Best Albums of 2010
We’ve already looked at the best and worst of the hits, now it’s time for my top 5 albums of the year! It’s not a short list because I didn’t listen to a lot this year’s music, it’s a short list...
View ArticleMy Top 10 Favorite Albums Ever (5-1)
Over the course of putting this list together, I realized I really tend to like concept/theme albums. Year Zero and, by proxy of being a musical, Little Shop were concept albums, while Good News (life,...
View ArticleGrammy Recap
The Grammy’s happened on Sunday night. In terms of awards shows, The Grammys actually rank fairly low. I mean, some people live and die by the Oscars, and every fan of The Great White Way believes in...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Arcade Fire – Reflektor
“Do you like rock and roll music? Cuz I don’t know if I do…” Arcade Fire lead vocalist Win Butler mumbles at the start of Reflektor song “Normal Person”. Even without the spastic, Isaac Brock-esque...
View ArticleTop Ten Favorite Albums of 2013
Welcome to Listmas 2013, where Ranting About Music counts down the best there was of this past year. Today, we’re kicking the week off by looking at my favorite albums of the year! It’s been...
View Article2015 Grammy Nominations/Predictions
Ah, The Grammys. I’ve been doing these recaps for years, and only remember the nominations are coming up because of other end of the year business. Hell, people probably take their fantasy league more...
View ArticleFeedback: Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
Feedback is a Ranting About Music feature that dives into a famous artist’s least-famous album. Today felt like as good a time as any to take it off the ice for indie rock band Arcade Fire’s 2007 album...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Arcade Fire – Everything Now
The most disappointing thing about Everything Now isn’t that it’s a bad album by Arcade Fire, but that it’s a bad Arcade Fire album. Sure, plenty of what ails this record–limp arrangements, flimsy...
View ArticleThe Gibby Fifty: 50 Favorite Songs of 2017
Hey all, and welcome back for day 2 of Listmas 2017! I imagine that most of us are going to spend the day abuzz about Star Wars, or staying off the internet to avoid Star Wars spoilers. I get that! So...
View ArticleRanting About Music’s 30 Favorite Albums of the 2010s
It is the fall of 2009, and I am in a university computer lab. I am a freshman English major working on a paper while listening to music on my mp3 player through corded headphones. At the same time, I...
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