Author: Zachary Corsa

Art Pop Indie Rock Post-Punk 

‘You Left The Street Thinking You’d Listen To A Record’: 25 Years Of The Raincoats’ Looking in the Shadows

June 15, 2021June 20, 2021 Zachary Corsa 1 Comment 1996, Ana de Silva, Ari Up, DGC, Gina Birch, Ian Curtis, Looking in the Shadows, Mark E. Smith, Martin Hannett, Palmolive, The Raincoats, Tony Wilson

With endorsements from Kim Gordon and Kurt Cobain, the UK art punk legends landed on Geffen Records for their underrrated fourth LP

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal Progressive Rock 

‘Disintegrating As It Goes, Testing Our Communication’: 20 Years Of TOOL’s ‘Lateralus’

June 7, 2021 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 2001, 20th Anniversary, AEnima, Lateralus, Maynard James Keenan, Schism, Tool

Was this the band’s last great album or the beginning of their slow slide into the mundane?

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Hip Hop Rap Remembrance 

X Gave It To Us… And Gave And Gave

April 12, 2021April 14, 2021 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments Dark Man x, DMX, Earl Simmons, Ja Rule, Jay-Z, RIP DMX, Ruff Ryders

Assessing the complicated legacy of Earl ‘DMX’ Simmons

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Indie Rock 

All Anyone Wants To Do Is Think Of Sun: Ten Years of Cloud Nothings

March 22, 2021March 24, 2021 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 2011, 2021, Carpark Records, Cloud Nothings, Real Estate, The Shadow I Remember, Turning On, Woods

The bookends of the group’s classic second LP and a fiery new album signifies the staying power of Dylan Baldi and his American band

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Indie Rock Pop 

ALBUMS: Game On for Two Way Radio

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments Al Green, Ardent Studios, Back To The Light Records, Craig Brewer, Hustle and Flow, Memphis, Succinct Extinction, Two Way Radio

Succinct Extinction is more definitive proof that it’s always a mistake to count Memphis out

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Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo Hip Hop Rap 

‘Enough To Hold You To The Brightest Of Lights’: Celebrating 20 Years Of Atmosphere’s ‘Lucy Ford’

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 2001, 20th Anniversary, Ant, Atmosphere, Husker Du, Lucy Ford, Minneapolis, Prince, Rhymesayers, Slug, The Replacements

Originally intended as a tour-only special release, its national distribution changed everything for the premier Minneapolis hip-hop crewalmost immediately

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Hip Hop Rap Remembrance 

Eulogy For A Supervillain 

January 4, 2021January 5, 2021 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 3rd Bass, ALL CAPS, Daniel Dumile, DJ Subroc, Doom, King Geedorah, KMD, Madlib, Madvillain, Madvillainy, Metal Face Records, MF Doom, Operation: Doomsday, RIP, Viktor Vaughn

Celebrating the life of British American rap icon MF DOOM, gone at 49

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Classical Electronics 

ALBUMS: The Reintegration Loops

December 26, 2020December 27, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 2020, 9/11, Lamentations, Ltd., Temporary Residence, The Disintegration Loops, William Basinski

On Lamentations, William Basinski again indicts the concept of recorded sound as deathless zombie-like preservation, revealing instead the inherent impermanence of technology’s documentary mediums,

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Hip Hop Rap 

“Return To The 36th Chamber, Proceed With Caution As You Enter”

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments Ghostface Killah, GZA, Inspectah Deck, Loud Records, Masta Killa, Method Man, Nas, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, Redman, Return To The 36th Chamber, RZA, The W, U-God, Wu-Tang Clan

Looking back on 20 years of Wu-Tang Clan’s The W

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Alternative Rock Post-Hardcore 

‘Tell Us, Is The Black Box Lying?’ – At The Drive-In’s Relationship Of Command At 20

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, At The Drive-In, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Grand Royal, Invalid Litter Dept, Jim Ward, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, One Armed Scissor

The El Paso band’s third album and sole Grand Royal classic ushered in a new era of aggression for the 21st Century

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"Shoegaze" Alternative Rock Heavy Metal 

ALBUMS: Cosmic Ohms

October 2, 2020October 3, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments

We needed a Deftones LP like this masterful 9th offering from the Sacramento metal-gaze masters

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Alternative Rock Experimental 

‘Seeing The Unseeable’: The Flaming Lips’ In A Priest Driven Ambulance At 30

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1990, Dave Fridmann, In A Priest Driven Ambulance, Jonathan Donahue, Mercury Rev, Ronald Jones, Steven Drozd, The Flaming Lips, Wayne Coyne

Glimmers of future majesty imbue the band’s first collaboration with longtime producer Dave Fridmann

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Alternative Rock Noise Pop Post-Punk 

‘The Guitar Guy Played Real Good Feedback’: Sonic Youth’s ‘Washing Machine’ At 25

September 28, 2020September 26, 2025 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Goo, Kim Deal, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, NYC Ghosts & Flowers, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, The Diamond Sea, Thurston Moore, Washing Machine

Looking back at an overlooked but fiercely loved classic from the NYC noise rock giants

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Alternative Rock Experimental Noise Pop Post-Punk Rock 

Put Me In The Equation, It’s Alright: Sonic Youth’s Goo At 30

July 7, 2020July 11, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Chuck D, DGC, Geffen, Goo, Karen Carpenter, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore

Their beloved DGC debut has a sense of a band courting the mainstream on their own terms

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Indie Rock 

‘These Are Different Matters, These Are Uncertain Feelings’: Blonde Redhead’s ‘Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons’ At 20

June 24, 2020June 25, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 2000, Amadeo Pace, Blonde Rehead, Fugazi, Guy Picciotto, Kazu Makino, Rites of Spring, Simone Pace, Touch & Go Records

A look back at the coolest world party of 2000

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