Blues
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the blues music genre. Combine with other tags for subgenres, e.g. “blues+rock.”
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The Brian Jonestown Massacre – “Take It From the Man!”
Were The Brian Jonestown Massacre the kind of band to take risks? With a terrible name like that, I’d assume so. They began their career as promising shoegaze tag-alongs. When it was evident shoegaze had no immediate future, they coincidentally reinvented themselves with the sound of ’60s British garage rock in Take it From the… (read more)
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – “Push the Sky Away”
‘Push the Sky Away’ is the rejuvenation Nick Cave has clearly been trying to achieve with albums like ‘Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!.’ (read more)
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Big Brother & The Holding Company – “Cheap Thrills”
I decided a long time ago, pretty confidently, that I hated Janis Joplin‘s voice. Listening to Cheap Thrills now, I’m not sure what the hell was wrong with me. Not only is her righteous roar undeniably showstopping, but it’s the best thing about this album by a wide margin. I rarely even notice the band… (read more)
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Madrugada – “The Nightly Disease” (2001)
I can see where people are making the connection to latter-career Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, but I think Madrugada sound like a rockier Tindersticks. As such, The Nightly Disease (TND) is great gloomy, nocturnal music to down your liquor to. The non-depressed folk will still be able to get along with Robert S. Burås’s suave… (read more)
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The Doors – “L.A. Woman”
In ‘L.A. Woman,’ the Doors retreat into blues rock standards, thereby stripping large parts of their act that made them original. (read more)