Musicon / Blogosphere / Radiohead, Kid A
musicon.byzantinewalls.org – Blogosphere. Radiohead’s 2000 LP Kid A is the 52nd most acclaimed album of all time. Everything in its right place. Radiohead’s 1997 album OK Computer made them bona fide superstars, and it’s no secret they were not entirely comfortable at that ::More
Musicon / Blogosphere / Ryan Adams, Ashes and Fire: a sparsely elegant album
musicon.byzantinewalls.org – Blogosphere. It’s with great fanfare that Ryan Adams’ highly anticipated new album, Ashes and Fire, is released this week. The past two years have found Adams basking in the glow of marriage to Mandy Moore (who makes some guest appearances on this ::More
Musicon / Blogosphere / Massive Attack, The Blue Lines Album
musicon.byzantinewalls.org – Blogosphere. Even now with all our understanding and acceptance of genre-mashing, Massive Attack’s opening salvo remains as bold and eclectic, as utterly assured a musical message as it was upon release. One nation under, well, two grooves: that’s about the ::More
Musicon / Blogosphere / The Band 1969, this most rustic of albums
musicon.byzantinewalls.org – Blogosphere. Wash your hands in lye water; you’ve got a date with the Band’s 1969 self-titled masterpiece. Of all the things that make this album so completely awesome — and there are so many I doubt we’ll get to all of them — I am ::More
Musicon / Blogosphere / Malkmus and the Jicks in Mirror Traffic
musicon.byzantinewalls.org – Blogosphere. It might be odd to say this about someone who has been around as long as Stephen Malkmus has, but it seems like he’s finally comfortable in his own skin on Mirror Traffic. Sometimes, the best way to get over the past is to embrace it. At ::More
