Sex, War and Robots: David Bowie

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Saturday, July 15, 2017

Spotify Playlist: We Live in a World of Stuff

Sunday, January 15, 2017

Top 30 Albums of 2016

30. Deerhoof - The Magic

29. Minor Victories - Minor Victories

28. The I.L.Y.'s - Scum with Boundaries

27. Iron & Wine/Jesca Hoop - Love Letter for Fire

26. Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered

25. ScHoolboy Q - Blank Face LP

24. Swans - The Glowing Man

23. Preoccupations - Preoccupations

22. Marching Church - Telling It Like It Is

21. The Kills - Ash & Ice

20. Wye Oak - Tween

19. 50 Foot Wave - Bath White EP

18. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker

17. Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression

16. Braids - Deep in the Iris

15. Sarah Jarosz - Undercurrent

14. Aphex Twin - Cheetah EP

13. Parquet Courts - Human Performance

12. Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20

11. Mount Moriah - How to Dance

10. Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - A Man Alive

9. Death Grips - Bottomless Pit

8. Lorelle Meets The Obsolete - Balance

7. Dana Falconberry & Medicine Bow - From the Forest Came the Fire

6. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here...Thank U for Your Service

5. Lady Lamb - Tender Warriors Club EP

4. Angel Olsen - My Woman

3. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

2. Autolux - Pussy's Dead

1. David Bowie - ★

Lady Lamb - Tender Warriors Club EP

Dana Falconberry & Medicine Bow - From the Forest Came the Fire

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression

50 Foot Wave - Bath White EP

Monday, January 2, 2017

Paul Kantner - guitarist
March 17, 1941 - January 28, 2016

Prince Be (Atrell Cordes)
May 15, 1970 - June 17, 2016

Leonard Cohen
September 21, 1934 - November 17, 2016

Sharon Jones
May 4, 1956 - November 18, 2016

Dave Swarbrick - multi-instrumentalist
5 April, 1941 - 3 June, 2016

Alan Vega
June 23, 1938 - July 16, 2016

Bernie Worrell - keys
April 19, 1944 - June 24, 2016

George Michael (Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotu)
25 June, 1963 - 25 December, 2016

Phife Dawg (Malik Izaak Taylor)
November 20, 1970 - March 22, 2016

David Bowie (David Robert Jones)
8 January, 1947 - 10 January 2016

Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson)
June 7, 1958 - April 21, 2016

Monday, May 9, 2016

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression

Iggy Pop doesn't sound depressed on Post Pop Depression, though he has every right to be. Most of the principal members of The Stooges have died, as well as Lou Reed and now David Bowie. As hard as it might be to imagine, Iggy won't be making music forever, and he's now said that he doesn't intend to try.

The opening track "I'm Gonna Break Into Your Heart" starts with Pop doubling Josh Homme's modal Eastern riff. It doesn't sound as though one is following the other, and it's a perfect microcosm of the album as a whole. Even the one misstep, the spaghetti western "Vulture", is made together. Homme's reputation as a meticulous tone chaser with a penchant for drop tunings can obscure his talent as a fluid and dynamic player, and in large part it's his adaptability that makes Post Pop Depression work. It seems as though he can complement just about anyone, while Pop can stamp his personality on just about anything. It makes for a great parting statement if he does intend to retire and a great avenue of inspiration if he doesn't.