Showing posts with label Roger's Year in Music 2014. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roger's Year in Music 2014. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Roger’s Year in Music 2015 (Part 10): But first, some 2014 leftovers.

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When we pause to consider the type of rock/pop music Roger (that's me) tends to like, the year 2014 must be acclaimed as one of the fine...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

No. 1: Roger's Year in Music 2014 ends with Futurology by Manic Street Preachers.

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It took only a couple of hours on the ground in Berlin on September 12, near the Tiergarten and Zoo Station, amid the swirling leaves of a...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Roger's Year in Music 2014, No. 2: The Brink, by The Jezabels.

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I didn't know The Jezabels even existed until February and the release of The Brink . Based solely on a few song samples at Allmusic.com...
Monday, December 29, 2014

Roger's Year in Music 2014, No. 3: Songs of Innocence, by U2.

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You've read it and heard it many times before: I'm Roger, and this is U2. We're the same age, and we've grown up together...
Sunday, December 28, 2014

Roger's Year in Music 2014, No. 4: Pure Adulterated Joy, by Morning Parade.

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A useful working definition of "bittersweet" as a concept: You're introduced to new music that genuinely inspires and moves, a...
Saturday, December 27, 2014

Roger's Year in Music 2014, No. 5: High Hopes, by Bruce Springsteen.

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Let's get one thing out of the way: I won't try to make a case for High Hopes being in the upper echelon of Bruce Springsteen...
Friday, December 26, 2014

Roger's Year in Music 2014, No. 6: The Take Off and Landing of Everything, by Elbow.

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Earlier in 2014, I wrote at some length about "This Blue World." the opening track from The Take Off and Landing of Everything ....
Thursday, December 25, 2014

Roger's Year in Music 2014, No. 7: Playland, by Johnny Marr.

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It's an understatement of epic dimension for me to acknowledge that I'm an unapologetic Johnny Marr fan. From the Smiths through h...
Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Roger's Year in Music 2014, No. 8: Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar, by Robert Plant.

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Led Zeppelin never was a go-to band for me, even in its prime. Give me the Who or Deep Purple from that era, in that "heavy" of ...
Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Roger's Year in Music 2014, No. 9: Present Tense, by Wild Beasts.

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"Don't confuse me for someone who gives a fuck" ranks with "hope I die before I get old." There comes a time when ...
Monday, December 22, 2014

Roger's Year in Music 2014, No. 10: Somewhere Under Wonderland, by Counting Crows.

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It's easy to be disdainful of Counting Crows, and even easier to aim barbs at frontman/songwriter/lyricist Adam Duritz. I've ofte...
Sunday, December 21, 2014

Roger's Year in Music 2014, No. 11: Safety in Numbers, by Scars on 45.

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I'm told this band's big break came when its songs were used on popular television dramas like Grey's Anatomy . Thankfully, I...
Saturday, December 20, 2014

Roger's Year in Music 2014, No. 12: La Petite Mort, by James.

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Apart from a few very vague and fleeting memories of James during the late 1980s (or perhaps early 1990s; I drank a lot back then), there...
Friday, December 19, 2014

Roger's Year in Music 2014, No. 13: Hypnotic Eye, by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.

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Here's the big truth: I'm not much of a Tom Petty follower, at least not since Damn the Torpedoes back in 1979, and even then, w...
Thursday, December 18, 2014

Roger's Year in Music 2014, No. 14: Avonmore, by Bryan Ferry.

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My music collection includes the complete Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry, and in large measure, both always have been far more about mood, set...
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Roger's Year in Music 2014, No. 15: Now, by Chicago.

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As practiced in my lifetime, pop/rock is a strange beast. From "hope I die before I get old" (the Who) to "live forever...
Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Roger's Year in Music 2014, No. 16: After the Disco, by Broken Bells.

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The movers of Broken Bells are Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton and James Mercer of the Shins, and their album After the Disco  was ...
Monday, December 15, 2014

Roger's Year in Music 2014, No. 17: Pop Psychology, by Neon Trees.

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Once Upon A Time's  Josh Dallas  isn't the only artist with a background in New Albany.  Elaine Bradley  is the drummer for  Neon...
Sunday, December 14, 2014

Roger's Year in Music 2014, No. 18: Dizzy Heights, by Neil Finn.

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Neil Finn is a great and enduring personal favorite, from far-off days of Split Enz, through Crowded House and work with his brother Tim,...
Saturday, December 13, 2014

Roger's Year in Music 2014, No. 19: Sonic Highways, by Foo Fighters.

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By now, we've all heard the story, as recapped by Eric Harvey at Wondering Sound : It’s a cliché, but it’s true: being in a band i...