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Sentiments and Notices: Ben Folds’ Songs for Silverman at 15

May 25, 2020May 25, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 2005, Ben Folds, Bucky Baxter., David Henry, Jared Reynolds, John Mark Painter, Lindsay Jamieson, Ned Henry, Songs For Silverman, Weird Al Yankovic

Still the best of the Ben solo years

Hard Rock Heavy Metal Progressive Rock

The Amory Wars Arrive: Coheed and Cambria’s Year of the Black Rainbow at 10

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 2010, Claudio Sanchez, Coheed and Cambria, Dream Theater, Mastodon, Muse, Radiohead, Steven Wilson, The Mars Volta, Tool, Year of the Black Rainbow

Ten years on, YOTBR remains an indispensable, enjoyable, and mostly underappreciated addition to the foursome’s remarkable arsenal

Alternative Rock New Wave Pop

Full Of Artificial Sweetener: No Doubt’s Return Of Saturn at 20

April 27, 2020April 26, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 2000, Adrian Young, Eric Stefani, Glen Ballard Tony Kanal, Gwen Stefani, No Doubt, Return Of Saturn, Simple Kind Of Life, Tom Dumont, Tragic Kingdom

Gwen and the fellas ushered in the new century with a fussy and fantastic new wave classic

Indie Rock Pop

ALBUMS: Game Theory’s Postscript

April 25, 2020April 25, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments Across The Barrier Of Sound: Postscript, Brian Eno, Game Theory, Michael Querico, Omnivore Recordings, Scott Miller, The Beatles, The Nazz

Across The Barrier of Sound reveals a new wrinkle in the pop genius of Scott Miller

Alternative Rock Pop

Building Quirky Birdhouses: They Might Be Giants’ Flood at 30

April 6, 2020April 18, 2020 Jordan Blum 1 Comment 1990, Arto Lindsay, Elektra, Elvis Costello, Flood, John Flansburgh, John Linnell, Madness, Malcolm In The Middle, Paul McCartney, Pete Townshend, Quentin Tarantino, The Teardrop Explodes, They Might Be Giants, Tiny Toons Adventures

Why we need the levity of John Flansburgh and John Linnell’s college radio classic now more than ever

Electronic Hard Rock Progressive Rock

Never Fading Out: The Bends Turns 25

March 24, 2020March 25, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1995, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Jonny Greenwood, My Iron Lung, Pablo Honey, Phil Selway, Radiohead, The Bends, Thom Yorke

With their dynamic second LP, Yorke, Selway, O’Brien and the Greenwood boys carve their own path to iconoclasm

New Wave

Plastic Passions: The Cure’s Boys Don’t Cry at 40

February 15, 2020May 16, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1980, Boys Don't Cry, Lol Tolhurst, Porl Thompson, Simon Gallup, The Cure

Looking back at the Goth giants’ first odds ‘n’ sods collection

Folk Pop

So Long, Simon & Garfunkel: ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ at 50

February 11, 2020February 12, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1970, 3 A.M., 50th anniversary, Art Garfunkel, Baby Driver, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Cecilia, DJ Dick Summer, Edgar Wright, Fred Carter, Hal Blaine, Jr, Larry Knechtel, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, So Long Frank Lloyd Wright, The Boxer, The Boxer on SNL, The Everly Brothers, The Harmony Game, Wednesday Morning, Wrecking Crew

The duo’s final official studio LP together remains pop’s fondest farewell

Progressive Rock Rock

Shed A Light: A Chat With Bruce Soord of The Pineapple Thief

January 22, 2020January 23, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 2019, Bruce Soord, Dissolution, Gavin Harrison, Hold Our Fire, King Crimson, Porcupine Tree, The Pineapple Thief, Widsom of Crowds, Yes

One of the hottest guitarists and songwriters in modern UK art rock sits down with the Rock & Roll Globe ahead of their upcoming show this Saturday in the Netherlands

Experimental Hardcore Metal! Progressive Rock

Greater Colorful Complexity: Between the Buried and Me’s The Great Misdirect Turns 10

December 3, 2019December 2, 2019 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 2009, Between the Buried and Me, The Great Misdirect, The Parallax II: Future Sequence, Victory Records

A look back at a loud rock classic that stood at the crossroads of death metal and prog

Progressive Rock

They Got the Power, Got the Glory: Gentle Giant in 1974

October 19, 2019October 24, 2019 Jordan Blum 2 Comments 1974, Cogs in Cogs, Derek Shulman, Gentle Giant, Gentle Giant live on German TV, Minimoog, mirimba, Phil Shulman, Ray Shulman, Shulman Brothers, The Power and The Glory, Vertigo Records

How the Shulman Brothers foresaw our modern times on their classic sixth LP

New Wave

Real by Reel: XTC’s Drums and Wires at 40

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 Jordan Blum 1 Comment 1979, 40th Anniversary, Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, Drums abd Wires, XTC

It might not be one of their best albums, but it certainly was a most important one

Experimental Heavy Metal Pop

Sweet Charity: Mr. Bungle’s California Turns 20

August 13, 2019 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1999, 20th Anniversary, Danny Hiefitz, Faith No More, Mike Patton, Mr. Bungle, Trevor Dunn, Trey Spruance

The last LP from Mike Patton’s celebrated avant-metal ensemble remains their best

Hard Rock Progressive Rock

Over Our Heads: King’s X’s ‘Gretchen Goes to Nebraska’ Turns 30

July 9, 2019July 10, 2019 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Allmusic, Cross Rhythms interview, Devin Townsend, Dug Pinnick, Faith No More, Gretchen Goes to Nebrask, Jerry Gaskill, Kerrang!, King's X, Out of the Silent Planet, Over my Head, Q, Ty Tabor

Why the celebrated, soulful art-metal trio’s sophomore classic remains the best of their career

Progressive Rock

Brothers Of Ours: Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe at 30

June 22, 2019July 1, 2019 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, Bill Bruford, Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, Yes

In 1989, four key members of Yes aimed to restore the band’s classic sound to its original glory under a new name

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