5 tracks to kick off your weekend.
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DE LA SOUL IS ALIVE
Happy De La Weekend™️ to those who celebrate! It is indeed a joyous occasion – after many years, De La Soul’s classic albums are now finally on streaming services. It is a long and winding tale of underhanded music industry dealings, record company bankruptcy, and hard to clear music samples that will probably somehow be made into a limited series on Netflix. It is a homecoming of sorts for any veteran fan of rap music. As for my own appreciation of De La, let’s go back to the beginning.
Maximum Volume: Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
A reoccurring series where your favorite writer listens to an album at Maximum Volume™️ – natch – and writes some...
Maximum Volume: Alvvays, Blue Rev
A reoccurring series where your favorite writer listens to an album at Maximum Volume™️ - natch - and writes some...
The Dadrock Year In Music: 2022
2022 was a kick ass year for music. It seemed like a backlog of music conceived and recorded during the OG...
Maximum Volume: Neil Young, Harvest
A reoccurring series where your favorite writer listens to an album at Maximum Volume™, and writes some random...
Music From My Dad(rock)
The DJ Dyllie Dally Origin Story: Last year my daughter took an Intro to Radio class at UC Santa Cruz, which...
Album O’ The Day: Danger Mouse, The Grey Album
The other day, my son and I were driving to his baseball hitting session at Valley College. He was behind the...
Album O’ The Day: Pink Floyd, The Wall
I recently finished watching season two of Russian Doll. Enjoyed it overall, largely on the strength of the...
Album O’ The Week: Kendrick Lamar, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
I’m irrationally excited to see Kendrick at the Crypt tonight. I feel like I’m in a bit of a concert loop these...