What Numan albums should you buy? What’s the aggregate ranking? How bored am I? Pleasure Principle – A+ (100)Replicas – A (97)Telekon – A- (90)Exile – B+ (89)New Anger – B+ (89)Tubeway Army – B+ (89)Dead Son Rising – B (86)Sacrifice – B (86)Pure – B- (81)Dance – B- (81)Strange Continue Reading
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Queen for a Day – Another One Bites the Dust
Where were you in 1980? If you were anywhere in the country and you had a radio you heard Another One Bites the Dust. It was massive. So much so that it kind of has become a cliche. John Deacon twisted a Chic bassline (can you hear “Good Times”?) and Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: fun. – Some Nights – 2012
fun. – Some Nights – 2012 I wasn’t very kind to “Some Nights” when it first came out. I think I was looking for Aim & Ignite II. Cardinal sin of music appreciation. I gave them a very mediocre review on PopDose and I was validated by the 3 stars Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool – fun. (Steel Train) – Steel Train
fun. couldn’t have happened unless Nate Ruess was introduced to Jack Antonoff (as well as Andrew Dost). Jack had another band at the time, one that is on the back burner right now. But, they put out an album in 2010 and here is the review from that time. Reposted Continue Reading
Queen for a Day – Dragon Attack
Queen was obviously drinking from the funk fountain in the late 70s. They would score a number one on the disco charts with Another One Bites the Dust. But, that wasn’t the ONLY funk/dance track on The Game. This Brian May jam was the second song on the album (and Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: fun. – Aim & Ignite
fun. – Aim and Ignite – 2009 “Have you ever wondered about our old nu-metal friends and what became of them?” In the early summer of 2009 I got an email from the owner of a blog that I read and occasionally wrote for. It was pretty simple. “We don’t Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: fun. (The Format) – Dog Problems
The Format – Dog Problems – 2006 This is more like it. Talk about growth. How they made the leap in three years from standard issue Power Pop to this I don’t know. But, it’s here. And you should listen to it. “Matches”, a 3/4 time prelude, if you will, Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: fun. (The Format) – Interventions & Lullabies
It’s impossible to look at fun. and not look back into the history of the band. After all, in a way, they are sort of a Indie-Pop Supergroup. Like Asia for the 21st Century Pop Rock set. So, before we get into the group du jour of 2012, let’s take a Continue Reading
Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
Titus Andronicus – The Monitor – 2010 Okay, this album is a couple years old, but they’ve got a new one coming out and I thought, given that I just blasted through the Japandroids latest and, well, my ears don’t hurt yet, I thought it would be a good time to Continue Reading
Japandroids – Celebration Rock
Japandroids – Celebration Rock – 2012 “We yell like Hell to the Heavens!” Who says rock is dead? Okay. Maybe rock is dead. Maybe no one wants to play it on the radio anymore. Maybe. But, there’s something about bashing barre chords and hitting drums as hard as you can Continue Reading