A plodding piano ballad about abortion was being played on mainstream radio stations across the country. Only in 1997 could something like this happen. It seemed weird at the time. But so did the Spice Girls.
Is there an over-arching theme to my picks for albums to highlight from 2012? Nope. Not really. Of course there’s not a through-line other than my own musical taste and the year.
What can I say? My favorite albums contain my favorite songs. Go figure.
Here is this year’s obligatory list-making, by the numbers: 3 Bay Area acts 6 solo female artists 2 re-united ’90s bands A ton of vaguely…
These are the posts where I gush about some song that I’ve got a huge crush on at the moment, and you put up with…
I don’t know about you, but for me, 2011 was not a year of discovery. Most of the songs that bubbled their way to the…
These are the posts where I gush about some song that I’ve got a huge crush on at the moment, and you put up with…