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Hey, Effers, it’s been a while. Hope everyone is doing well. I haven’t posted in a few weeks, but that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been listening to music. Like I’ve told you before, the music is always on in my world. I’m sure most of you have a favorite shirt, right? In fact, you’ve [...]
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I love how random events can inspire what I write in this column. For instance, I walked into my work lounge today to hear a friend singing, “He’s going the distance… He’s going for speed.” Without missing a beat, a few peeps joined in completely that line from “The Distance”. Most of you could also [...]
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Dear Kings of Leon: As I watched the 2010 Grammy Awards a few weeks ago, I realized something: you have gone from being an indie rock band with a southern flavor to a straight up pop-rock band. And of course, that isn’t a bad thing. If anything, it’s encouraging during an age of R&B and [...]
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They say that Rock and Roll is a young man’s game. This is only partially true. There is such a thing as being young at heart and still rocking out to a record that you loved when you were sixteen. But when it comes to putting on an actual show, unfortunately, yeah, it is a young [...]
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Hey, Effers, and welcome back to the Triple M at its regular time! I bet you thought/were hoping that I was finished with my Best of the Decade musings. Well, not quite, I’m afraid. See, the past ten years have been rather remarkable ones, musically speaking. Say what you will about the decade itself; a [...]
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“You don’t know how it feels…. to be Me…” Do you think Tom Petty was on the verge of writing a self-help book when he wrote these fine words? Nah, me neither. But his poignant lyrics and rhapsodic strumming continues to place this high-flying rocker among the most sought after performers year after year. Still [...]
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10) PJ Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000) Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, Polly Jean Harvey’s “New York” album, is the most accessible record in her extraordinary catalog. In comparison to the melancholic and frenzied moods of her prior work, Stories could almost be considered light-hearted. It [...]
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20) The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free (2004) On the surface, A Grand Don’t Come for Free is the story of a thousand British pounds – that’s even more in dollars, Effers – that go missing from the protagonist’s house without explanation. But that’s only part of the story; Mike Skinner does [...]
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30) MGMT – Oracular Spectacular (2008) Oracular Spectacular stands as definitive proof that “serious” music can also be fun. A mish-mash of 80’s synthpop, 70’s disco, and a 60’s hippie mindset, this was one of the decade’s most exciting records. Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser were able to mine their varied influences and come out [...]
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40) Florence & the Machine – Lungs (2009) On her debut album, Florence Welch deals in unhealthy relationships, violent mood swings, revenge fantasies, and generally miserable subject matter. Yet Lungs is rarely depressing. The Annie-Lennox-meets-Kate-Bush aesthetic of Welch’s music creates an uplifting mood that is irresistible. “Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)” is a prime example: [...]
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