No Doubt – Don’t Speak
When I was younger, if I heard a song sung by a girl (at this age, you were either a boy or a girl, simple as that), I hated that song. That sounds worse than it is. I didn’t hate girls. I wasn’t...
View ArticleMidlake – Provider
I recently found out that former frontman Tim Smith has left Midlake. As a big fan of Midlake, this disappoints and worries me. A certain amount of what defines a band is the chemistry of its members,...
View ArticleMike Doughty – Circles
I own every Soul Coughing album. I own all the studio albums Mike Doughty has released up until Sad Man Happy Man. I have read The Book of Drugs, Doughty’s memoir about growing up, his musical career,...
View ArticleReacharound – Big Chair
I have trouble living in the present. I am almost always thinking about the past and the future. There is no shortage of people who would (and do) say that this is a problem. It’s possible they’re...
View ArticleNirvana – Lake of Fire
In all honesty, it’s sort of surprising that it took me this long to write about Nirvana (at least for The Daily Soundtrack, that is). I wrote no fewer than three papers about Kurt Cobain and Nirvana...
View ArticleNeil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
The Boston Red Sox are your 2013 World Series Champions. After one of the worst collapses in MLB history to end the 2011 season, and a 2012 campaign that saw them lose 93 games while finishing last in...
View ArticleReggie Watts – Fuck Shit Stack
Reggie Watts is not for everyone. I get that. I’m not even certain he’s for me. Anything that traffics in the kind of stream-of-consciousness surrealism comedy/performance that Reggie Watts takes part...
View ArticleWolfmother – Colossal
I still remember the first time Dave Carnevale played Wolfmother for me. Before most people in America had heard of the band, he had gotten his hands on an Australian copy of their first album. I don’t...
View ArticleMetallica – I Disappear
I do not like Metallica the way that most Metallica fans like Metallica. I know this because Metallica fans regularly make this clear to me whenever I talk about Metallica. This doesn’t bother me, I’m...
View ArticleGerry Rafferty – Baker Street
Quick, what’s the first thing you think of when I say “Gerry Rafferty”? Time’s up. What did you come up with? “Who is Gerry Rafferty?” “Was he the guy in Stealers Wheel?” “Wait, Stuck in the Middle...
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