A Light For Attracting Attention – The Smile ★★★★

Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2022 A Light For Attracting Attention The Smile ★★★★ 77 Rock Alternative Rock The Smile is the closest we’ve gotten to a Thom Yorke side project actually sounding like a real Radiohead record. His vocals on Eraser obviously sounded like Radiohead, but the songs didn’t have the same rangeContinue reading “A Light For Attracting Attention – The Smile ★★★★”

List: All the concerts I’ve ever been to

By Nicholas Cicale I love going to concerts, and this article lists every concert I’ve ever been to! 2019 11/15/19: Flying Lotus with Brandon Coleman Spacetalker, Salami Rose Joe Louis, and PBDY at Emo’s Austin 10/21/19: Vampire Weekend with Christone “Kingfish” Ingram at ACL Live Austin 9/19/10: Built To Spill with ORUÃ, XETAS at MohawkContinue reading “List: All the concerts I’ve ever been to”

Best Albums of the 2010s

by Nicholas Cicale (@nickcicale) We’re already six years into the 2010s, so I thought it would be a good time to list my favorite albums of the decade, so far anyway. This is a tentative list, so as I hear new things and change my mind on other albums the  list list will be update. I’ll tryContinue reading “Best Albums of the 2010s”

My Favorite Albums Of The 2000s

by Nicholas Cicale (@nickcicale) A list of my favorite albums to come out in the 2000s (2000-2009). Decade Rank Album Artist Year Stars Rating 1 Kid A Radiohead 2000 ✮✮✮✮✮ 99 2 In Rainbows Radiohead 2007 ✮✮✮✮✮ 98 3 Transatlanticism Death Cab For Cutie 2003 ✮✮✮✮✮ 95 4 Funeral Arcade Fire 2004 ✮✮✮✮✮ 94 5Continue reading “My Favorite Albums Of The 2000s”

YEAR IN REVIEW: My favorite albums of 2014

by Nicholas Cicale (@nickcicale) Flying Lotus’ electronic-jazz-rap fusion album You’re Dead! is not your typical top album. It doesn’t have singles, catchy hooks, or even discernible lyrics. Instead, You’re Dead! creates an atmosphere. Most of the nineteen tracks are well under three minutes in length and run together, making the album more like one, longContinue reading “YEAR IN REVIEW: My favorite albums of 2014”