Nordic November. Four weeks. Four great bands from those northern European lands that always seem to top the lists of happiest countries on Earth. So, over the next month get ready for groups featuring lots of -sons, -sens, -qvists, -bergs, blue eyes and vowels. Plenty of vowels. Spoiler alert: there will be no ABBA.
Today: Norway…
Criminy! I see you’ve come across my grand bookcase. These works are like pieces of me, gathered these many years at the times that I need them most, with all the wisdom and guidance of the Greats -- oh, who am I kidding, do you want some? There is no way that I can ever, possibly read all these…
I have never been quite sure what to make of Foals and their career. Antidotes, their 2008 debut, showed immense promise and was followed two years later by the even better Total Life Forever. The young Foals appeared to be maturing right in front of our ears and on the fast track to stardom following Holy…
T'is the Season! These sweet and savory "Holidaze" appetizers will have you caroling at the top of your lungs with friends in no time! The only problem? You have to share!
Ingredients:
Oil *(your choice of type)
1 can cranberry sauce
Coating
8 oz Panko…
Musical macaroni and cheese. The aural embodiment of the oral delight. For me that's what soulful R&B has always been: the ultimate comfort food for the ear.
Some songs console you when you’re down. Others widen that smile when you’re already feeling great. Maybe you’re getting over a break up and there ain't no sunshine when she's gone. Or…
For years, Sam Wulff would come home after work, roast a heaping indica, then fire up the oven for pizza after frozen pizza, all eaten to himself, until passing out each night in a daze. On off-nights he would frequent each fast food restaurant within a mile radius, returning home with no less than ten value meals to…
The more I listen to this album, the more my mind arrives at the same thought: a more edgy Portugal. The Man. Dark Hour is Parlor Mob's fourth LP, and while previous releases were more analogous to Led Zeppelin (and most notably present here on "House of Cards"), the New Jersey rockers instead seem to have taken notes from their…
I know my boyfriend gets high a lot. But when he crashes into those orange construction cones at one mile an hour--when he’s walking down the street--I can’t tell if he’s, like, flying on cloud nine from a pure wax-and-keef palm-leaf-rolled blunt, or if he might be just a complete idiot.
This morning I woke…
Ten months ago we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Beatles self-titled double LP, better known to all as "The White Album." We're at it again with the band that, while not in the public eye, never left the hearts and minds of countless listeners the world over. September 26th marked the semi-centennial of the seminal Abbey Road…
For years, Cannatown residents have asked, when, when it would come time to open the floodgates up on Fortune Hill. The precipice outside town overlooks a vast, dry land needing irrigation to expand Cannatown’s crop thricefold. To open them would usher in a long-awaited age of prosperity and safety. For although the floodgates were never meant to become…
