Tag: Classic Day

Classic Day – Serenity’s Death

Death is part of the predetermined portions of life that is both unavoidable and while seemingly dreadful, can be a thing of great mysterious charm. Somehow when lost in the guise of an everlasting end, Opeth can shift their third studio record to fit… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Serenity’s Death”

Classic Day – Horror Drama

It is easy to become lost in the tidal waves of sound that increasingly shift by the day now that the internet has made music such an accessible and often-times, disposable medium of communication. But it is vital to focus on those who without… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Horror Drama”

Classic Day – Disaster Artists

While hindsight is always a perfected, crystal clear envisioning of 20/20 vision, being stuck in the moment is an entirely different story. For a band as animalistic and coined as “raw” as The Stooges, their recordings will never do the justice of energetic explosions… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Disaster Artists”

Classic Day – Self-Mutilation            

The random pockets of black metal where different genres can coexist is the sculpting point for finding niche and perfectly tailored releases. The 2009 self-titled release from When Mine Eyes Blacken is a depressive fall from the safety net of clouds into a tarnished,… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Self-Mutilation            “

Classic Day – 21 Gun Salute

The beauty of early punk and alternative records is the message being packed into quick, almost blazing tracks that can be formed into this Voltron team effort to convey 21 tracks over 35 minutes. The first record by Wire holds Pink Flag at this isolated… Continue Reading “Classic Day – 21 Gun Salute”

Classic Day – I And I Survive

Pitting the two standout records from punk rock monuments has its difficulty. On one hand, the Bad Brains were this overpowering force stemming from positive messages that were influential for years following, on the other, they crafted a stage presence that was bigger than… Continue Reading “Classic Day – I And I Survive”

Classic Day – Blotter Isolation

There is something so distinguishable about the incredibly simple, but frankly addictive nature that Neil Young’s 1975 release, Tonight’s The Night holds over the listener. On the first approach, the shaky vocals and shallow production quality is a staple of the blackened river that… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Blotter Isolation”

Classic Day – Long Time Coming

When searching through the internet crates of back catalogs on what records to cover for the following weeks, a record that I continuously revisited seemingly month after month but never discussed was J Dilla’s Donuts. A record that has given many of my personal… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Long Time Coming”

Classic Day – Two Stooges

While the record has Iggy Pop’s name on the cover, The Idiot is his first solo record since the creation and disbandment of The Stooges where David Bowie worked to sculpt a foundation for Pop to follow. This record, while in many ways is… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Two Stooges”

Classic Day – The Winding Sheet

Debuting more as a funeral procession than any sort of live performance piece, Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged In New York was a deliberate posthumous release from the band that offered another side to the often biting riffs and snarls that accompanied their records previously. With… Continue Reading “Classic Day – The Winding Sheet”

Classic Day – Hands Outstretched

Stepping out of the vividly painted dreamscapes where Cymande’s 1974 release, Promised Heights lives. There is a balance here that acts as a time warp into dynamic funk rhythms that can quickly, and efficiently create easy-to-follow grooves that sculpt movement from the audience. Beginning… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Hands Outstretched”

Classic Day – My Ghetto

Slip It In is the fourth studio record coming from Black Flag, the band that seemed to have greased wheels that in a single year, played nearly 180 performances, and released three studio records all in just 1984. While the outrageous cover art is… Continue Reading “Classic Day – My Ghetto”

Classic Day – How The Other Half Lives

Originally released in 1974 after a live recording in Copenhagen, Jackie McLean was able to craft a passion project that in time, eventually transitioned a free-form stylistic love for jazz. It is not quite raw to the point of animosity, but many of the… Continue Reading “Classic Day – How The Other Half Lives”

Classic Day – Blow-dried Smiles

While the burning red-sun begins to make its descent toward the base of the mountains in the distance, a lone wanderer whips the sweat pouring from his head as the rays of light dance around him in a thousand circles. The image is beautiful,… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Blow-dried Smiles”

Classic Day – Aren’t You Hungry?

It is often easy to write off Fugazi as a stepping stone for Ian MacKaye after the disbandment of Minor Threat into a more tame, modern sound for straight-forward rock music. But immediately, that would be a disservice as Fugazi is an intricate beast… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Aren’t You Hungry?”

Classic Day – Paranoid Android

To encompass the beauty to the bitter is to understand that OK Computer, Radiohead’s third studio record is a bleak break in a technological world. Every android, person, or machine that embodies some form of emotion can see the progression from The Bends and… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Paranoid Android”

Classic Day – Foundational Cuts

The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, Minor Threat, and Bad Brains are just some of the early pioneers of punk rock that were able to masterfully change culture for years to come. While they are often considered the first to do punk, there was another… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Foundational Cuts”

Classic Day – Hot Casa

The spread of this psychedelic wave over the United States had such an impact on how the rest of music would function as a conglomerate forever. But then as the listener is able to step outside the confines of America and being able to… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Hot Casa”

Classic Day – Like Nas

How can one of the greatest hip-hop records be followed by one of the rappers with his face on lyrical Mount Rushmore? It follows with Nas and the 1996 release It Was Written which is a step away from the overwhelmingly grimy New York… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Like Nas”

Classic Day – Tanks and Planes

MF DOOM seems to have more aliases and pseudonyms than actual records and in the way that he carries himself through the early 90s with KMD to his solo records and joint albums lately. DOOM has had an incredibly expansive career that continues to… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Tanks and Planes”