Olivia Rodrigo is selling a lot of records without the co-sign of a near-40-year-old dude in flyover country, so it’s not like this is the most essential, ground-breaking post I’ll ever write, but I kept hearing her singles in public and thinking “damn, that’s a good song, I need to listen to her album!” I… Read More Pop Perfection: Olivia Rodrigo “Sour”
I’m not a Beatles guy. It’s not that I don’t like the Beatles; I just never really got into them. The last time I really listened to any of their music was when Cirque du Soleil released the soundtrack for their Beatles-based show “Love,” and it was like an hour-long DJ set of classic Beatles… Read More ‘Get Back’ from a non-Beatles guy perspective
There were a few years on this blog (and its earlier incarnations) when practically the only post/posts I’d write in a given year were my year-end music lists. I really liked writing those, thinking about all the music I’d listened to, ranking albums in my head and then on paper and then in my drafts… Read More The ATR Top 10 Songs of 2020: YouTube edition
New Orleans-based rapper Curren$y is one of my favorites. He’s not always the first name off my tongue when I’m listing them, but his thematic consistency (laid-back beats and rhymes, mostly about getting high and enjoying the spoils of a rich life) and his voluminous output (seemingly an album or mixtape every month or so… Read More Quarantine Bops: Curren$y & Harry Fraud “The OutRunners”
Brooklyn-based rapper KOTA the Friend just dropped what I’m already pretty sure will be MY album of the summer, “Everything.” This thing is chock-full of lyrically adept, laid-back, bouncy-flouncy, hip-hop gems, and I already can’t get enough. Check out the audio for what I would think will be one of the lead singles, “BQE” featuring… Read More Summer jam: KOTA the Friend’s “Everything”
I’m 36. I’ve never been to a proper EDM show. I keep my finger on the pulse of what’s “hot” in music, but I rarely click with what is moving on the charts, so to speak. That said, I find EDM to be somewhat harder to keep up with. I honestly have no idea what’s… Read More Disclosure’s back
I really enjoyed Aussie rocker Courtney Barnett’s first album, “Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit,” and not just because its title more or less describes my life. It’s a super catchy, super fun, jangly bit of rock and roll with some pretty poignant and thoughtful lyrics to boot (but not so… Read More Courtney Barnett’s in the groove
I’m not saying there will ever be another Tom Petty, but may I posit that the closest we have is one Beck Hansen? I’ve been listening to the new album, “Colors,” which is awesome. The album before that, “Morning Phase,” was totally different and also awesome (so awesome it won Best Album at the Grammys).… Read More Beck is one of the all-time greats
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