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In the early months of 2013, I wrote for Pop Rock Nation detailed reviews of my 50 Favorite Albums of 2012, covering what I think was a nice range of indie pop/rock, metal, hip-hop, progressive rock, cabaret, avant-rock, and world music. My tastes haven’t suddenly changed; those are excellent albums I’m happy to have written about. But they all had the advantage of being albums I’d already heard when I made the list — an advantage […]

Artist: Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears

Album: Daffy’s Elixir

… But then there’s her reaction the first time she heard Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears: amused disbelief. “Are you listening to this on purpose?” {I was} “… It’s so cheesy! And ’70s!” Now, rather than sniping about an INXS fan calling anyone’s music “cheesy”, I will take the high road and concede her points. *If*, by cheesy, we mean that Bryan Scary albums are full of extravagant pop […]