Portishead: “Go on, drink it…” Compiled By Noah Mallin Portishead come back after 11 years with their atmospheric gloom-mongering intact. Their new one, Third (It’s their third album, natch) is readily identifiable as the work of the pioneering trip-hop threesome but the beats have grown more abstract and the rich production is studded with off-kilter [...]
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced their 2008 inductee list and it took 600 ‘industry figures” to come up with a list this lame: Madonna shares some love with younger husband Guy “Snatch” Ritchie1) Madonna — Not a surprise, the one shoo-in this year and deservedly so. Cohen in his not so famous [...]
The Shangri-Las: Still waiting for their induction… The Rock Hall is set to vote on the next round of inductions and it’s a very mixed bag, (the notes in parenthesis are my personal preferences): Madonna (yes, she is that influential even if she is not “rock’ per se)The Beastie Boys (yes but not before Run-D.M.C. [...]
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