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5 New Songs and Albums You Must Hear
The sun is out in Seattle and everybody needs driving music. There is nothing like exciting new records to thrill the soul and I have 5 songs/albums that you should check out. “Song for
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“Punch Drunk Love” (2002) and Three Great Scenes
PT Anderson’s stylistic transition from the epic Scorsese/Altman influenced Boogie Nights/Magnolia to the much more fragmented/angsty There Will Be Blood/The Master can be seen in 2002′s Punch-Drunk Love. At the time the film was marketed as PT
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Dating, Dream Logic and Torture: “Audition” (1999)
WARNING: ”Audition” is a disturbing film and certainly not for everyone. I have been watching Mark Cousins fantastic documentary series The Story of Film on Netflix recently (big recommendation to film lovers!). Cousins takes on the
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“The Coast” by Paul Simon: Song of the Day
“To prove that I love you, because I believe in you / Summer skies, stars are falling all along the injured coast” When people talk of Paul Simon they usually reference either the afro-pop
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Best Albums of 2012
My favorite part of the Holiday season has nothing to do with gifts or Christmas trees or turkey dinners. What gets me most excited about the end of the year is the fact that
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Solange Brings us Back to Pop’s Glory Days
I love hip-hop, soul and R&B music. I always have. D’Angelo’s Voodoo masterpiece, Grand Master Flash’s “The Message”, Sam Cooke singing “A Change is Gonna Come” or even an early Cypress Hill track like “How I
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Song of the Day: Soda Stereo “Disco Eterno” (1995)
In high school, I studied Spanish for three years and immersed myself in the whole “rock en Español” phenomenon. Listening to Spanish-language music obviously afforded me an opportunity to hear songs I otherwise would
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“Terrible Lie” by Nine Inch Nails: Song of the Day
“I want so much to believe” – Trent Reznor in “Terrible Lie” My friend and fellow WillTheFire writer Sam Sundquist recently sent me a video link to Nine Inch Nail’s full performance at Woodstock
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Song of the Day: Paul Simon “The Boy In the Bubble” (1986)
Paul Simon, among the leading singer-songwriters of his or any era, sells God-knows-how-many records as part of a celebrated duo, then breaks up the partnership at the height of their popularity. He releases a
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Noir and Loneliness: “On Dangerous Ground” (1952)
Film-noir is a cinematic style that has always attracted me. These movies value dark lighting, unique camera angles, dramatic music, heavy themes, violence, ethical questioning and the struggle to do right in a very
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