brian, Author at Pop Rock Nation

About brian

Tutor, parent, cat-feeder, and voice-actor Brian Block listens to too much music and glides through life mostly on the strength of his good looks. If he can see farther than others, it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants, an environmentally sound form of public transportation.

#38 album of 2013 – Green Light Go by Redwood Plan

Artist: Redwood Plan

Album: Green Light Go

For some of you, I can do a one-sentence review of the Redwood Plan’s second album Green Light Go that’s reductive but useful: they’re like if Sleater-Kinney used catchy New Wave synthesizers and only Carrie Brownstein (the one who ended up in Wild Flag)’s vocals. Or maybe like if X-Ray Spex featured a singer from Seattle instead of Brixton, better vocal pitch, and those catchy New Wave synthesizers instead of […]

By brian|April 17th, 2014|Reviews|0 Comments

#39 album of 2013 – Adam Ant is the BlueBlack Hussar Marrying the Gunner’s Daughter

Artist: Adam Ant

Album: Adam Ant is the BlueBlack Hussar Marrying the Gunner’s Daughter

Adam Ant (born Stuart Goddard) was already a weirdo in his rock star days, circa 1980. A young glam-rocker, playful and flashy and sly, he was allowed to emerge after the decline of what should have been his subculture, because he used enough prominent African drumbeats, and a twerpy enough singing voice, to sound New Wave. Within a few years, though, he was […]

By brian|April 10th, 2014|Reviews|0 Comments

Best of 2013 mix cd’s (discs 1-3): a track listing

Every year, I design what ends up being a 6-cd best-of-the-previous-year mix: 3 discs in the spring, 3 more in early autumn. I have several friends who want all six, another several who like to receive samplings therefrom. They’re good mixes, and since I already need to type up track listings, I’ve taken to sharing them here, for you to explore in whatever way you might enjoy.

I chose to let the first three discs be […]

By brian|April 9th, 2014|News|0 Comments

Previous 8 91011 12 Next