Dude York- Happy In the Meantime (2019)
Posted by KB on 1/30/2019 to
Reviews In Brief
Dude York's new EP "Happy In the Meantime" is exactly how I feel after giving this good multiple listens- 'I'll be happy in the meantime until a better next one comes out'. As a fan I felt like this was an EP of leftovers and experiments (which I condone). Run and No One In My Life Can Hear Me Scream sound like scrapped "Sincerely" (YK Review) tunes and What Would You Do If You Had Some Money Now is their Decemberists attempt (loosely). Moon is the catchy standout keeping the punky DY essence without feeling like residue. I'm glad I supported this young band by downloading, but in the meantime, I'll wait for the next, most likely great, release.
Favorite Songs: Moon
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Couple of Late 2018 Finds
Posted by KB on 1/28/2019 to
Reviews In Brief
Every year our little circle of music nerds share our favorite releases for the year. In early January I go through these and other year end lists (which are ingratiating) to see if I missed anything or just didn't give something a good, fair chance. So far I fell deeper in love with Say Hi, Muncie Girls and Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats where I went back a scoffed up their catalogues (scroll down this page to learn a little more). I also felt there were 3 others worth noting... click read more if interested.
Beastie Boys- Licensed To Ill (1986)
Posted by KB on 1/23/2019 to
Reviews In Brief
In the throes of reading the Beastie Boys Book
by Michael Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock), which I do strongly suggest, and am at the point where they were recording "Licensed to Ill" so I decided to re-visit the album. Looking back 33 years upon the album I would bet that none of us fully understood who the Beastie Boys were. Three, white, middle class kids from NYC, who as teens, loved hardcore punk and drifted to rap and hip hop when it was in its infancy. They had a hardcore band and decided that they wanted to do rap instead, enlisting a young DJ Double R (Rick Ruben) to be their DJ and producer and teaching themselves to be MCs (I am simplifying the story quite a bit).... click read more to continue
by Michael Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock), which I do strongly suggest, and am at the point where they were recording "Licensed to Ill" so I decided to re-visit the album. Looking back 33 years upon the album I would bet that none of us fully understood who the Beastie Boys were. Three, white, middle class kids from NYC, who as teens, loved hardcore punk and drifted to rap and hip hop when it was in its infancy. They had a hardcore band and decided that they wanted to do rap instead, enlisting a young DJ Double R (Rick Ruben) to be their DJ and producer and teaching themselves to be MCs (I am simplifying the story quite a bit).... click read more to continueGenres Useful or Stifling?
Posted by KB on 1/10/2019 to
Opinions & Thoughts
Had a discussion with my son in regards to music genres. He felt that genres were constricting. That once an artist was dubbed a certain style it was hard for them to shake it. Once trip hop always trip hop. I tend to agree and would go a step further saying that there are way too many genre striations for our own good and everyone's definition of each is personal. If you like Punk, do you like Post-Punk, Neo-Core, Straight Edge, Hardcore, Anarcho... maybe? So do we just accept it or is there a way to make it better for the consumer and artist?
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