No Country For Old Men, the Coen Brother's latest cinematic offering, is no movie for the faint of heart. Marked by brutal violence, much like the Coens' 1996 Fargo, No Country For Old Men stalks our thoughts long after the movie ends ( Read more... )

It's not often you get your hands on a blueprint of a super group, especially not 40 years after the fact -- but that's exactly what you get with "Just Roll Tape," a demo of "new" songs laid down by Stephen Stills in a single recording session and "lost to the wind" for four decades ( Read more... )

The last time we heard from Iron and Wine in the LP format was in 2004, with the second album for Sam Beam and friends, Our Endless Numbered Days. That's not to say that they haven't been busy in those three years. In fact, Beam and co have released no less than three EPs since 2004, most notably Woman King and the Calexico collaboration, In the ( Read more... )

I think we all, at one point or another, whether we knew what it was or not, have all seen the screaming face that adorns the cover of 'In the Court of the Crimson King.' This face, in many facets, describes the innovation, sound and intensity of this album. Crimson�s music is not to be taken lightly. Nearly all aspects of it are creative, whether ( Read more... )

Tom Waits is widely considered a genius. While he hasn’t achieved any real mainstream recognition (his famous songs were mostly made famous by other people such as Rod Stewart), he can still be considered immensely popular. He has a cult following like few other singer/songwriters, due to his uncompromising creativity and charming personality, ( Read more... )

The odds of an album like Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band being released at the very beginning (June 1st, to be precise) of the renowned Summer of Love are similar to the chances all the planets have of aligning tomorrow. Ordinary law dictates that the overwhelming majority of people and/or things will not get what they need right when they ( Read more... )

Has there ever been a band with as much hullabaloo around them as Radiohead? Yes. There goes the first hack at an introduction sentence. How about this? Has there ever been a band with as much deserved hullabaloo around them as Radiohead? Possibly not. The band perpetually shocks the world and revolutionizes music with each album they put out, ( Read more... )