Jesse Malin Photo Credit: Gus Philippas These are my top 10 songs and albums of 2021, and discovery of the year, as compiled for the WFUV post, The Best of 2021 Staff Picks. Top 10 Songs 1 Wolf Alice: Smile2 Wet Leg: Chaise Lounge3 Spoon: The Hardest Cut4 My Morning […]
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These are my top 10 songs and albums of 2020, and breakthrough artist, as compiled for the WFUV post, The Best of 2020 Staff Picks. Top 10 Songs Elvis Costello, “No Flag” Pearl Jam, “Dance of the Clairvoyants” Janelle Monáe, “Turntables” Nicole Atkins, “Domino” The Strokes, “Bad Decisions” Jesse Malin, […]
I guess that’s my favorite picture of the year. Walking like a zombie with Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone of The Zombies! 2015 In Review: Top 10 Albums, Songs & Concerts – Happy New Year! Before the lists, here’s 3 more of my fave pix from the past 12 months. […]
If you only listen to one record from 2014, make it the Most Messed Up one by Old 97’s! Flashback to their show in August and revel in songs from the numero uno el disco of the year…perfect warm-up for New Year’s Eve.
The fabulous Alynda Lee Segarra and Hurray For The Riff Raff snare the deuce with their album, Small Town Heroes. Get a taste of it with this performance footage shot in January along with remarks from the aforementioned Alynda.
The Kooks fourth album Listen surprised me – not because I like it so much which I expected to because I was on board with the first three – but why I did, which I couldn’t have seen coming. The songs that made me a fan of these guys like Always Where […]
I first heard Eric Johnson’s guitar playing when his debut album Tones came out in the mid 1980s. I had never heard anything like it. Nobody had heard anything like it! Since then whenever the Austin native put out something new, I felt I owed it to myself to hear […]
Follow the link to hear songs from Spoon’s eighth studio album played live and a conversation with the fab Alisa Ali and enjoy a flashback to the fellas at Governors Ball (as well as The Strokes) in this video…
Here’s a peek back to Robert Plant’s killer show at BAM in September. The mighty re-arranger never fails to satisfy. Zeppelin? We don’t need no stinkin’ Zeppelin!
Jack White is the 21st century riff-meister! Here’s a flashback to his Governors Ball performance in June – About 100 seconds of the instrumental track High Ball Stepper from Lazaretto.
The Hold Steady have become an essential New York band since coming together in Brooklyn about eleven years ago. Three of the guys live in Greenpoint within a few blocks of each other with the remaining members in Manhattan and Memphis. I spoke with Craig Finn and Tad Kubler (pronounced […]
The Orwells’ frontman Mario Cuomo told me he really didn’t like the process of recording albums very much. What he loves is playing live. Despite that being the case, the young quintet from outside of Chicago copped a spot in my top ten album list for 2014. They’re in a TV […]
The countdown of the top albums of 2014 begins! We start off with an album of instrumental music that has found its way into my player repeatedly this year – Golden Age – by Nir Felder, the outstanding guitarist from Katonah, New York, who celebrated the release of his debut […]
Tame Impala, “Elephant” (technically, last year I know but c’mon, it’s my fave of the whole year) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, “Jubilee Street” Lorde, “Royals” Josh Ritter, “Hopeful” Arctic Monkeys, “R U Mine?” Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes, “Love Letter” The White Buffalo, “Joey White” Billy Bragg, […]
…you know, the ones I saw! 1 Dinosaur Jr; Irving Plaza 2 Metallica; Apollo 3 Robert Plant; Prospect Park 4 Erykah Badu; BAM 5 Elvis Costello & The Roots; Brooklyn Bowl 6 The Hives; Irving Plaza 7 Tom Morello; Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Allen Room 8 Television; Rough Trade NYC […]
1 The Lone Bellow; self-titled 2 Phosphorescent; Muchacho 3 Savoir Adore; Our Nature 4 Hunters; self-titled 5 So So Glos; Blowout 6 The Strokes; Comedown Machine 7 Yeah Yeah Yeahs; Mosquito 8 Minor Alps; Get There 9 Chelsea Light Moving; self-titled 10 Lucius; Wildewoman
1 Nick Cave; Push The Sky Away 2 Smith Westerns; Soft Will 3 The White Buffalo; Shadows, Greys & Evil Ways 4 Queens of The Stone Age; Like Clockwork 5 Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes; Baby Caught the Bus 6 Elvis Costello & The Roots; Wise Up Ghost 7 […]
Right! Another year in the books and the time to go on the record (pun intended) about what recordings offered the most moving, cathartic, revolutionary, kick-ass, and/or ones with a good beat that you can dance too music. First, in case you missed it, my top ten of this year: […]
Top Ten Albums of 2011 1. Paul Simon; So Beautiful or So What 2. Tom Waits; Bad as Me 3. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi: Rome 4. Wilco; The Whole Love 5. Wild Flag; Wild Flag 6. Feist; Metals 7. Real Estate; Days 8. Girls; Father, Son, Holy Ghost 9. […]
At the end of 2009, I was asked to pick the top ten albums for the last five decades. Having to choose at least ten for every decade significantly changed the list compared to what it would be if the parameters were simply the best 50 albums over the past […]
Well, as far as 2010 goes – I’m done! My top ten album list, my top ten concert list, and the best of the Holland Tunnel video are all posted (see below) and I’ll be spending most of the remainder of December doing radio shows as opposed to knocking back […]
Links are to my reviews… 1 Massive Attack/Thievery Corporation/Nada Surf; Beacon Theater/Mercury Lounge 2 Grinderman; Best Buy Theater 3 New Orleans Jazzfest; Dr. John, Simon & Garfunkel, Terrence Blanchard, etc. 4 Corinne Bailey Rae; Terminal 5 5 Brendan Benson & The Posies; Highline Ballroom 6 Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings […]