Wordsmith: The Blue Collar Recital
By Randy Wagstaff The concept album exists, or hypothetically could exist, in every music genre. The only requirement is that a universal theme or…
Read MoreBy Randy Wagstaff The concept album exists, or hypothetically could exist, in every music genre. The only requirement is that a universal theme or…
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Read MoreBy Randy Wagstaff Trap Lord, the debut album from Harlem-born rapper A$AP Ferg, is the fashion designer-turned-MC’s first chance to do what he loves:…
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Read MoreThe Unicorns are one of those bands that everybody seems to remember for one album and one album alone: Who Will Cut Our Hair…
Read MoreGuitar pop has its time and its place. Artists like Fountains of Wayne and Matthew Sweet still have legions of fans even though they…
Read Moreby Shawn Gakhal For a band that once garnered comparisons to post-punk legends like the Fall and Joy Division, you’d think that the Factory…
Read MoreStudies have suggested that boys don’t reach full maturity until their late twenties, a finding that apparently epitomises the Arctic Monkeys. Slick, sexy and…
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