The Black Keys vs White Stripes: A Modern Comparison

The Black Keys vs White Stripes: A Modern Comparison

From The Vault: The Black Keys : : Brothers : : Produced by The Black Keys + Danger Mouse + Mark Neill : : 2010 When I saw the Black Keys at the Forum in 2014, two thoughts came to mind: 1) I can totally understand why Jack White hates these dudes, and 2) that said,...
Apple Music’s Top 100 Albums Of All Time

Apple Music’s Top 100 Albums Of All Time

Some Dadrock thoughts… In 1987 I bought a glossy pseudo-coffee table book called “Critics’ Choice: The Top 100 Rock & Roll Albums Of All Time”.  I just dug it up. In addition to people in my life like my brother Erik, my parents, and media outlets like KROQ...
U2 @ MSG Sphere/Las Vegas, NV 1.26.24

U2 @ MSG Sphere/Las Vegas, NV 1.26.24

First, let’s go back… November 17 or 18, 1987 / Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Bootleg Video – wow My first U2 show. Bought tickets via their fan club Propaganda. Wasn’t sure where our seats were located. Ari and I entered the massive old fossil of a...
This is 2023, According to Dadrock

This is 2023, According to Dadrock

The Dadrock origin story – as a burgeoning music junky growing up, I loved the Village Voice’s Pazz & Jop music poll.  After tabulation “by hand,” it came out in February and represented a consensus of the best music from the previous year, from a broad...

Schnide’s 5 – October 6, 2023

Welcome back to Schnide’s 5™️, Dead Ringers Edition. I thought we had seen the best television programming of the year, in particular because of the WGA and SAG strikes. Then I started watching Dead Ringers on Amazon Prime Video. Holy smokes. A remake of the...