My turn to play amateur music critic… I’ll admit, I’m influenced by the behemoth that is Pitchfork.com. I cannot deny this. When I was younger, the gospel that was Rolling Stone and Spin Magazine, helped lead me to music in the 80’s and 90’s that I would have […]
Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here to continue our journey back in time to review the classics of years gone by. Today, we take another look at OutKast’s 1998 album, Aquemini. This album was the Atlanta duo’s 3rd overall and signalled to the hip hop world that […]
Let’s set the scene, shall we? 1987. The music scene is littered with the following: cheesy 80’s pop a la Madonna, The Bangles, Tiffany, Starship; new wave bands trying desperately to hang on to any sort of relevancy a la Duran Duran, The Pretenders, The Cars; white guy […]
It’s hard for me to talk about any R.E.M. album without bringing up a little personal history first. In a nutshell, R.E.M. were, quite literally, my guides to a new world of music that has lasted to this day. Allow me to explain. I grew up a child […]