Listening Room: The White Stripes - “Catch Hell Blues”

As part of my 2007 wrapup, I decided to go back and listen to The White Stripes’ Icky Thump. One of my favorite song titles of the year – one of my favorite song titles ever – is the great “Catch Hell Blues.”
Is it just me or does this one sound a little like [...]

2007 Best of the Rest, Vol. 2: White Stripes, Smashing Pumpkins, Babyshambles, Ronnie Earl, Gerry Hundt

We’re a little more than a week into 2008 and I’m still trying to wrap up 2007; one more encouraging reminder that the music scene is alive and well, regardless of what the hipsters are telling you.
I’ve listed my Top 10 Albums of the Year and talked about a few notable re-issues. Today, we’re [...]

The 50th Annual Grammy Awards: They Didn’t Get it All Wrong (But They Blew Album of The Year)

I’ve now had a chance to glance over the Grammy nominations a couple times. *Sigh* Why do I do this to myself? I guess because no one else will let me do it to them.
I know, I know… The Grammys haven’t been relative in – what’s this, the 50th annual? – fifty [...]

Music Of the Moment: “Catch Hell Blues” - The White Stripes

That is one of my favorite song titles ever. If you haven’t bought Icky Thump, we’re not friends.
I’ve now listened to the first two shows of the Pearl Jam box (five discs in all). That second show is even more fabulous than the first. I’m eager to listen to the third show [...]

Music of the Moment: The White Stripes - Icky Thump

13 songs, 48 minutes. Jack and Meg — OK, let’s be honest, Jack — made a lovely little record called Icky Thump and it clocks in at 13 songs, 48 minutes. I’ve been trying for three hours to listen to this record and I keep getting interrupted. I can’t complain too loudly [...]

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