Tag Archives: Nina Simone

Rave, Rave Before the Crying of the Light!

Favoritism towards an album that marries hippie-hearkening Pop to mutant club beats and a single that revives Boz Scaggs-esque country-boy Disco is one thing, but the love I had for the Disco magic revivalism of last year’s self-titled debut from Hercules and Love Affair was something else entirely. I mean, chunky club beats or […]

Albums That Should Suck, But Don’t: 808s & Heartbreak

Something like a bazillion years ago (okay, it was more like a year and change) I tried starting a new regular Blogarhythms feature about things…Be they artists, albums or whatever…That should in theory “suck,” but don’t. I got as far as profiling rich kid son of a superstar guitarist turned superstar DJ turned superstar […]

Just Say “I Gotsta Get Me Some” (Then Go Get You Some… At the Recca-Sto’)

Yesterday I bigged up Blueprint for sampling classic Soul. Today I’ve gotta give it up to some folks who are recreating that vintage Soul sound the old fashioned way. Yeah, I know, the whole retro-Soul thing is like the biggest fad of the last two years and everything. But being the ubiquitous […]

Remixed at Random?

I’m in “a mood.” It’s uncomfortably humid here in my apartment. I’m bored just looking at the armload of vintage vinyl I’ve already flipped through a hundred times that’s leaning against the shelf next to my desk. And I don’t really feel like moving crates around in order to pull some other […]