Category: Observations
Swervedriver: A Masterwork that Takes Time to Appreciate
Critics have been very strange about this one. This is partly because, though it has the “Swervedriver sound,” it does not sound like the last one. I Wasn’t Born to Lose You was more... Read More
A Comment for Critics of Swervedriver and Jesus and Mary Chain
Trust me, I will be writing reviews of each band’s respective albums but I believe I have to say something about other criticisms of them. I’m not going to cite any specific reviews but I ... Read More
The Beauty of Unorthodox Lyric Writing
A long time ago, back in 1993 . . . Kurt Cobain wrote on a stone tablet . . . or recorded on analogue tape . . . . One day Kurt and his band were going to record a new album and call it “Verse C... Read More
The Importance of Being Kurt Vile
This is not about wanting to be Kurt Vile but most of the attitude of his music is good to adopt. Like Sly and the Family Stone, you can’t listen to Kurt Vile and be in a bad mood. Even his most... Read More
The Lost Art of Listening
It’s funny how if you walked up to any person and said, “You don’t listen to music much, if at all,” you would probably be right most of the time. Yeah, you’d get a res... Read More
U2, Brian Eno (Passengers) 01: Original Soundtracks 1
Passengers was a little known side project that was composed and recorded between Zooropa and Pop. After Zooropa, U2 had hit a brick wall creatively so Brian Eno suggested they just improvise and se... Read More
A Time and a Place: John Coltrane, The Church and Yes in Their Own Time
One day I was driving to work and I was listening to the Church’s Further Deeper. I always skip “Toy Head.” I love the rest of the album but that one I can’t quite stomach... Read More
The Church 01: Man Woman Life Death Infinity (A Must-Listen)
I had been a fan of The Church for a long time and then I sort of drifted away . . . . Many life-changing things have happened since 1995 and was not as fervent about seeking new releases from some ... Read More