For the love of music
It’s always tough to narrow down a list of favorites, especially to a Top 3, but I’ve finally prevailed instead of failed. I’m also looking forward to several 2012 releases including albums by Blood Red Shoes, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Twilight Sad, Little Boots, Steve Kilbey & Martin Kennedy, Rykarda Parasol, Maribel, Therapy?, Lana … [Read more...]
This was originally going to be a Top 3 list, but I couldn’t resist doing a Top 10 instead. Too much joy to spread around this year! 10. Meringue & Malice – “Christmas Covered in Candy” Leslie Dallion and Ryan Breegle, formerly the duo The Loligags (on Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records out of Athens, Georgia), are back as … [Read more...]
Rykarda Parasol on… The Afghan Whigs - Black Love (Elektra, 1996) It seems that Duende is a difficult-to-define term that describes the soul and spirit from which art (usually the Spanish arts) can stem. And yet most artists look to a so-called “golden muse” to be inspired or aspire to. Duende is not like this grand, lofty notion of … [Read more...]