Archive for the ‘rocky’ Category

Midlake

mp3: Head Home
Dear Midlake,
So I was having another existential crisis the other day. I was driving somewhere with my friend Emily and was listening to The Trials of Van Occupanther and she commented how this was like every other band that I listened to, a regurgitated version of some older band. She told [...]

The Beach Boys

mp3:Wouldn’t It Be Nice
Dear The Beach Boys,
I’ve been thinking about how something I wrote about in reference to a Fleetwood Mac song.  I feel like sometimes songs become so popularized that I don’t listen to them as a text.  I hear a song, know that it is a classic, and group it with all the [...]

Team America: World Police

mp3: america, fuck yeah

Dear Team America,
Today as we celebrate our country’s independence, let us pause to think about how much it truly kicks ass.
books!
nathaniel

KISS

mp3:god gave rock and roll to you
Dear KISS,
It was brought to my attention this morning that Gentle Tyrants is one year old. I’ve been doing kind of a lousy job lately of being current about music and being current about music blogging, so i would like to make my official birthday resolution to improve [...]

Fleetwood Mac

mp3:The Chain
Dear Fleetwood Mac,
So far my summer has been filled with many good things. It is during this time that I have a little more free time which I can use to do various things, such as eat snow cones, go swimming, and dive a little bit into film and music history. I seemed [...]