Weezer – Green Album – 2001 (iTunes –Amazon) In 2001, without warning, all of a sudden, Weezer was back. Five years after Pinkerton. Rolling Stone said it was the first 5 star album of the new decade, the new century. At 29 minutes it’s the shortest they had ever put Continue Reading
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Reflecting Pool: Weezer – Pinkerton
Weezer – Pinkerton – 1996 (iTunes – Amazon) At first Pinkerton was so massively maligned by the press and fans that it took me almost 10 years to pick it up. When I did I realized that all the pundits who, in retrospect, put the album at the top of Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: Weezer – Blue Album
With Green Day, Weezer are truly the granddads of modern emo. So, like I did with those Berkeley punkers, let’s take a look at the progenitors of geek rock. Weezer – Blue Album – 1994 (iTunes – Amazon) I’m not sure I will ever get used to the feeling I Continue Reading
DoubleShot: The Fratellis
In the fall of 2006 I needed some happy. It was a pretty dark time in our lives. But it was also a great time for music. Especially Scottish Rock. Just when I needed it most, I found the debut import by The Fratellis, a glam/cabaret/britpop trio that were none Continue Reading
DoubleShot: The Hold Steady
My history with The Hold Steady is sporadic and frustrating. Mojo magazine ranked “Your Hoodrat Friend” from Separation Sunday as one of the best punk songs of all time. I heard it. I didn’t get it.Back in the Soulseek days EVERYBODY had that album and was talking about how great Continue Reading
DoubleShot: Nightmare of You
I am going to try something new with DoubleShot. The idea is to highlight an album that truly resonated with me. A personal classic. Or just a really great entry album. By that I mean, the record that brought me in to a band’s fold. And, then, their follow up. Continue Reading
Listening Post: Ani DiFranco – Red Letter Year
Ani DiFranco – Red Letter Year – 1988 (iTunes – Amazon) Dammit, Ani. Just as I was ready to completely write you off you go and do something like this.Red Letter Year is good. It’s the best she’s done since Little Plastic Castles. It’s also the first album in 10 Continue Reading
Listening Posts: Ani DiFranco – Reprieve
Ani DiFranco – Reprieve – 2006 (iTunes – Amazon) An interesting thing happened while listening to Reprieve. I found myself caught up in the mood and ambiance that had left me so cold on the most recent DiFranco records.The slow, almost inert opening track, “Hypnotized” actually succeeded in keeping me Continue Reading
Listening Post: Ani DiFranco – Knuckle Down
Ani DiFranco – Knuckle Down – 2005 (iTunes – Amazon) On first listen, the opening track of Knuckle Down, the title track, filled me with a sense of hope. THIS is the Ani that I remember. It’s not the best but it’s close to the original sound. Maybe, just maybe, Continue Reading
Listening Post: Ani DiFranco – Educated Guess
Ani DiFranco – Educated Guess – 2004 – (iTunes – Amazon) If I had to make an educated guess I would say that with the exception of putting a gun to Ms. Difranco’s head, she wouldn’t remember any of these “songs”.These are meanderings.When Springsteen holed up with a 4 track Continue Reading