Posts Tagged ‘lcd soundsystem’

I learned a lot this past year. For example, did you know that Nicolas Cage could have been Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings? Crazy. But for more substantial learnings about life, let’s turn to this year’s music, and what it told us along the way.
1. Surprise People. 2011 in music was a year [...]

Day 2 of Sasquatch, the most dance-oriented lineup of the weekend, was an early start for me because for some reason the organizers put Caribou’s set at 12:05. I had missed them when they played the day before I left in Portland, so I needed to see their show from what my Brooklyn friends claimed. So I pulled myself out of the tent, made an amazing breakfast of egg and cheese sandwiches, packed a lunch and headed off. I slipped right in though security with little trouble and headed straight over to the main stage to literally catch them as they went on stage. The band severely impressed the crowd, which was quite large for such an early set. Their dual drumming attack and overall talent of the band blew the crowd away.

Music is a funny thing, like water and insanity it comes in waves. Remember that whole boy band thing in the late 90’s? What was that all about? How did that even happen? Either way 2009 was an okay year in music, though some may say it was “meh” and 2008 was better, etc. Well, [...]

While the common practice is for new artists to cover old ones, I find it much more interesting when it’s the other way around. In fact, there are a lot of old crooners that are doing contemporary cover albums lately, look at Johnny Cash’s last few records before he died. Here’s a list of some [...]