As I’ve gazed around the various lists detailing the best albums of 2011 these past few weeks it’s become more and more clear that I’m out of touch with the critical mass. The albums that are frequently lauding did nothing for me. David Comes to Life left me more preoccupied than fucked up. Bon Iver [...]
Matt Hopper Feature From The Inlander
Fireworks Alaska breeds isolation and oddity. Singer-songwriter Matt Hopper understands this well from his early days as a Last Frontier troubadour. One night Hopper might’ve played a rec center; the next night he would be onstage at some fisherman bar with a bartender named Future. “There aren’t a lot of traditional music venues with a [...]
Top 10 Songs of 2011
Songs! There sure were a lot of them this year, weren’t there? Like, at least 100 of them. Easily. Maybe more. Here are the 10 (+1) best of that bunch. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – [...]
Top 10 Albums of 2010 Revisted
As is the tradition around here at Long Live the Album, I look back at last year’s best album list before tackling the current years incarnation. This is that. Because music is fluid, so why not make revisions, additions, and subtractions? The Original Top 10 Albums of 2010 1. Swim – Caribou 2. Home Acres [...]
Supersuckers Feature From The Inlander
Liquor, Women, Drugs and Killing If that headline doesn’t sound like a good time, the Supersuckers ain’t for you. Boot-stompin’, beer-drinkin’, hell-raisin’ — this is what the Supersuckers are all about. And for over two decades, the Seattle rockers have been blasting buzzed bar patrons from coast to coast with their brand of rock and [...]
