An ongoing battle with the flu has left me feeling like a desiccated bird. The following loose ends are all I muster at the moment.
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I reviewed Karrin Allyson's concert at the Folly Theater.
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The Kansas City Star published a few dozen top album lists.
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Deborah Brown is Plastic Sax's Person of the Year.
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I participated in a Best Music of 2014 program on KCUR's Up to Date. I also contributed Local Listen segments about BCR and Oleta Adams to the show.
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I lost my mind over The Gobots' D-Boy Era in 2010. What Happened to the World, the Jacka's new album, is the best thing he's done since then. RIYL: Mac Dre, crack, Too Short. Here's "Gang Starz".
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I had to stop listening to Beautiful Life, Jimmy Greene's tribute to his late daughter, when a children's choir entered on "Ana's Song."
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J. Cole's 2014 Forest Hills Drive is entertaining radio rap. RIYL: Wale, rappers rapping about their careers, Kid Cudi.
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I regret not listening to Sunny Sweeney's Provoked sooner. It may be the best contemporary country album of 2014. RIYL: Miranda Lambert, cheatin' songs, Kacey Musgraves.
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Orange Goblin's Back From the Abyss is RIYL: Motorhead, beer, Black Sabbath.
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Sleaford Mod's Divide and Exit is a hoot. RIYL: Art Brut, getting yelled at, The Fall.
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The hilarious Stromae demonstrates his great taste in a "What's In My Bag?" segment.
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I respect the fact that a lot of my friends adore TV on the Radio's Seeds, but the album is not for me. At every turn I expect the band to break into "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway." RIYL: The Mars Volta, punk-prog, The Police's Synchronicity. Here's "Happy Idiot".
(Original image by There Stands the Glass.)
