Not exactly the most exciting week for new releases (man, how much have I been saying THAT lately?), we begin this week’s column with a group that begs two questions: What happened to the R&B group? and Are there any acts left on Bad Boy Records? Shit, think back fifteen years, and the R&B scene was littered with groups: Boyz II Men, Jodeci, Shai, Silk, Intro, Hi-Five, Color Me Badd…now I can barely think of […]
Before I actually sat down and decided to write this up, I thought “wow. What a crappy year 2008 was for music”. Such a crappy year, in fact, that I thought I was gonna have trouble coming up with a list of even 10 albums that I thought were worthy of mention.
Well I’ll be…by the time the dust had cleared, I had a shortlist large enough (is that a double negative?) that I wound up […]
Happy New Year’s Eve, everyone. Our own Greg Harrell has passed on his own indie-tastic list of his favorites of 2008. Have a look-see, won’t you?
20.) Atmosphere – When Life Gives You Lemons You Paint That Shit Gold
19.) The Verve – Forth
18.) Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See it
17.) Ra Ra Riot – The Rhumb Line
16.) Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
15.) Robyn – Robyn
14.) Bloc Party – Intimacy
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