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The Red Album in Context (Or: The Greatest Weezer Album Ever?)
Upon the release of “Pork and Beans,” the first single from Weezer’s self-titled sixth album, a columnist at indie music site cokemachineglow posted an essay-length response to the song, interpreting, reflecting, prognosticating, and generally giving it the kind of thorough analysis one would generally reserve for, say, a Bob Dylan or Neil Young ... more »
The Tallest Man on Earth
My favorite album of 2008 might also be the simplest album of 2008– just a guy, a guitar, and some lo-fi tape hiss. It’s the most familiar and tiresome prototype in all of rock; as a professor of mine once told me, the only thing worse than an overly-earnest poet is an overly-earnest folk singer. But ... more »
The Tallest Man on Earth: Shallow Grave
Bob Dylan didn’t appear out of thin air, but it sure sounded like it at the time. Just go back and listen to one of his earliest, pre-electric recordings, like The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan or Another Side of Bob Dylan; his profound admiration of Woody Guthrie may be the stuff ... more »
Titus Andronicus: The Airing of Grievances
As an English major with a Philosophy minor, I can’t help but feel a certain kinship to Titus Andronicus. After all, they draw their name from a frequently-overlooked, even maligned Shakespearean play, and even quote the Bard himself at the end of their new album’s opening track. The same album ends with a song called ... more »
TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain
Look, I’m sure that Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly are very good at what they do—they must be doing something right for Stephen Colbert to be earning such a good living off skewering them—but why is America letting pundits tell us everything we need to know about the current state of world affairs? I ... more »
U2– The Lost Classics: October
In honor of the recent re-releases of U2’s first three albums, and in eager anticipation of their upcoming studio release, The Hurst Review is pleased to present the first in a three-part series highlighting some of the overlooked and underappreciated entries in one of rock’s most distinguished catalogs. In this installment: Their recently re-released second album, ... more »
U2– The Lost Classics: Pop
Simply put, there is no album in U2’s catalog that divides fans quite as much as Pop, the band’s final album of the 20th century, and one of the weariest, most desperate farewells to the past century as was ever recorded. And it’s not really hard to hear why: This is the album where ... more »
U2– The Lost Classics: Zooropa
In celebration of U2’s recent series of re-releases and in anticipation of their upcoming studio album, The Hurst Review continues its series highlighting the band’s most underappreciated and overlooked recordings. In this installment: 1993’s Zooropa. Click here for the first installment, 1982’s October.
With more Grammy awards than any other band in history and ... more »
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