In 2001, Scottish indie pop band Camera Obscura released their debut album, Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi. The run was limited; just 1,000 on vinyl. Since then, prices for the record have stretched into the mid triple digits. Reissues have been whispered about for years, and now it’s finally happening! Today we’re […]
In 1996, Soundgarden opened Down on the Upside with “Pretty Noose,” a Grammy-nominated lead single about attractive-looking bad ideas. Behind the scenes, the band was quietly fracturing at the height of its powers. In this episode of Poetic Wax, we dig into the full history of the song: how Matt […]
👉 Sponsored by Meze Audio 105 Silva Headphones: https://mezeaudio.com/products/105-silva?_ef_transaction_id=&oid=49&affid=130 The King of Limbs is without question Radiohead’s most divisive album. In early 2011, Radiohead dropped The King Of Limbs with almost no warning; a short, looping, rhythm-driven album that left many longtime fans confused and disappointed. They either love it […]
👉 Check out Alliance Authentic here: https://marketplace.allianceauthentic.com/ “Blue Orchid” arrived at the exact moment The White Stripes needed it most. After Elephant brought massive success and painful betrayals in Detroit, Jack White turned his own leaking house into a makeshift studio for Get Behind Me Satan. Sessions cursed with broken […]
Modern shoegaze band Nothing’s “A Short History of Decay” traces Domenic Palermo’s unflinching look at aging, trauma, and physical decline. Six years after “The Great Dismal,” the band returns with new music and it’s their clearest and most vulnerable record yet. It’s built around Essential Tremors left raw in the […]
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Let’s face it: Nevermind was coming. But without The Smashing Pumpkins’ Gish, it might have sounded VERY different. Today, we’re looking into The Smashing Pumpkins’ debut album and their work with producer Butch Vig, who (at the time) had just recorded demos for Nevermind. His work on Gish directly inspired […]
Everything pointed to Radiohead’s lead single off OK Computer being the WORST pick to introduce fans to their third album. It was too long, it had no consistent chorus, and there were multiple time and key changes. Conventional wisdom pointed to it being a flop. But people loved it. This […]
In 1986, Sonic Youth unleashed EVOL, an album that signaled a shift in their sound from their noisy no-wave beginnings to something more melodic that bridged their early years with the genius of Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, and Lee Ranaldo to come (Sister and Daydream Nation). EVOL was a big […]
