DAN’S TOP ALBUMS OF 2018
2018 had just begun, and now it’s the final day of the year. I often approach the end of the year with a melancholy mood towards how quickly the time goes by. But there really should be some excitement, good fortune and even accomplishment in making it to another year. I guess we just have [&helli
REVIEW: ARCTIC MONKEYS – TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL & CASINO (2018)
One of the biggest rock bands in the world is set to release one of the most highly anticipated albums of the year, and Alex Turner doesn’t want to talk about it. Outside of a handful of interviews with the Arctic Monkeys’ frontman, the marketing surrounding the release of the British band’s s
DAN’S TOP ALBUMS OF 2017
Just me, or are the years racking up? Too cold to dwell on it now. A few thoughts on the albums I liked and listened to often in the past year. Best of luck in 2018, Happy New Year! 10. Halsey – Hopeless Fountain Kingdom Halsey was featured on the unavoidable 2016 Chainsmokers’ me
REVIEW: COLD WAR KIDS – LA DIVINE (2017)
LA Divine is the product of a band that still has energy and ambition, momentum and creativity. For the Cold War Kids to still be channeling those forces on their sixth album is an admirable feat, but by no means unexpected. Since their promising 2006 debut Robbers & Cowards, the
REVIEW: FOXYGEN – HANG (2017)
Hang is an album of hope: stay strong, follow your dreams, believe in yourself, don’t give up– hang in there. The lyrics to Hang closer, “Rise Up,” say it all: “It’s time to wake up early/ Start taking care of your health/ And start doing all the hard things/ And believe i
Dan’s Top Albums of 2016
Much like its predecessor, 2016 went by in a flash; a humbling reminder of how quickly life goes by. If nothing else, music helps preserve the memories. Here are a few of the albums that accompanied my thoughts, feelings and experiences from the past year. 10. Radiohead –&
REVIEW: MIDNIGHT RERUNS – FORCE OF NURTURE (2015)
Midnight Reruns’ sound is one that is compellingly carefree. The Milwaukee quartet creates songs perfect for soundtracking a roller-coaster ride, a Pete and Pete episode, or anytime you decide to blow off your shitty job and go do something a little more fun. The overall genre is a bit
REVIEW: BORN RUFFIANS – RUFF (2015)
RUFF is the Born Ruffians fourth album and it documents a band channeling through the refusal, frustration, unrest and even some acceptance of becoming just another middling rock band. You never thought life as mid-level rock stars could be so rough, but Born Ruffians deliver a convin
REVIEW: THIRD EYE BLIND – DOPAMINE (2015)
After years of prolonged and unfulfilled anticipation, Third Eye Blind finally releases their new album, Dopamine. It’s the San Francisco band’s first album since 2009’s Ursa Major, and only their fifth studio album since the band’s formation in the mid-1990s. Over the ye