CCP Ep. #12: Moms by Menomena
This week we talk about what we’ve been listening to, we review Menomena’s latest album, Moms, and get into an introductory conversation about the art of music.
Trigger Tracks: Lust
It is plain to see that music can inspire feelings of joy, sadness, and love; but they can also incite a deeper, more primal emotional response. The feeling I speak of is lust, or a strong desire for sex.
Song Shots: Robbie Williams – Candy
“Candy” is the brand new single from Robbie Williams’ upcoming album Take the Crown. After the very first viewing I fell in love with this song and video. I defy you to not start tapping you feet in the first 10 seconds.
Trigger Tracks: Fun
A song that with out a doubt represents pure fun to me is “Song 2″ by Blur. The song starts with a fantastic and speedy drum beat. The song then kicks into full swing with simply the words “Woo-hoo.”
CCP Ep. #11: North by Matchbox Twenty
This week we talk about Green Day’s upcoming tour, Led Zeppelin’s social media surprise, what we’ve been listening to lately, we review Matchbox Twenty’s latest, North, and we discuss the beginnings of a new feature on Crash Chords called Trigger Tracks.
Intricacies of Sound, or Why We Like What We Like
I grew up with an angry, alcoholic father. Suffice it to say there was a fair share of yelling in the house. I’m all grown up now and I’ve never thought twice about what that may have done to me, now that I am older. I never thought it would affect my musical tastes, but the mind is a richly latticed work of evolutionary art, and everything is connected. Waxing on my past got me thinking: Why do we like the music we like? There is no definitive answer, but there are many theories out there.
An American Breakdown: Electra Heart Chronicles the Death (and Rebirth) of a Diva
Tragic Dead Ends (I): “Less of Progressive”
In Crash Chords Podcast #9, we looked at the pros and cons of Rock n’ Roll in its infant state through the lens of our album review, Take a Vacation! by The Young Veins. Though their work was dated as recent as 2010, they hearkened back to a much earlier incarnation of Rock, delivering unto us the carefree beach sounds of the early 60s once again. Though the album sparked an intriguing debate on how it should be rated, it was unanimously agreed upon that there is much to be owed to this early era, as a basis for modern instrumentation and common structural forms. But, as with a great many other things in the 1960s, Rock was inevitably on an unstoppable evolutionary track.
CCP Ep. #10: The Circle in the Square by Flobots
This week we talk about what’s been rattling around in our headphones, the new record from Flobots, The Circle in the Square, and speak about the effects production and mixing can have on albums.
Record Review: The Offspring – Days Go By
While I have been a fan of Offspring in my youth, I feel like I’ve grown out of the youthful message and lyrics of their original work. So, I was pleasantly surprised by their new album, Days Go By. From the first tracks you hear a familiar tone, yet there is a new complexity in their composition; a new adult tone in the lyrics that is almost unheard of coming from the voice of Dexter Holland.