One of the stellar Aaron Dessner collaborations tucked away on theMidnights3 A.M. Edition. “The Great War” comes clean about the side of Taylor who only wants love if it’s torture, going into the question of how emotional battles happen and how to end them, especially when you reali...
Ninety-nine percent of blues songs are about not getting pussy, but leave it to Nick Cave and a couple of his baddest Seeds to make blueballs sound like the second coming of the Black Plague. For all its sub-atomic Stooges squall-- first-time guitarist Cave doesn't so much play his ...
Angels & Airwaves took a decidedly more dark synth turn with “Spellbound,” a smouldering track about getting lost in desire and the addictive obsession that entails. With electro-affected vocals, this song has a cool late-night vibe, showing off a different side of the band. — CC As Eve...
These are the engagement party songs that get the party moving. They pump the whole place with loads of energy. These songs have the potential of turning a sober gathering into a live wire party with greatengagement party activities. They flood the place, set the mood, light up the guests,...
Whether that was the exact impetus for Coltrane finally getting sober isn't certain, but the saxophonist finally kicked his drug habit. He worked with pianist Thelonious Monk for several months while also developing as a bandleader and solo recording artist, heralded by the release of albums ...
i can't stop writing songs about getting high one day i'll do more than just getting by all my friends are broke down and depressed all the time drunk hurt and sober getting stoned when they're hungover it's a problem baby i can't change me don't you dare try don't wait darling...
Alice Cooper spent the better part of a decade on an alcohol-fueled downward spiral; a pair of sober comeback albums, 1986'sConstrictorand 1987'sRaise Your Fist and Yell, failed to restore the Godfather of Shock Rock to his former glory. His fortunes reversed on 1989'sTrash, which partner...
At the time, Crutchfield was in the early stages of getting sober, an experience that would inform her brilliant, career-high album Saint Cloud—and that album’s first single, “Fire,” sounds like a curtain opening on an entirely new phase of Crutchfield’s life and work. Warm, gentle,...
GETTING SOBER IN DALLAS (F. D. Leone, Jr.)(2015) Springtime in Highland Park, The scent of new mown grass. Every night Louanne comes home drunk; Her mama’s been on her ass. “Rita, bourbon rocks, splash of water.” “Louanne, I done made last call.” “You do know I been ...
Bob Mould is one of the best examples. After parting ways with the blistering, proto-noise punk Hüsker Dü, Mould's solo music is a template for the best to come. Even the motivation is prototypical, as getting sober was one of the motivations for going his own way. ...