Jan 31, 2019
The Album: Bryan Ferry, These Foolish Things (1973)
Bryan Ferry first came to notice in the early 1970s thanks to the
art rock group, Roxy Music, that he helped form. Most other artists
would have focused their energies on their budding, hit band but
Ferry, throughout his career, has never been one to be like...
Jan 24, 2019
The Album: Otis Redding The Very Best of Otis Redding (1992)
Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart is the son of a record producer and session player who blessed him with the gift of The Very Best of Otis Redding, the 1992 compilation of sixteen of the best songs from the late Otis Redding's catalogue. His father gave him...
Jan 17, 2019
The Album: Ol Dirty Bastard: Return to the 36 Chambers (1995)
"Ain't no father to his style." That's how Ol Dirty Bastard was introduced to the world on 1993's Enter the 36 Chambers by hip-hop's posse supreme, the Wu Tang Clan. At the time, we got an inkling of ODB's eccentricity but on that first Wu album, so...
Jan 10, 2019
The Album: Cyndi Lauper She's So Unsual (1983)
She's So Unusual dropped October 14th, 1983, and introduced much of the world to Queens' pop punk tough girl Cyndi Lauper. She presented as a colorful character with colorful hair and colorful homies and charmed her way into pop culture with ten tracks recorded for CBS at...
Jan 3, 2019
The Album: Parliament: The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (1976)
In the 1970s, no single artist was as influential in transforming the sound of funk as George Clinton. If the funk of the late '60s was embodied in the sparse, frenetic rhythms of James Brown, Clinton filled out and polished the sound across the '70s, with...