Black Magic: 15 Essential Black Sabbath Songs
Sean MurphyYes, they created the template for heavy metal and thrash, but even now it’s instructive to acknowledge just how unique Black Sabbath was; how different from anything else anyone was…
Why Not Pink Floyd?
The Pink Floyd Discovery Studio Album Box Set I. See Saw I have recently listened to every single song from every single Pink Floyd album, do you don’t have to.…
Huntsman is…Hip?
Hard to quibble with this: Huntsman: I'd have to say that I like Trout Mask Replica, which came out in '68, all the way…
Introducing Aram Bajakian
My review of Aram Bajakian's remarkable debut Aram Bajakian's Kef dropped yesterday at Popmatters. (check it out here). It's not too early to predict that this will end up as one of…
Aram Bajakian: Aram Bajakian’s Kef
Aram Bajakian’s Fractured Folk Tales You need to spend some time with this music. Fortunately, you will want to spend time with it. There are at least two excellent reasons…
Happy Halloween: Black Sabbath Style
This is (Black) Magic. Sabbath in '70, live. I've had plenty to say about Sabbath (here, here and here). If you are not the link-clicking sort, here are some key…
Drag the Dream Into Existence: Reassessing Rush’s Masterpiece
Moving Pictures, Thirty Years On Every band, if they are lucky, is able to create a definitive work—a document that embodies their unique qualities. Most great bands, at some point…
Pharoah Sanders: Village of the Pharoahs/Wisdom Through Music
Raise your hand if you’ve been holding out hope that more of Pharoah Sanders’ early ‘70s catalog would finally get remastered and/or released for the first time on CD. Anyone?…
Got Floyd?
So...you may have heard that the Pink Floyd discography (all 14 albums, pictured above) is getting the remastered (or re-remastered or, if you really want to be technical re-re-remastered) treatment. This…
Keeping Hope Alive (Updated!)
10/17/11: Return of Mazzy? Apparently, it's true. (h/t to the man who surfs the 'net like a super hero, my beloved Meatbull.) This news excites me. (As does the news…