10 Random Facts … Grunge

Because we’re going to be looking at one of my all-time favorite bands, Pearl Jam, for 100best at the end of this month, I thought Grunge might be a good topic to introduce our new monthly feature. For you little people who are too young to remember the year that Grunge hit, I’m sure it’s [...]

100b’s News-ish Round-Up

Heee’s baaack. After much hoo-ha and spectulation in recent years, Chinese Democracy will finally rain down on waiting Guns N’ Roses fans beginning November 23. To carry the weight of the much-anticipated release – the first from the mega-band since Use Your Illusion in 1991 – Rolling Stone had David Fricke write the Chinese Democracy [...]

Classics: Velvet Underground, “Venus In Furs”

It’s hard to believe that “Venus In Furs” was recorded as early as 1967, it feels like it should be at least a decade later than that. It’s hardly an original opinion, but The Velvet Underground were so far ahead of their time, it’s like they were from a different world. In fact, “Venus In [...]

In The Merry Merry Month Of … October

In October, the world waited with bated breathe as it came closer and closer to the climactic ending of a historical US presidential election. Musically, however, it looked like it was going to be a rather slow month. I was so wrong, a very diverse group of bands have put out some unexpectedly good albums. [...]

Backtrack: Fabolous, “Damn”

“Damn” was the “Can’t Let You Go” single’s B-side and was the single that prompted me to get Street Dreams, the critically slagged but commerically successful second album put out by Brooklyn-born Fabolous. “Damn” isn’t much more than your standard hip-hop boastfest and we don’t have to backtrack but five years. That said, I still [...]

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