quick look at Streethawk: A Seduction by Destroyer I came to Destroyer late, long after people had crafted shibboleths about each release and the (possible) themes behind each of them. These are people who will look you dead in the eye and use…
A Quick Look at ‘White Blood Cells’ at 25
Best Record of 2001: Day 49 Cover art courtesy of Sympathy For the record Industry Good morning!Today we’re taking a quick look at The White Stripes’ White Blood Cells I catch myself whenever I hear Seven Nation Army ring out from the soccer stand. What a song to co-opt! How odd that a band that’s…
Ladytron’s ‘604’ vs. My Morning Jacket’s ‘At Dawn’
Best Record of 2001: Day 48 Good morning! Today we’re taking a quick look at Ladytron’s 604 as it faces off against At Dawn by My Morning Jacket. There was a time when I would buy records based solely on the label. Dischord never missed. 4AD? Odds were high you’d love what they were issuing.…
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