Album A Day (12/06): The Beatles – Help!

I listened to this album on Sunday, but since it’s not going up till nearly 1:00 (east coast time) on Monday, I’m marking it as just a bit late. Artist: The Beatles Album: Help! Release Date: August 6, 1965 Today’s album goes out to Shayna, who just celebrated her birthday on Sunday, and is one [...]

Album A Day (12/05): Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV

Artist: Led Zeppelin Album: Led Zeppelin IV Release Date: November 8, 1971 Behold, another one of those albums that needs no further hyperbolic statements from me. Instead, I’m much more interested in some of the non-musical related things involved with this album. Like, how it was an early “fuck you” to record labels and the [...]

Album A Day (12/04): Dashboard Confessional – The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most

I hate to do this to you guys, but this is a placeholder until I can get a full post about this album up sometime tomorrow. I’ll double up and cover Saturday’s and Sunday’s Albums tomorrow afternoon. Busy weekend… EDIT, 12/08/2009, 12:50AM: Came back to complete this one and give it a proper write-up. Artist: [...]

The 2010 Grammy Nominations: Inexplicably Giving Legitimacy to the AMAs & VMAs

Earlier this week the Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 52nd Grammy Awards, and as it has for the last several years, the internet has been quick and relentless in its backlash. I’ve often wished that the Grammys would stop pandering so shamelessly to the over-60 crowd, but this year the old cliche “be [...]

Album A Day: The Police – Synchronicity

Artist: The Police Album: Synchronicity Release Date: June 1, 1983 Is it me, or do a great many bands owe some serious gratitude to The Police? Seems to me like fewer bands had the creative balls that they had in their short lifespan. There were few paths that the group wouldn’t at least take a [...]

Album A Day: Soundgarden – Superunknown

Artist: Soundgarden Album: Superunknown Release Date: March 8, 1994 My affection for Chris Cornell is fairly well documented, I would think. If nothing else, the fact that I was one of the six people on Earth who liked Scream should be evidence enough. But I’ve barely touched on how I feel about Soundgarden. I really [...]

The Tuesday Night Roundup Makes A Triumphant Return!

You read that right. After a several-week hiatus, the Tuesday Night Roundup is back with plenty of stuff to talk about, make fun of, and shower praise/snark upon! =Just a few short hours ago Chris Brown’s new album Graffiti leaked ahead of its release date next week. I’m listening through it for the first time [...]

Album A Day: The Who – Who’s Next

Artist: The Who Album: Who’s Next Release Date: July 31, 1971 Wow. It’s kind of hard to believe that as of today we’re 11/12ths of the way through the Album A Day series. Somehow I didn’t expect it to last this long.; I thought that sometime in March or April something would happen and I’d [...]