PODFLASH.NET·Jan 1, 201910 Albums That Kept Me Company In 2018My career demands regular travel to all sorts of locations around the globe. I consider myself blessed: doing a job I love and seeing the…
PODFLASH.NET·Feb 18, 2016REVIEW: LEON BRIDGES ‘COMING HOME’ (Columbia)I admit I fell for it. The retro packaging, old-school typography, the classic outfit…I thought somebody had gotten to work reissuing some…
PODFLASH.NET·Jan 19, 2016REVIEW: THE STAPLES SINGERS AMEN! (EPIC/LEGACY)It’s not a coincidence that a not many musical blockbusters are released around the holiday season (2014’s Black Messiah by D’Angelo is one…
PODFLASH.NET·Jan 12, 2016LONG LIVE DAVID BOWIEWhen I posted my review of Blackstar on Friday, I couldn’t scarcely imagine that my next entry here would be a memoriam of its creator…
PODFLASH.NET·Dec 29, 2015Ten Great Albums From 2015, #1: Jamie xx In Colour (Young Turks)There are some albums that are simply perfect for their moment. Zero 7’s Simple Things and Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill…
PODFLASH.NET·Dec 28, 2015Ten Great Albums From 2015, #2: Blur The Magic Whip (Parlophone)Blur themselves seemed as surprised as we were when they dropped their eighth full-length out of the blue this year when a chance…
PODFLASH.NET·Dec 24, 2015Ten Great Albums From 2015, #3: Best Coast California Nights (Harvest)Some albums are born to be summertime albums; music that not only takes on the aura of the hot season, but entrenches itself into your…
PODFLASH.NET·Dec 23, 2015Ten Great Albums From 2015, #4: D’Angelo Black Messiah (RCA)Note to Axl Rose: when you disappear for a decade and a half, go all hermit-style with troubling reports of erratic behavior and worry your…
PODFLASH.NET·Dec 22, 2015Ten Great Albums From 2015, #5: The Helio Sequence The Helio Sequence (Sub Pop)This self-titled album from Oregon vets The Helio Sequence crept up on me. It slowly entered my consciousness when the tracks would…
PODFLASH.NET·Dec 21, 2015Ten Great Albums From 2015, #6: Blond:ish Welcome To The Present (Kompact)While I consider myself reasonably astute in the world of dance music, somehow, until this past year, Canadian DJ duo Blond:ish had…
