Year of the Month: I don’t got that bad of a mouth, do I? Eminem, THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP
(CONTENT WARNING: There’s no real way to discuss this album without discussing Eminem’s lyrics, which…
Year of the Month: This Ain’t No Disco: Talking Heads, FEAR OF MUSIC
As a deep dive, Talking Heads are a bit of a late-in-life discovery for me.…
Many Deaths I’ll Sing: Dmitri Shostakovich’s Last Symphonies
Symphonies formed the throughline of Dmitri Shostakovich’s career; you can almost read his biographies, personal…
Year of the Month: Lights And Music Are On My Mind: Cut Copy, IN GHOST COLOURS
I fear this might not be an album that lends itself to deep analysis, but…
Year of the Month: 21st C. American Waste Land: Wilco, YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT, featuring Stubb’s BBQ and 9/11
If we’re lucky in this life, we’ll get to see a couple of moments where…
The Solute Record Club/Year of the Month: Arcana by Edgard Varèse
Naming a work as the first of any genre is speculative, irresponsible, and fun. For…
The Solute Record Club: U2 – Songs of Experience
(Apologies to the two dearly-departed previous heads of the Solute Record Club, but I cannot…
Year of the Month: Van Halen, VAN HALEN, Or: Stupid Rock Done Smart
Everyone knows about the M&Ms, but very few people know why. It’s a famous story,…
The Solute Record Club/Year of the Month: Kristallnacht by John Zorn
Don’t fuck with the Jews. (Munich) If it’s not a contradiction to say so, the…
The Solute Record Club/Year of the Month: Switched-On Bach by Wendy Carlos
A nearly objective measure of the necessity of J. S. Bach to the Western musical…