owner of Kintou Media and King's Tower Productions; writer/director/producer/performer/illustrator/etc.
12 Sep 2021 19 minute read 2 comments jozefkrichards
My favorite band, and the favorite band of many, is The Beatles, which you probably could have guessed by my dedication of four weeks to their solo careers earlier in this list and their absence to this point. To which I say, good guess! Between 1962...
8 Sep 2021 17 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards
Apex talent. Michael Jackson not only stands out among all musicians of the past century, but among all artists. He sang and danced, innovated, and inspired millions throughout his life. From the time he was a small child right up until his tragic de...
7 Sep 2021 14 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards
Radiohead is an impressive band. Few can make claim to such consistent quality over such a long period of time like Radiohead can, and few have successfully taken as many creative risks while doing so either. Hearing each of their albums for the firs...
6 Sep 2021 15 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards
A dynamic and diverse career, Marvin Gaye was a master of many styles and genres. He was sensual. He was sensitive. He was soft-spoken, and a dreamer, and reflective. He was the center of attention. He is behind some of music's greatest songs and alb...
4 Sep 2021 16 minute read 2 comments jozefkrichards
Few rock bands have ever provided live shows as memorable as The Flaming Lips do, and since 1983, they've recorded over 20 studio albums worth of music to fill them with. An accidental discovery of their 10th studio album in 2002, Yoshimi Battles the...
3 Sep 2021 13 minute read 4 comments jozefkrichards
Their fun, carefree, summer sound made them famous, and their harmonies are among the best ever, but it was their introspective and thoughtful compositions that made them acclaimed as well. I liked their radio hits well enough growing up, but it was...
1 Sep 2021 10 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards
The RZA, the GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Inspectah Deck, Raekwon the Chef, U-God, Ghostface Killah and the Method Man, and Masta Killa (and later Cappadonna as well) form like Voltron to make up the greatest group in hip hop, the ones with witty, unpredi...
31 Aug 2021 8 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards
One of the most gifted, charismatic singers of all time, Sam Cooke was also an incredible songwriter and his soulful style and passionate, inventive re-workings of the classics made him the father of a whole genre of music to follow, fittingly referr...
30 Aug 2021 9 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards
As video game consoles came into their own in the 1990s, their soundtracks did as well. Composers like David Wise pushed the hardware to its limits every bit as much as the programmers did, and a new sub-genre of music was born. Wise's most well-know...
28 Aug 2021 7 minute read 2 comments jozefkrichards
Responsible for some of the most popular and well-regarded rock albums of all time, Pink Floyd would at first seem an unlikely candidate for such wide-spread appeal. Their albums rarely featured anything resembling hit singles, instead, more common w...
