http://floodwatchmusic.com Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:33:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’ve found that in my few years’ worth of experience in listening, writing, and reading about music, there are always going to be a handful of bands or artists that possess a curiously elusive quality in regards to the unwavering devotion of their fanbases. Bands that during the course ... http://floodwatchmusic.com/2008/07/dispelling-the-myth-faith-no-more/ Because not only can I not resist a list-making exercise that underscores how old I'm getting, I also just love extracting every last shred of my mental faculty trying to remember a favorite record that was released in 1978 ('77 is another story altogether). Idolator came up with this ... http://floodwatchmusic.com/2008/07/a-favorite-album-from-each-year-of-my-life/ I'm aware that it's been rather quiet around these parts, but free time has been an incredibly rare commodity as of late, with most of it devoted to a serious Napalm Death fixation that's been plaguing me recently. Truthfully, I simply haven't really been inspired to write these past ... http://floodwatchmusic.com/2008/07/links-for-lack-of-content-4/ Hard to believe, but writer, producer, and label head Orrin Keepnews has been actively involved in nearly every aspect of the development of American jazz for over 50 years now. Last year the Concord Music Group began a series of reissues to commemorate his legacy as producer, from his ... http://floodwatchmusic.com/2008/06/the-latest-of-orrin-keepnews-rediscoveries/ As any audioblogger will tell you, finding a logical context for the music presented on a site is one of the more challenging aspects of maintaining and contributing to it. There are probably a few dozen records that I own that I cherish and praise, yet because of stylistic ... http://floodwatchmusic.com/2008/06/list-five-esoteric-favorites/ As much as it pains me to admit, my longtime infatuation with Sweden prog-metal gods Opeth has appeared to have come to an end with the release of Watershed (2008), which dropped this past Tuesday. It’s the first time I’ve deviated from the now-standard new-album routine from the band: ... http://floodwatchmusic.com/2008/06/another-opeth-fan-bites-the-dust/ As many visitors to this site are aware, there are a group of us out here in the audioblogosphere who are dedicated to promoting All Things Beat Garden Entertainment, a label helmed by Philly's own Zilla Rocca and Nico the Beast, and it's not just because they're genuinely nice dudes ... http://floodwatchmusic.com/2008/06/ten-questions-for-nico-the-beast/ Rush "Vital Signs" Moving Pictures Mercury 1981 I’d like to say that “Vital Signs” represents the culmination of four weeks of intense, detailed Rush song examinations, but in all reality, it was the only track name from their ’74-’89 era that served well as a title for this site’s whole overindulgent mess of an ... http://floodwatchmusic.com/2008/05/vital-signs-day-20/ Rush "Kid Gloves" Grace Under Pressure Mercury 1984 The more I return to Grace Under Pressure (1984), the more I regret those years of ignoring it and wishing I had grabbed my copy of Signals (1982) instead during the few occurrences when it actually got play time on my stereo. If one album ... http://floodwatchmusic.com/2008/05/vital-signs-day-19/ Rush "Natural Science" Permanent Waves Mercury 1980 Permanent Waves’ (1980) closing opus “Natural Science” has famously topped many a Rush fan’s list of Favorite Songs Ever by the band, and upon first listen it’s not too difficult to understand why, as it presents in nine minutes the distillation of why listeners shit themselves silly ... http://floodwatchmusic.com/2008/05/vital-signs-day-18/