It does seem suspicious that two of the most famous Hueys are a dorky pop singer and an animated duck. Those two haven't exactly done the name proud. Black Panther Huey P. Newton tried to bad-assify the name, but it didn't take. I still think of the duck and the doofus first.
Jukevox looks back nostalgically to the time spent behind the counter of his local record store when the music was free and a his mad crush turned him on to the wonders of post-punk.
Join us as we tinker with some of the key moments in the history of hip-hop and detail what could have been had what actually happened never happened at all.
It's impossible to hear the song without thinking of Molly Ringwald in her prom dress, Andrew McCarthy with that wide-eyed freaky stare, James Spader's feathered hair and drawling line readings, and, of course, Jon Cryer as Ducky...
They made only three albums together (and, don't be fooled by the name, there were only three band members), but the Ben Folds Five forged there own little niche in the music world in the late 90's before calling it a day: Piano rock that carried as much snark as it did sensitivity.
The Four Tops will never be the poster boys for psychedelia, but the quartet's 1970 album Still Waters Run Deep belongs in the library of any fan of fuzz guitar and trippy stereo separation.
I'd probably enjoy reading legendary music critic Lester Bangs even if he wrote about kidney stones or golf tournaments. He was just that good...Every so-called Lester Bangs of what-have-you below should be flattered.
Boston Spaceships have become the go-to boisterous rock band project of Pollard's post GBV career. After a string of lackluster solo albums, it has been a treat to get to hear Pollard letting loose and having fun again.
The song has endured thanks to oblivious DJs who trot it out every Monday morning as a way to signify the start-of-the-work-week doldrums to their listeners. The song's true meaning often slips by though, as it did by me when I was a kid.
Sometimes music can alter the perception of your surroundings, as the soulful songs of Ella Fitzgerald did for nynic99 in this week's installment of the Memory Bank.
Whether you are a believer or non-believer one cannot deny the fact that the Bible is chalk full of legendary tales. For his latest Mountain Goats album, The Life of the World to Come , John Darnielle has taken specific verses from the Bible and based entire songs on them.
Few bands have the indie cred of the Velvet Underground, who pretty much invented the concept. Forever known for a small following with a mega-normous influence, it is an honor to be called the VU of anything—even though, like many honors, it comes with little cashola.
Our story begins inside the home of acclaimed folk-singer and animal activist Sarah McLachlan. All the guests are seated at the table and are eager to devour the special holiday feast which Mrs. McLachlan has prepared for them. The gracious host makes one special request just before all the edibles are devoured...
In 1974, Steely Dan co-founders Donald Fagen and Walter Becker found that the sounds they heard in their head were often too expansive for the 5-piece band they had formed. So they hired a passel of session men for their third album and created Pretzel Logic .
This week, we feature a batch of reissues and new albums that hone in on the groove, hearty listening for early winter that will keep you warm at night.
But while "Beyoncé" means "cataclysmically beautiful" to me, her name has a few other meanings to the other humans who scribble and scrabble around the Internet. Forgive them, Beyoncé!
"I took my love. Took it down," she began softly. I couldn't make sense of all the words she was singing, but her lusty voice just cascaded over every note. The experience was almost spiritual; everything else faded away.
For his second solo album in 1984, former Eagle Don Henley put away the twang of his former band and embraced the synthesizer. The result, Building The Perfect Beast , placed multiple singles on the charts and even made the poker-faced Henley an unlikely MTV star.
Pain Teens sounded like Texas. The band took the tape manipulations, decontextualized vocal samples, and motorik beat of industrial music and wed it to something uniquely Texan: fuzz guitar psychedelia.
This week's Baker's Dozen highlights 13 albums from the 1970s that often go unmentioned when discussing the best music from the decade.
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The Rains of Castamere by The National
Nas - Daughters
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
CHROMATICS "THESE STREETS WILL NEVER LOOK THE SAME"
A Place To Bury Strangers - "You Are The One" (Official Video)
Azealia Banks - '1991' [Listen]
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Metric Debuts Album via Synthetica Hide+Seek, Tickets On Sale Now For Fall Tour
