rock
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Hybrid Moments – The Misfits I would consider myself a Misfits enjoyer, having always been aware of their influence, but until a few months ago, I hadn’t explored much (essentially none) of their catalog. Gotta say it took a minute, but I get the allure. I’m interested in diving into more of their stuff. One… Read more
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Guitar Man Upstairs (Live) – Mike Cooley (Drive By Truckers) Happy Monday! Over the weekend I got to see the Drive By Truckers again, this time performing one of my favorite albums of all time, Southern Rock Opera, in its entirety at The Tabernacle. One of the lighter and fun songs off that album is… Read more
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Hummer – Smashing Pumpkins Certain groups or musicians have certain sounds or tones associated with them, and the Smashing Pumpkins would certainly fall under “fuzzy.” Really, not until more recently did I become a real fan of the SP, with most of my listening history being limited to what was on the radio or “90’s… Read more
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Rio – Duran Duran Happy Friday! I remember listening to Duran Duran on the radio in the car on the way to school when I was a kid pretty vividly; in particular, I remember really liking “Hungry Like the Wolf,” but that was about the extent of my Duran Duran knowledge until coming across “Rio”… Read more
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In The Room Where You Sleep – Dead Man’s Bones Happy Halloween! Long before he was “just Ken“, Ryan Gosling actually dropped a pretty fun rock album with collaborator Zach Shields under the name “Dead Man’s Bones” in 2009. I’ve always liked Gosling as an actor, I consider A Place Beyond The Pines as one… Read more
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Live from Moscow 1979 – Elton John with Ray Cooper My appreciation for Elton John came at a young age, thanks to my mom, but I’ll admit I’m not very familiar with his deep cuts or anything like that. I love him as a person and really enjoy listening to him sing, as well as… Read more
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In a previous post, I talked about Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) and how much I enjoy his projects. He has cited Alabama Shakes as an influence before and even covered one of Brittany’s solo songs, “Stay High“. I say all this to point out the similarities (or in this case, influence) between the Shakes’ song… Read more
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Miss You – Alabama Shakes Alabama Shakes are/were one of the best groups to come out of the South, ever, regardless of their current lack of catalog. Southern rock n soul will forever have my heart. I remember the first time hearing Brittany Howard‘s voice; I believe it was a performance of their song “Hold… Read more
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Do The Evolution – Pearl Jam Happy Monday! I’ve mentioned my love for Eddie Vedder‘s voice before; he sings with a certain intensity that has become synonymous with grunge and the 1990s Seattle music scene. One of my favorite albums from start to finish is Pearl Jam‘s debut, Ten, which was the album I listened… Read more
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Rocky Raccoon – The Beatles A couple weeks ago, I said I didn’t know if I could ever write about the Beatles. Well. Here we are. Whatever reservations I had about it were in my own head, with some encouragement and the realization that there is probably nothing that I can say that hasn’t already… Read more
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