Tag Archives: RYM
Pickering Pick’s tuneful English folk is a Sparkling Thing
Singer-songwriter Sam Pickering Pick is a man after my own heart — a man in love with words, words sung and words written. Setting his words to music, he paints beautiful pictures and tugs at the heartstrings. I also love … Continue reading →
Filed under folk, indie, indie pop, interview, music, one to watch
Tagged as 12-Bar, Bandcamp, Bill Mallonee, Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Cheltenham, David Pickering Pick, Decameron, Denmark Street, Donovan, Fairport Convention, FFG Recording, Hossein Sharifi, Incredible String Band, James Taylor, Judi Dench, Last.fm, LastFM, Luther Grosvenor, Mark Zuckerberg, Mott the Hoople, Paul Simon, RateYourMusic, Richard Thompson, RYM, Sam Pickering Pick, Sandy Denny, The Attic Tapes, The Boy in the Back, thesixtyone, Vigilantes of Love, Yusuf Islam
Proto-metal – the roots of hard rock and prog
I’ve been a hard rock fan ever since I can remember. I’ve moved onto other styles of music, but I always end up listening to the stuff at some point. It’s like comfort food for the ears. But as much … Continue reading →
Filed under metal, music, progressive rock, rock, roots, video
Tagged as AC/DC, Banquet, Black Mountain, Black Sabbath, Captain Beyond, drugs, I'm Going Mad, John Lawton, Led Zeppelin, Lucifer's Friend, RateYourMusic, Ride in the Sky, Rush, RYM, Scorpions, Uriah Heep
Crazy 8s – albums I used to own on 8-track tape
Anyone else remember the 8-track tape? It was a terrible format in many ways. Once I finally had to switch, I realized that. But I am still nostalgic about it. I had quite a stack of those things when I … Continue reading →
Filed under commentary, music, pop, rock, Uncategorized
Tagged as 8-track, A Song, Aerosmith, April Wine, Audio-Visions, Bee Gees, Blue Oyster Cult, Boston, Cheap Trick, Crimes of Passion, Departure, Devo, Dream Police, Eagles, Electric Light Orchestra, ELO, Escape, Fire of Unknown Origin, Freedom of Choice, Heavy Metal, Hotel California, Journey, Kansas, Nature of the Beast, Neil Sedaka, nostalgia, nostalgic, Paradise Theater, Pat Benatar, Queen, Rate Your Music, RateYourMusic.com, Rhapsody in Blue, RYM, Styx, The Game, Three Dog Night, Van Halen, Walter Murphy
Music genres – handles or pigeonholes? (probably both)
It’s a common complaint from musicians: “I don’t do goth/post-rock/folk/trip hop/indie/prog (or whatever). You can’t pigeonhole me!” Same thing with fans. I’ve read a ton of forum threads complaining about genre names. “What the hell does post-rock mean? Aren’t bands … Continue reading →
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Filed under commentary, dark ambient, indie, industrial, postpunk, postrock, progressive rock, psych, punk, shoegaze, trip hop, Uncategorized, world music
Tagged as Beethoven, blues, CBGBs, Chuck Berry, classical, Coil, dark ambient, Drumfunk, Electro-acoustic-neo-post-psych-prog, folk, genres, Glitch-hop, Godspeed You Black Emperor, goth, GYBE, indie, industrial, jazz, Lustmord, Magazine, Marquee Moon, pigeonhole, Pitchfork, post-rock, postrock, prog, proto-punk, r&b, Ramones, RateYourMusic, Real Life, rock, RYM, shoegaze, Sigur Ros, Sqweee, Television, trip hop, Turbo-folk, Voice of Eye, Witch House