The First Amendment of the United States Constitution:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”1
In 1791, this carefully [...]
Chutes Too Narrow currently stands as the second of three full-length albums released by The Shins. Clearly this album is no longer new—it was released in 2004—and the band’s newest release, Wincing The Night Away, has seen the top of the charts in recent years. So why review an album which was released over four [...]
Philosophy and Greatness
For a Rock Song to achieve timelessness it must have an underlying philosophy. Without a universal theme that all men can relate to, a song will not be able to remain popular for generations. Certain songs have this quality; hence they transcend time among them…
Like a Rolling Stone- Bob Dylan
Stairway to Heaven- Led [...]
Green Day, a “punk rock” band, when evaluated by the puerile4 album names, lacks any sort of philosophical depth. Yet this band sold over eight million copies of an album called Dookie in the U.S. alone and over eleven million internationally5. Then the band follows up with inane names such as Nimrod and American Idiot. [...]
The RX Bandits don’t play ska any more. Their newest album, …And The Battle Begun, is probably more “progressive rock” than anything else. But it really goes beyond a simple term. The eclectic yet powerful sound of the new Bandits album is more reminiscent of “21st Century Schizoid Man” than any Specials or Less Than Jake [...]