ONE OK ROCK, comes from "one o'clock", the time that the band used to practice on weekends. However, noticing that the Japanese language made no distinction between r's and l's, they changed "o'clock" to "o'crock" (or "o'krock"), which was then separated to become "ok rock"...
So with that in mind, Iet’s have a look at some of the stuff that has come my way from the UK in the past couple of months, And before you ask, an Icelandic version will be following in the next week or so… OK first up are a couple of tracks that were sent to me by the ...
Yes, she's a cheerful person, and I must say her enthusiasm has spurred me to spend more time with the man's discography over the last year. Frank Zappa has always been an artist I found difficult to get into, usually enjoying the jazz-rock based musicianship a lot, but at the ...
ONE OK ROCK, 'Luxury Disease' Release Date: Sept. 9 In a world where the consumption of singles has become far more prevalent than full albums — I was surprised at how often I found myself listening toLuxury Diseasein full on repeat this fall. Perhaps it’s the onslaught of “unprecede...
apart from the rest of Halestorm’s discography is that, like most other albums that have come out in the last two years, it was affected by the pandemic — but so much so that Hale actually underwent an existential crisis about whether she even wanted to create rock ’n’ roll anymore....
Indeed, with In Rainbows, the sonic pioneers became alt-rock's enterprising explorers. As a newly independent band, Radiohead lit the way for established rockers to do it themselves, and they did it with some of their most creatively rewarding music since 1997's OK Computer, kicking off the...
As in Check The Record #1, Matson’s wide-ranging taste eventually zeroes in on an immense love for both Scottish pop and the Flying Nun/New Zealand discography. The piece that resonated the most with me details the many times she bought the wrong record that was put out by a band ...
Mastodon’s Brent Hinds may be the most important metal guitarist of the 21st century. The dude’s bizarre approach to leads and soloing has heavily driven Mastodon’s near-flawless discography, allowing the Georgian quartet to reach incredible heights. The erratic nature of his leads on tracks ...
Rodrigo came out in an interview and acknowledged that some of the arrangement was prompted by thinking of Swift’s “Cruel Summer,” so you don’t even have to go through the whole TS discography till you get to the moment where she was singing “‘I love you,’ ain’t that the ...