In 2003 Conan O’Brien had a lot of really good musical guests. He had The White Stripes on every week for a month. He also had The Dandy Warhols, which is where I first found out about then and instantly fell in love with them. They played We Used to be Friends and You Were the Last High, which are the best songs on Welcome … Continue reading Dandy Warhols – Welcome to the Monkey House
I can’t believe this album came out almost 25 years ago. Back in 1994 the M in MTV actually stood for music, and if you stayed up late there were all sorts of different kinds of videos being played. I remember sometime well past midnight Undone – The Sweater Song came on and I went from ‘what the hell is this’ to ‘this is kind … Continue reading Weezer – Weezer (Blue Album)
Technically From the Fires was a double EP (which I’ve never heard of before, and why?), but to avoid confusion I’m going to say it was their first album and Anthem of the Peaceful Army is their second album. I feel like this is a really big moment for Greta Van Fleet. They got a ton of buzz from their first album. Will they be … Continue reading Greta Van Fleet – Anthem of the Peaceful Army
This was an unexpected find. My dad of all people sent me a link to Highway Song by Greta Van Fleet. Their first album From the Fires came out in 2017. I say this is unexpected because my dad considers bands like Van Halen and Guns N’ Roses ‘new bands’, so I was pretty shocked when he sent me a link to an actual new … Continue reading Greta Van Fleet – From the Fires
Plastic Beach is when Gorillaz started to have a featured artist on almost every track (thirteen out of sixteen) including Snoop Dogg, Mos Def, De La Soul, and Lou Reed. So while you do get different sounds and styles on every track you also get an album that feels more like a compilation than a band. I’m not a big fan of the majority of … Continue reading Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
In 2005 the video for Feel Good Inc. was released. It was 4 years since Gorillaz debut album so I was pretty pumped to see this. Demon Days is pretty consistent with their first album, by that I mean it’s a complete mixed bag. It’s rare that you come across a band that is so inconsistent. Just like their debut album the songs range from … Continue reading Gorillaz – Demon Days
In 2001 I almost exclusively watched cartoons. I also smoked a lot. So when my buddy introduced me to a “virtual band” made of cartoon characters I was all in. The band is actually Damon Albarn of Blur, but the idea was that the cartoon characters were the band. There are music videos for Tomorrow Comes Today, Rock The House, Clint Eastwood, and 19–2000 and it … Continue reading Gorillaz – Gorillaz
