Wilco, A Ghost Is Born (Superdeluxe edition)
In 2022, I invested in the big superdeluxe box for Wilco’s most successful album “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”. Across 11 pieces …
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Peter Gabriel, So
I recently watched the entry about Peter Gabriel’s 1986 album “So” in the Classic Albums series on Amazon Prime. It was an …
Parquet Courts, Sympathy For Life
Getting back to my occasional album revisits, I’d like to consider the 2021 Parquet Courts album “Sympathy For Life”. This …
2024 Albums of the Year #2: Waxahatchee, Tigers Blood
“Tiger’s Blood” is a glorious bundle of songs that writhe with brains and heart, with love and friendship, and many other …
2024 Albums of the Year #4: Adrianne Lenker, Bright Future
One album that’s lurking in the periphery of my understated classics series is “Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You” …
2024 Albums of the Year #7: MGMT, Loss Of Life
I don’t know very much about MGMT these days. I haven’t read any interviews about their albums. The video to the single …
2024 Albums of the Year #9: Cassandra Jenkins, My Light, My Destroyer
The first time I listened to this album, I was still off work sick with Covid, but well enough to go out for a walk on what was too hot a …
2023 Albums of the Year #4: The National, "First Two Pages of Frankenstein" and "Laugh Track"
It’s probably no surprise that as we reach the top four (or five if you like) we also ⊕ Image not found: …
2023 Albums of the Year #6: Grails, Anches en Maat
Grails are one of those bands who always get played a lot at my house. ⊕ Image not found: …
Understated Classics Or Not?
At the new year, thoughts and spare time for writing point me toward writing some new posts for my understated classics series. Expect some …
If anything, make it weirder
Today I listened to ‘Cloudbusting’ by Kate Bush for the first time in a while. What a gloriously strange song it is. Best of …
Understated Classics #36: The Coral by The Coral
Perhaps in today’s modern age of streaming and such, The Coral would be a bigger band and may have survived their eventual burnout. …