rock is not dead
Posts Categorized: Best Of 2019
Billie’s star turn
Imagine “Avatar” as a plant based human mash up
life and death and soul
Even on an off year the sheer wealth of material
If Tomas Doncker isn’t the greatest musician of the 2010s, he certainly should be. Get your mind right and listen.
Lauv’s sad songs say so much
the greatest rock and roll band in the world
unique sounding, genre busting smash
the work of artists I have truly enjoyed and loved this year
unique sounding, genre busting smash
For all its strangeness and weaknesses, it is very, very real
The first rush of hard earned faith by the greatest artist of the 2010s.
more songs about dead wives
a relentless rock transcendence of both tightness and looseness
what connects Ariana to Billie to Rosalia to Lil Nas X
love and sadness in the summer
became living legends
The Curtis Mayfield covers are awesome
takes the entire concept of confessional to levels so overpowering love and loss become one
great Stones steal
people and nature cross pollinate in matriarchal society
a masterclass in what it means to dismiss the USSR and find yourself with a different superpower
Latin pop in excelsis
Cemented her position as a teen phenom
an inversion of time and consciousness.
a titanic like the ship construction of self-awareness and political awareness born together
she can really, really dance and really sing
Tierra Whack is getting lotsa buzz but “Wasteland” is where to start
I bet Big Thief will disappear, or at least go down a lot, once we hear the new album and it is superseded…
“Sex In The City” 2019 songs of pop and love and romance and betrayal (and death)
better Buble than nothing
“I’ll Come To You” is the gateway drug
This is a mix and match
It was wonderful for them
