I consider myself infinitely lucky that everything from trips home, to television shows, to movie trailers has been bringing me new music. I’m overwhelmed and spread thin with beautiful tracks filling my Spotify playlists, and for those times I can’t seem to find any new music, I am grateful for these stretches. It would obviously […]
Remember Whensday – Thriller
This week in 1983, perhaps the best album of all time just went #1 on the charts: Michael Jackson’s Thriller. While I am a constant abuser of hyberbole, I honestly do believe that Thriller holds a permanent place on the proverbial Mount Rushmore of American popular music. Say what you want about the closing chapter […]
Discs From The Desk
The Roosevelts – Cold Sheets One of my biggest pet peeves is using the names of popular people in order to hang on their coattails and, hopefully, catch a glimmer of their popularity in the process. I hate when people who don’t have the surname “Poe” decide to adopt it. I hate when a group […]
Monday Mixer
1. King Khan & The Shrines – “Luckiest Man” I was a little late to the party with King Khan & the Shrines, and only started listening to them within the last year. But lately, I’ve been binge-listening to their music, as well as that of Arish Ahmad Khan’s other projects. They strike a nice […]
Remember Whensday – Billie Joe Armstrong
Happy birthday Billie Joe Armstrong! The Green Day lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter turned 43 yesterday (even though I’m pretty sure he will forever be stuck in his twenties. Have you seen him? He just doesn’t age). This past year has been pretty busy for Armstrong and his clan, as it was announced in 2014 […]
Imagine Dragons – Smoke + Mirrors (Review)
Yesterday, Imagine Dragons released their sophomore studio album Smoke + Mirrors. For those of you that live under a rock and may not know Imagine Dragons, the Las Vegas based rock group released their debut album Night Visions in 2012 and took the charts by storm with hit tracks “Radioactive”, “Demons” and “It’s Time”. They’re […]
