Tag: Retrospective
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Discovery by Daft Punk – Essentiality Review
The context for this review has changed dramatically. I first drafted it just one day before Daft Punk announced their separation after a 28 year career, 4 studio albums, 2 live albums and a film score. The news of course was widley covered by the music press and commented by fans all over the world.…
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Kid-Ays: ‘What is that you tried to say?’
In the first year of this blog, Radiohead’s Ok Computer celebrated its 20th year of existence and I made a major feature in which I wrote a song-by-song review every Friday up to the anniversary of its release, which landed on a Friday, (Editor’s note: ‘On a Friday’ is the original name of Radiohead. Funny,…
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Not from 2018: 10 albums of past years that I listened and loved.
There is one bad thing about year-end lists that nobody talks about. They are a snapshot of what you listened to mostly all year, but only from new releases. Music, as an art form, is timeless, and that simple fact makes it difficult to ignore older records during a particular year. An album a friend…
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Chairs Missing by Wire – Essentiality Review
The last years of the 70’s were music-defining ones. Or at least, rock-defining ones. The genre changed forever and the shape of it would transform from big arenas and excentricism to the minimalism and DIY nature of the punk, post-punk and new wave scenes. Enter, Wire. This London-based band became an essential part of…