[The Dusty Shelf is a weekly column that showcases a tragically overlooked album from the music snob's library.]
Big Black is certified anti-rock, and their 1987 root canal of a post-hardcore album, Songs About Fucking, is a direct, no-holds-barred, blunt object assault on the senses…that is, if the title didn’t give that away for you already.
When [...]
We are less than 2 weeks away from the (supposed) release of Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy. While I will still hold doubt about the album’s existence until the very day I see that awful bicycle-and-basket cover art in Best Buy, I will refrain from joining the masses of snickering critics-in-waiting and give fans [...]
[The Dusty Shelf is a weekly column that showcases a tragically overlooked album from the music snob's library.]
If The Pop Group were a brand name, they would be sued immediately for false advertising. In fact, the only way “pop” should ever be associated with this band is when you say their name - they are [...]
Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping on f10
Release Date: 10/21/08
Label: Polyvinyl
F10 Rating:
Alright, I suppose this review deserves a disclaimer - I am probably the only person on the planet that did not like Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?. I wasn’t just casually not connected to it - I straight up didn’t like it. It was like [...]
[The Dusty Shelf is a weekly column that showcases a tragically overlooked album from the music snob's library.]
Every day I drive home from work, I reach a particular fork in the road with a large, run-down house whose owner can frequently be seen walking around naked through the window. At the house’s top floor, facing [...]
[The Dusty Shelf is a weekly column that showcases a tragically overlooked album from the music snob's library.]
It’s fairly easy to make a list of the most highly-regarded psychedelic albums of all time - throw in names like Hendrix, the Doors, the Beatles, and Pink Floyd, and you quickly begin to see a robust [...]
[The Dusty Shelf is a weekly column that showcases a tragically overlooked album from the music snob's library.]
Here’s a scenario for you: picture Nirvana fronted by Trent Reznor singing Isaac Hayes song. That’s the “so-crazy-it-just-might-work” schema that made up the Afghan Whigs, a critically-touted 90s Cincinnati band that spent about eight years within arm’s [...]
Okay, so if having a column about old albums isn’t pretentious enough, I’m going to take it even further and make it the theme of my first mix. You’ll find a variety of stuff here, ranging somewhat between mid-60s garage rock and ‘90s golden age indie. Black Keys fans should recognize The Sonics’ “Have Love [...]
[The Dusty Shelf is a weekly column that showcases a tragically overlooked album from the music snob's library.]
The album starts with a nonchalant reflection: “They told me that the classics never go out of style, but they do…they do. And so, my baby, I never thought that we do too”. Well if the classics [...]
[The Dusty Shelf is a weekly column that showcases a tragically overlooked album from the music snob's library.]
Ever wonder what a mental breakdown sounds like? Simultaneously ugly and beautiful, as Syd Barrett unwittingly demonstrated on his 1970 post-Pink Floyd solo effort, The Madcap Laughs.
Madcap is a bit of a strange choice for the Dusty [...]
