LWA Blog

Happy birthday to The Cure's legendary album, Disintegration, released into the world on this day in 1989. At the time, I was working at the Rainbow Records distribution warehouse in South San Francisco. I had heard of The Cure but maybe listened to a few songs at best. We were able to get CDs at cost from the warehouse, so I got a copy before going home. I remember lying on my bed, listening, while the songs slowly wrapped themselves around me and crawled into my brain. What an album. I'm old and jaded now, but I still kinda get...

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The National have a new album out, First Two Pages of Frankenstein. I've listened a couple times, it's kinda more of the same formula they've been using but I like the formula. They add a couple variables into the formula by getting Sufjan Stevens, Phoebe Bridgers and Taylor Swift to turn up. I especially like the Phoebe and Taylor tracks. Not mind-blowing album but good enough. I think they may have peaked with Trouble Will Find me but that's probably a different conversation. Check out First Two Pages of Frankenstein on Bandcamp. 

Was fooling around in Photoshop and realized I could ripoff pay a little homage to the legendary NWA. Posted up some new shirts and stuff that I really like. Check 'em out on the front page if you're interested.  

I'm a couple days early here, but happy 25th to the legend, released on April 20th 1998. I came to this one late, maybe 4-5 years after release. I just didn't know electronic music outside some of the bigger names (Portishead and Chemical Brothers come to mind), but someone recommended it to me and listening to it the first time swung the gate wide open. I think I was also a bit surprised at how chill the album is, it's kinda like a dream. It works whether you're actively or passively listening. These days I like to put it on when...