Raconteurs: The New Cream?

Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. Another NME-esque hyperbolic comparison of a legendary band with a new one that is simply not worthy. (Cue eye-rolls)
Well, I just finished downloading the Raconteurs’ Lollapalooza set and I was blown the fuck away. It was amazing, but it also struck me, they remind me of Cream. (You know, [...]

I suspect trouble in Stankonia

Either Big Boi is in denial or he’s all out of ideas about what to rap about.
I mean, seriously, if all is well in the Dungeon Family and OutKast is fine, why must you defend yourself constantly?
Take these lyrics from his new single “Morris Brown” for example:
“And everybody wanna know
what’s really going on
Is you and [...]

No regrets!

Live everyday like it’s the last day of your life.
I hear that all the time. So much that it’s almost lost all meaning. What the hell is that supposed to mean? Sit in the corner of my room and cry all day? Kill all the people I hate? Do as many drugs as possible? What?
I [...]

Contradictions, man……I don’t know……

Poseurs! That’s what everyone is. Fuck it all. You wear the safety pins, you wear the beads, you wear the baggy pants. For what? So you can go out of your way to look like a rebel? I thought rebels didn’t give a shit. I thought rebels didn’t conform. I thought rebels weren’t supposed to [...]

Smiley Smile – The Beach Boys

In recent years, I have gotten into the Beach Boys. I used to have prejudices against them, the same prejudices everyone has for them: Geeky-looking surf rockers.
Then I heard Pet Sounds and was blown away. I mean, you read reviews and articles on a certain album, hailing it as the best thing since Jesus faked [...]