About two weeks ago I discovered Twenty One Pilots, while stumbling across their video for “Guns for Hands” I was captivated by the duo, Tyler Joseph (vocals, piano, programming) and Josh Dun (drums, percussion, programming) who radiated artistic peculiarity. I immediately searched for more, discovering the single “Holding Onto You” I was smitten and my … Continue reading
While most of us for the past 2 years have lived a somewhat mundane life of work with the occasional awesome moments, Adele’s 21 has ruled the Billboard as best selling Album. You heard right, for the first time the same album finishes as the United States’ best-seller for a second year. I fell head over heels for … Continue reading
I know everyone is sick of year end lists, but I am posting my top 25 favorite albums of 2012 merely for my satisfaction. These lists help me look back on what I listened to in the past, also what awesome music I may have missed that I discovered later on and didn’t include. It basically serves as a … Continue reading
PART 3 Part 2 is here Part 1 is here 10. Lil B – God’s Father Seriously though. I really don’t care if you agree with me on how brilliant Lil B is or not, you cannot deny that the man is the hardest working motherfucker in the game. Brandon McCartney, known as Lil B … Continue reading
Part Two! Part 1 is here Part 3 is here 25. Flying Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes After exploring the depths of space and time with the absolutely incredible Cosmogramma in 2010, Stephen Ellison a.k.a. Flying Lotus decided to explore the only other terrain that is as vast and unknown as the universe itself: … Continue reading
There’s something about The Smashing Pumpkins that gets me all nostalgic. It’s not just the familiar songs, it’s Billy Corgan’s voice. I can close my eyes when he’s singing and remember a feeling of an awesome time in my life. If you were a teenager or young adult in the 90′s, Pumpkins fan or not, … Continue reading
Phil’s Top 50 of 2012: 50-26 Part 2 is here Part 3 is here I don’t know if it was my insistence to listen to every damn release I could get my hands on, but this year was absolutely KILLER for new music. In the past, the prospect of making a top 50 list was daunting, … Continue reading
I’m not a metal head, I’m a rock chick, but Alternative Metal is dear to me. The genre emerged & gained popularity in the 90′s and by the 2000′s it was everywhere. You couldn’t go to a festival or a radio rock concert without seeing bands like Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown, Seether & Chevelle. A decade later … Continue reading
Phil was on Windsor / Detroit’s radio station CJAM 99.1 FM and their show “The Next Level” with Ankur Kumar. Not only did Kumar play some pretty sweet tunes including one of Phil’s remixes and a few new Dtones jams, but the two chatted it up concerning all things music and Pea soup. Titillating stuff my friends, and when say Titillating I mean it!! … Continue reading
I know it’s a tired medium, but I love writing these “best of” lists because they force me to intensively focus on some of the music I have admired over the stretch of a few months.I listened to a boatload of awesome tunes this past summer that grabbed my attention, but most of my music … Continue reading