Alternative Rock
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New Listens 8/13 – 8/15: Sex Pistols, Arctic Monkeys, Unknown Moral Orchestra
Three new listens: Two intertwined groups, and a nice psych-indie record. Only feel like reading about music you think you might like? I get it. This post has reviews from The Sex Pistols (Punk), Arctic Monkeys (Alternative Rock), Unknown Moral Orchestra (Psych-rock, Indie Rock) Nevermind the Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols – The Sex Pistols Continue reading
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New Listens 8/9 – 8/12: Alice In Chains, Television, and more
Hi. Apologies for the abbreviated format here – let’s be frank. At some point I have to catch up with this blog, and I don’t have as much time as when I was working 12 hours a week. Yeah yeah, we’ve heard that before, I know. Shut it. Who says shut it anymore? Sorry. Thanks Continue reading
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Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not – Arctic Monkeys
Coming off my first Arctic Monkeys listen being AM – I didn’t expect much else from the band until I had Mardy Bum come up on the Spotify recommended radio, which was jarring (in the most positive sense of the word) to say the least. Mardy Bum captures that same Strokes-esque fun, groovy, upbeat alternative Continue reading
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Room on Fire – The Strokes
This one is definitely going to be a quick one. Room on Fire is the follow-up to the current #1 album on this blog, Is This It. Simply put, this certainly feels like a follow-up album and very much a continuation of The Strokes signature sound. The high points of this one are still quite Continue reading
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Wide Awake! – Parquet Courts
Worth checking out if you are into weird, upbeat rock music, Parquet Courts are an eclectic NY based group that is somewhat punk, somewhat talking heads esque, led by a man who definitely was a big Clash fan (London Calling review soon!). You may ask, how do I hear about these groups? Nunya. Might as Continue reading
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311 – 311
Self-titled day, apparently. If you’re getting this in your email and wondering if WordPress is glitching or if I’ve completely lost my mind and think that every band just names every album after their band (would be cool), rest assured, all is well. 311 is a band that I heard about from Eric Andre, and Continue reading
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Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
The self-titled Violent Femmes record begins with by far their most famous song that perhaps all 7 of my readers know (there actually may be more than 7… who knows… a magician never reveals his tricks (sub-parenthesis, does that work here? probably not)), that being Blister in the Sun, which actually sets the tone for Continue reading
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Sound of Silver – LCD Soundsystem
NYC-based Dance-punk extraordinaire LCD Soundsystem’s 2007 release Sound of Silver mixes elements of house music, punk music, and alternative rock to create this unique album filled with odd, groovy songs. First off, this is totally one of the not for you, but for me (remember there was a variation of that tier for my long Continue reading
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Parachutes – Coldplay
Hello again – it’s been a long 6 days in my mind since my last blog. Did you notice I had a nice little streak going? That was that. Hopefully I can get it back here. Let’s address the elephant in the room – yes, this is that Coldplay. The Coldplay that had 4 songs Continue reading
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Is This It – The Strokes
Some of you may be surprised that I have never listened to not only this album but anything from The Strokes. However, I don’t expect any surprise in response to my loving this record, given how much alternative rock this blog has featured and praised. This album from the strokes is super fun, groovy, catchy Continue reading
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