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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...
27 Aug 2021 5 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards
What is "pop" and what is "alternative" fluctuates from era to era. Nonetheless, Foster the People might just be both anyways. By 2010, alternative rock was no longer simply the garage band itself, it was instead the app, Garage Band. Songs weren't j...
26 Aug 2021 6 minute read 2 comments jozefkrichards
A pioneer of electronic music and the Moog synthesizer, Mort Garson's eclectic discography is not the most widely known, but its influence is widely felt. He was among the first to push the technology of electronic music to its limits, creating rich...
25 Aug 2021 9 minute read 1 comment jozefkrichards
The loss of Tupac and Biggie to the hip hop industry in the late 90s left a massive chasm to be filled by rap's next superstar to-be. That superstar was Marshall Mathers, Eminem. Famously crass, he backed it up with raw talent and an incredible flow....
23 Aug 2021 7 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards
At the height of their popularity and creative output, they were refused permits to perform in the United States. The Kinks would subsequently never reach the popularity of fellow British invaders like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Who, bu...
21 Aug 2021 9 minute read 4 comments jozefkrichards
Many people are funny and many have musical talent, but few have ever excelled so significantly at both, while pairing them together so masterfully, as "Weird Al" Yankovic has. His irreverence towards the sanctity of pop music and his silly lyrics su...
