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Noel Torres, José Feliciano, y Otros are Worth It! 11 Mar 2013 | 02:59 pm
From my latest Sheep & Goats, over at Burnside Writers Collective: You don’t look to the Managing Editor of Entertainment Weekly for music tips, but it was still jaw-dropping to read this in his post...
Happy Birthday To Me! (1977 Playlist) 8 Jan 2013 | 02:00 am
Back in August I gave myself a birthday present: 26 songs from my birth year*, one for each letter of the alphabet, only one of which I'd heard before that month, and they all had to be good or at lea...
WORTH IT IN 2012: Langhoff's Top 40 30 Dec 2012 | 05:19 pm
TOP 10 SINGLES! “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” - Taylor Swift from Singles Jukebox: Taylor’s always done teenpop — she’s effortlessly broadened teenpop’s scope to include country, or maybe...
WORTH IT IN 2012: #12 - Old Timey Yazoo Comp 27 Dec 2012 | 05:28 pm
2012 IN OLD TIMEY REISSUES Various Artists The Return of the Stuff That Dreams are Made Of (Yazoo) Here's what I wrote at the PopMatters Best Reissues extravaganza: Chances are you’ve already got...
WORTH IT IN 2012: #13 - Nas 27 Dec 2012 | 05:01 pm
2012 IN GROWNUP RAP Nas Life Is Good (Def Jam) You all know how the story go. Here's what I wrote on the PopMatters Best Albums feature, where Life Is Good finished #36: As he says, Nas must have...
WORTH IT IN 2012: #14 - Heart 27 Dec 2012 | 04:42 pm
2012 IN CLASSIC ROCK Heart Fanatic (Sony/Legacy) "One of the best bands we have ever had," says Matt Cibula in his PopMatters review, and based on this album you don't doubt him. They've been on a...
WORTH IT IN 2012: #15 - Jerrod Niemann 27 Dec 2012 | 12:26 am
2012 IN NASHVILLE COUNTRY Jerrod Niemann Free the Music (Sea Gayle/Arista Nashville) Here's what I wrote in the PopMatters Country Best-Of, shortly before learning that Jerrod Niemann is not reall...
WORTH IT IN 2012: #16 - Waka Flocka Flame 26 Dec 2012 | 06:43 pm
2012 IN SOUTHERN RAP Waka Flocka Flame Triple Life (Warner Bros.) I understand your moral qualms about listening to Waka Flocka's songs of violence, misogyny, and materialism. My defense has three...
WORTH IT IN 2012: #17 - PO PO 26 Dec 2012 | 10:00 am
2012 IN SLACKER ROCK PO PO Dope Boy Magick (Mad Decent) From Sheep & Goats: Zeb Malik makes ramshackle little indie rock tunes, snatches of riff presided over by a wafting tenor, a thrift-store M...
WORTH IT IN 2012: #18 - Vijay Iyer Trio 26 Dec 2012 | 09:24 am
2012 IN PIANO TRIOS Vijay Iyer Trio Accelerando (ACT) Those seeking erudite takes on this wonderful music should read Nate Chinen's Times review, which nicely covers Iyer's background and musical ...
