I recall as a wee 15-year-old, listening to the radio. Live 105, which, as a teenager in the Bay Area, was your source for a rock n roll education. This was shortly before I discovered KZSU and KALX, as well as similar stations, which really opened my ears. Anyway, I heard a song. It was the most deliciously naughty song I’ve ever heard at the time. It was a song called “Underwear.” I was OBSESSED. I found out that an older friend had a CD called Different Class. He dubbed it for me, and I listened to it nonstop. It was my opening to the genre known as “Britpop.” Later, of course, I’d delve into Blur, Elastica, Supergrass, and Kenickie. Eventually, this led me to spend my young college days at an 18+ nightclub called “Popscene.” Continue reading “Pulp announce 30th Anniversary Edition of Different Class”
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Single of the Week: “Spike Island” by Pulp
What do Pulp sound like, 25 years after their last full-length album, 12 years since their last release? Well, “Spike Island,” their first new music since 2013, may not be littered with double entendres like their 90s hitmaking era, but it does spotlight the *other* thing Jarvis Cocker is known for: his innate ability to find joy in life. It’s reflective without being sickeningly sweet. And, of course, anytime you gift me with a song about the joy of music, I’m all in—especially a song about the joys of making music.
“Spike Island” is the first single off Pulp’s upcoming new record (did I really say that? A NEW PULP ALBUM?!?!), More, in stores and on the web on June 6th. I can’t wait to hear more!
Who Needs New Music? My top albums of 1998!
“What’s wrong Chazzy Black, you look sad?”
“I don’t know Linux, I know we have all this great music that came out in 2011 (Spinning Platters Top Ten Albums of 2011), but I’m just not happy. I like dreamy guitars, sad depressing themes, and booty shaking grooves and all that, but I’m just not sure it means anything anymore. All these albums are derivative…”
“Chazzy Black you’re the only person I know that can take a wonderful thing like the music of 2011 and turn it into a problem.”
“Isn’t there anyone that can tell me what music is all about?!
“Sure Chazzy Black I can tell you what music is all about”
“Time Machine Please…”
“And there was my favorite music of 1998…”
Continue reading “Who Needs New Music? My top albums of 1998!”
Spinning Platters Weekly Tip Sheet: July 28th-August 3rd
This is part 10 of a continuing series… Next week, we will discuss how race relations affected the reconstruction.
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Tip Sheet: July 28th-August 3rd”