WintertimeBlues

One has to understand that harmonic structures of stoner rock simply create drudgry with borderline intolerable imagry of dope smoking and weed puffing. Expecially on Unida's magnum opus "Coping with the Urban Coyote." The albums message of "We don't want a drug addict but an urban coyote" and "It is a crime to smoke pot but not to sleep in the urban coyote's hole" was the ultimate message of modern stoner rock culture to that day. It is a message that is still ... read more

Mac Demarco, the massively successful figurehead for indie babies and tots of the current era is known for the youthful glee in his music. As much as he may not be as famous as his frenemy Ty Segall: the young God with his deceptively innocent songs that are always anything but small.

The English-Canadian is a hard-core Grunge freak, a punk with a chance, a late-night romantic who has fallen into the sweet summer sand of album-making, and is all smiles. When asked what his songwriting process ... read more

Gang Starr's Step in the Arena is a lyrical masterpiece with consistent production at the top of the game and lyrics that invoke deep feelings of sincerity, passion, and dedication. Gang Starr are using the power of music as their weapon in the battle against the anti-Black ideology that influences, justifies, and even propagates the unchecked mass murder of Black and Brown people in America, most recently the daily murders in Chicago and the frequency and intensity of police shootings of ... read more

Slash, the famed guitarist, released an album in 2010 that I feel deserves more credit. He co-wrote and produced it. This is a terrific album with great songs. It isn’t as consistently stellar as, say, “Chinese Democracy,” but it is still a worthwhile listen. “Ghost” opens with the trademark guitar thrills and orchestral epicness you expect from Slash. It makes you wonder, given his prominence in Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver, if he should be recording ... read more