I’ve known the members of the band War On Drugs for more years than I care to remember, and it’s been a pleasure getting to know their newest member Eliza as well. She’s one of those women who inches a mile wide smile across my face, she’s a pleasure to be around, and just...
2. The War on Drugs –Lost in the Dream 3. D’Angelo – Black Messiah 4. Aphex Twin –Syro 5. The Antlers – Familiars Top 5 Songs of 2014 1. Sturgill Simpson –“Turtles All the Way Down” This is country music turned on its head, while staying mostly true to the hallmarks of...
The War on Drugs Lost in the Dream Secretly Canadian 3 Lost in the Dreamrevolves around War on Drugs linchpin Adam Granduciel's personal struggles—with loneliness, depression, death. And the frontman’s weariness and dislocation is articulated not just through words but also the album’s overal...
36. The War on Drugs –I Don’t Live Here Anymore “We’re all just walkin’ through this darkness on our own,” Adam Granduciel croons onI Don’t Live Here Anymore’s anthemic title track. Even if he didn’t have indie pop quartet Lucius to sing this line with him, I’d be t...
The War on Drugs has a clear root in what might be the most mainline brand of American rock. It’s a strain of sleek, swaggering blues refined by the Stones and Springsteen and hordes of less talented adherents, all drawn to the romance of the road and its attendant sorrows, crafting ...
Created by former police reporter David Simon and former police detective/public school teacher Ed Burns, The Wire explores the complex lives of both cops and crooks, delving into the bureaucratic ins and outs surrounding the war on drugs, inner city life, poorly funded education systems, and ...
(deterrence probably had little to do with police enforcement and more to do with people seeing the destructive results of the crack trade on their friends and parents’ lives) and with drug crime in general (The War on Drugs costs nearly as much as a real war, and is just as pointless...
Further Reading:How Riley Gale, Go-Go Music, and Jet Li Inspired Turnstile’sGlow On Listen/Buy:Rough Trade|Amazon|Apple Music|Spotify|Tidal The War on Drugs:I Don’t Live Here Anymore The War on Drugs’ synth-heavy fifth album is bright and sparkly—it fizzes and pops and then glows ...
The War on Drugs: “Thinking of a Place” In the War on Drugs’ music, you’re never quite sure where the road leads, but you have faith it’s safe to travel. Bandleader Adam Granduciel’s romantic, mysterious vision of America is at its most expansive on the 11-minute “Thinking ...
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