Misc vids by Austin Scholl
David Bowie and Brian Eno ended the Berlin trilogy (two years after "Heroes") with Lodger, the musical odd-man-out. Where Low and "Heroes" ranged from gnarly avant-garde rock compositions to inorganic soundscapes and moods, Lodger took more of a conventional, fully written pop song direction with none of the loss of musical quality (not even counting the murky mixing), enjoyability, creativity, or listenability I think he really lost somewhat the next year. At the same time, where Bowie previo...
Double review of Beck's 'One Foot in the Grave' album; first part of the original album, second part of the bonus 2009 reissue material.
Mid-year review of my personal second favorite Clash record, the eclectic World Music madness of 'Sandinista!'.
Review of Gary Numan's 1980 album, 'Telekon', plus review of material added to the CD reissue.
Review of Siouxsie & the Banshees' classic gothic post-punk album.
Everyone hates me for this mostly negative review of Devo's second album. Also includes two bonus Devo mini-reviews.