Posts tagged with "rock"
Bedouin Soundclash

Listening to: Bedouin Soundclash, Street Gospels

Bedouin Soundclash’s third album, Street Gospels, is a varied and interesting affair – definitely worth buying and listening to. I like it for its variety, scenic detours and also for its commitment to trying things other bands wouldn’t.

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Radiohead Box

Listening to: Radiohead, Box Set

I have a love/hate relationship with Radiohead. I think I was originally introduced to them somewhat against my will (and comparatively late) when, in the mid-90s, I went to someone’s BBQ and ‘OK Computer’ was on the stereo, which had been moved outside to cover the yard. The sound was a bit wafty in the [...]

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Led Zeppelin Mothership

Listening to: Led Zeppelin, Mothership

Even though I think I own pretty much every Led Zep album, I couldn’t resist picking this up. It’s very well sequenced and makes their achievements lucid and easy to comprehend. Full of incredible music. This really is a blueprint for so many things; not just – as is repeated ad nauseam in every Zep [...]

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Tom Waits Franks Wild Years

Rediscovering classic Tom Waits

Maybe I’m in one of those moods, or maybe it’s because Christmas is rolling around and gruff voices and abrasive songs are a welcome antidote to ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,’ but I’ve been enjoying three classic Tom Waits albums again recently. I remember being introduced to these by my friend Rustum Kozain who, incidentally, writes [...]

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