Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, “The Hitter” (2005)
Over time, I realized I’d missed the true heart of this song.
Over time, I realized I’d missed the true heart of this song.
Metheny’s ultimate road trip song, this one always makes me feel like I’ve just escaped something.

This past week, I spent perhaps too much time reading (and re-reading) a couple of bits on the Internet. The first was a series written by Questlove, entitled When the People Cheer: How Hip-Hop Failed Black America. The other was an only tangentially-related article published way back in 2003 calledRead More
I’ve always been a big fan of covers, especially when the artist doing the covering decides to completely reinvent the original song. A regular ‘ole tribute? Well, it takes a lot of charisma to pull that off You May Also Like: Is This the Best-Ever Prince Cover? Arto Lindsay –Read More
When I began to revisit Devils & Dust, I was brought back to the evening of the first listening session. A sort of timeline was constructed on that night, taking a couple’s histories and drawing a line through parts of it, with memories of Springsteen albums taking up important pointsRead More
Each song on ‘Offramp’ is so different from the next, and yet it all hangs together.

I still don’t really know the entire story, and maybe its better that I don’t.

He passed on way back in 1993, but the earth – no … the universe – still misses him.
Battles hears no formal divide between the avant-garde and the mainstream. I wish more bands felt the same way.

If you’re looking for a little ear expansion, Arto Lindsay’s your man.