This review first appeared over at PopMatters.com Click here for original source. Nostalgia of the Honorable Variety Chuck Klosterman once wrote that, “With the exception of Jim Morrison, Eric Clapton is (arguably) the most overrated rock musician of all time…” This may have been true 20 years ago, but not …
Slavoj Zizek commented on the “Gangham Style” phenomenon at a recent lecture in Vermont. He makes the case that the hysteria surrounding the phenomenon is a form of spirituality that creates its own kind of sacred space, It’s disgusting, so you have to watch it 40 or 50 times a …
The first Son Lux album has just been made available for free download over at Noisetrade. At War with Walls and Mazes continues to be one of the discs I have consistently returned to over the course of the last few years. It has been called, “…the musical equivalent of …
It has taken me more than a few weeks to work through all fifty-eight tracks of Sufjan Steven’s Silver and Gold. My daughter Rachel is fascinated with Sufjan’s version of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” So much so, that she made me play it for her five times in …
Tis’ the eve of the Sufjan Stevens Christmas spectacular in San Francisco. Tomorrow night I will be traveling to the city by the Bay with my brother-in-law to participate in what promises to be a unique live concert event. I have heard rumors that there will be much singing and merriment, those in attendance beckoned …
December 2, 2012 is the start of the Christian New Year and the beginning of Advent (the season before the twelve days of Christmas.) Are you overwhelmed by the thought of having to listen to the same four Christmas albums you have had in your holiday playlist for the last …
Music So here’s the thing, I am not a big fan of the new Mumford and Sons album Babel. I think that Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis of the Sound Opinions podcast nailed it in their review of the album. Also, here is a controversial article from Curator Magazine by Nathan Chang entitled …
When I was a kid, the first book of the Bible I learned to find on my own was the Psalms. It’s right in the middle. Place your thumbs in the center of the pages and pull. As far as my Christian faith is concerned, all the crosses and comforts …
I sometimes feel a bit embarrassed to play guitar. There’s something –I don’t want to sound ungrateful –but there’s something very old-fashioned and traditional about it. You meet kids today whose grandparents were in punk bands. It’s very old and traditional, but then, so is an orchestra and so is a string section. … [It's] is a contradiction going around in my head, and I can’t really resolve it.
-Jonny Greenwood (guitarist for Radiohead in an interview with NPR, a perfect metaphor for a particular “postmodern” soul)
“I feel like if God had some sort of way of speaking, it would be through music” -Ari Picker (songwriter for Lost In The Trees) Even under the most tragic of circumstances many understand death as a beginning–a beginning that is shrouded in mystery, possibility, and beauty. It can be …
