Are You Experienced – The Jimi Hendrix Experience

For this week’s Flashback Friday I’ll continue a trend from last week, and take a look at another important three-piece band. This time we’ll be going all the way back to 1967 when the Jimi Hendrix Experience released their debut album Are You Experienced. Jimi Hendrix’s unique new approach to songwriting and electric guitar helped

Nevermind – Nirvana

For today’s Flashback Friday, we’re going back to check out an album that helped define an emerging genre known as “Grunge Rock.” Grunge is a sound that mixes hard rock and heavy metal with punk music. The genre is synonymous with Seattle band Nirvana, a three-piece group that all but invented this new sound. Son

American Beauty – Grateful Dead

For my first Flashback Friday of the year, I thought I’d kick it off with one of my favorites. In 1970 Grateful Dead made their fifth studio album American Beauty. Still, on the stream of country and folk rock from their previous album, Workingman’s Dead, the album is filled with soft swinging vocals and acoustic

London Calling – The Clash

One week ago in music history, in the year 1979, The Clash released their third studio album London Calling. Their sound is built upon punk rock, but they do a little bit of exploring on this 19 track behemoth of an album. They dive headfirst into new genres like reggae, New Orleans R&B, and jazz

Drew’s Top Five of 2018

2018 was an interesting year in music. Everyone likes to complain about the new generation of music; how the music they listened to growing up was better, but I think it’s safe to say some of the rainbow-haired rookies these days are taking popular music in a different direction. I realized while working on this

A Night At The Opera – Queen

After seeing Bohemian Rhapsody, I decided to take a closer look at one of Queen’s best albums, A Night at the Opera. This album was very ahead of its time in 1975, and it wasn’t cheap. At its release it was the most expensive rock album ever made, estimated cost was £40,000, which today is

Toys in the Attic – Aerosmith

I’ve been really dropping the ball lately, but I’m back again for another Flashback Friday. I was feeling a little homesick today, so I decided to review a group from back home. Known as “The Boston Bad Boys”, Aerosmith released their first album in 1973, and in 1975 they broke into the mainstream scene with

Graduation – Kanye West

This Friday I’m gonna change up from the usual classic rock I’ve been reviewing, and take a look at what all the kids are listening to these days. Rap and hip-hop music is what holds the top of the charts these days, but rap music has changed a lot in the short time it’s reigned.

Excitable Boy – Warren Zevon

It’s Friday again, and it’s time to flashback. I missed last week as I was in the midst of a midterm marathon, but I’m coming back with one of my favorites. In January of 1978, Warren Zevon released his classic album Excitable Boy. Zevon is one of my favorite artists, combining an unmistakable rock and

Something Special: Tha Carters…Ranked

Today, in recognition of what is undeniably a landmark event in the industry, we’ll be flashing back to 2004, 2005, 2008, and 2011. Last night at midnight, Lil Wayne, a titan of the hip-hop industry, dropped Tha Carter V, the fifth in his line of self-titled albums. In recognition of this event, I suggested to