Blog: IckMusic

Friday Five : \'frī-(,)dā,-dē 'fīv\ : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we'll have a guest, but most of the time it's just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The Five: "Nice Guys" by We Are Scientists [...]

There are many myths, legends and stories that come from the North Woods of America. The wood spirit of Wendigo which could only be seen when facing it head on...the little people who lived among the trees and distracted many a traveler...and, of course, that giant bearded man whose pet was on Ox named Babe.With no need for any hammers from gods, The Stereo Pirates are wielding the full power of Paul Bunyan's Ax, poised to make their mark in the musical zeitgeist of Minneapolis and beyond. When I first heard them [...]

I put this together for my brother a few months ago as a running/exercise companion. Since then, I've listened to it quite a few times on my runs, and quite simply, it pretty much kicks ass. So download, throw it on your iPod/iPhone/SmartPhone of choice, and move ! (Or, sit back in a La-Z-Boy with a strong cocktail. You do what you want, I'm not your daddy). IckMix 6: Move (mp3) [See post to listen to audio] 1. "Month of May" - Arcade Fire (3:51) [...]

• Various Artists - Ickmix, Vol. 6: Move

Friday Five : \'frī-(,)dā,-dē 'fīv\ : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we'll have a guest, but most of the time it's just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The Five: "Always and Forever" by Heatwave (from [...]

Friday Five : \'frī-(,)dā,-dē 'fīv\ : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we'll have a guest, but most of the time it's just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The Five: "Armageddon It" by Def Leppard (from [...]

Don't know much about B.o.B ., except I see his name on the charts or around the media in the form of "B.o.B feat. ___" or "___ feat. B.o.B." credits we're accustomed to seeing in modern day R&B/hip-hop. His 2010 debut album, B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray [Explicit] , hit #1 on the Billboard 200, and spawned three hit singles. Fast forwarding to this year, in which B.o.B. will release his 2nd album, Strange Clouds . The second single is "Play the Guitar," and features another Georgia resident, Outkast's André [...]

Lenny in Phoenix (from Lenny's Facebook) This is short and simple. Last Sunday night, I saw Lenny Kravitz in concert at Comerica Theater in Phoenix. Is there a cooler motherf*cker than Lenny Kravitz? Not many, bud. Swagger, sex appeal, and pure and unadulterated rock star cool. A set list full of hits, past and present... An intimate rapport with the crowd of 2,200, which included a trip through the seats for some high fives and hugs during "Let Love Rule." "Are You Gonna Go My Way" was my personal [...]

 I just finished watching the Michael Rapaport-directed Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest . Like a lot of folks around my age (early 402s - same age as Rapaport & the Tribe), I spent a lot of quality time back in the day with A Tribe Called Quest . In my case, it was the first two albums that really resonated with me - particularly 19912s The Low End Theory . Songs like "Excursions",  "Can I Kick It", and "Rhythm (Devoted to the Art of Moving Butts)" helped provide a [...]

Friday Five : \'frī-(,)dā,-dē 'fīv\ : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we'll have a guest, but most of the time it's just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The Five: " N.T., Parts 1 & 2 " by [...]

Hi. It's 2012, and I've yet to put finger to keyboard to whip up a post on this, my site, my IckMusic. No, music hasn't taken a back seat to anything. It's still at the forefront, ever accompanying me on this journey I'm on. I am, however, focusing on thinking differently, and trying to undo some of the mistakes I've made up to this point, this fifth decade of my Life on Earth. I came across an Albert Einstein quote a couple weeks ago (at least that's who it was credited to). It reads: [...]

Friday Five : \'frī-(,)dā,-dē 'fīv\ : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we'll have a guest, but most of the time it's just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The Five: "Like a Virgin" by Madonna (from [...]

Friday Five : \'frī-(,)dā,-dē 'fīv\ : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we'll have a guest, but most of the time it's just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The Five: "Like a Virgin" by Madonna (from [...]

Friday Five : \'frī-(,)dā,-dē 'fīv\ : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we'll have a guest, but most of the time it's just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The Five: "A-Punk" by Vampire Weekend (from [...]

Friday Five : \'frī-(,)dā,-dē 'fīv\ : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we'll have a guest, but most of the time it's just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The Five: “Stay” by Erykah Badu (from [...]

Friday Five : \'frī-(,)dā,-dē 'fīv\ : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we'll have a guest, but most of the time it's just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The Five: " Nothin' Comes Close " by Journey [...]

Friday Five : \'frī-(,)dā,-dē 'fīv\ : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we'll have a guest, but most of the time it's just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The Five: " Dreams " by Van Halen [...]

Friday Five : \'frī-(,)dā,-dē 'fīv\ : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we'll have a guest, but most of the time it's just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The Five: How about we take a shuffle through 2011? [...]

2011 was truly a blessed year for music. Many of my favorite groups released new records and, as always thanks to NME, I found some fab new ones to geek out over. Without further adieu, here are my Top Ten Albums and Top Ten Tracks of 2011. (Click on the album or track to purhase) Albums 10. Unknown Mortal Orchestra-Unknown Mortal Orchestra This Portland, Oregon band have a a combo lo-fi, groovy throwback sound that makes me smile. "Thought Ballune" is a must download. [...]

2011 was another year of musical discovery for me. Clocking in highest on the discovery meter were San Francisco's Girls ; but right up there with Girls were two bands that can't technically qualify for my best of 2011 album list: Delta Spirit and Titus Andronicus . Their latest albums - History from Below and The Monitor (respectively) - were both released in 2010, but I didn't hear them until this year. Overall, when I think of 2011, these three [...]

• Greg Brown - Where Are You Going When You're Gone

Friday Five : \'frī-(,)dā,-dē 'fīv\ : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we'll have a guest, but most of the time it's just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The Five: "Santa Claus" by Throwing Muses (from, [...]